Michelle Obama wore shorts. So?  

It's not only that, though, but this whole argument about whether it's okay for the first lady to wear shorts or not sets feminism back 6-7 decades! There was a time women couldn't even wear pants! They had to wear skirts or dresses, or they weren't acting like a lady! I STILL can't believe this mentality exists in this day and age!

If you ask me, as long as she isn't naked or vulgar, she can wear anything she pleases.
I think their point was that the First Lady should wear more stylish clothes, that she is supposed to represent an example of style... Anyway, it's no point in discussing this further, they already made a much bigger case than it should be.

If that is the case, I think it's kinda vain to judge someone by what clothing they wear...

Sure, that may be what it's job is NOW, since Rupert Murdoch owns all these different media stations, but the intent of news media is to keep the general public informed about important issues... In other words, the stuff they aren't reporting now. The whole argument here is that, for every story like this that gets over-publicized, there's something that the news media should be covering. Also, an important thing to keep in mind is that these guys are sponsored by the people who have something to hide, so they can't say anything bad about them, or else they lose sponsors and can't afford to make news anymore. However, I would argue that if they chose different sponsors, they could probably throw out all their ads for big oil and coal, fast food, and all that other stuff, and start putting in more stuff that promotes a healthy, eco-friendly lifestyle. Of course, then you have Fox, which only promotes their own side of an argument, which is disturbingly "conservative". I use quotations because I don't think real conservatives are buying their BS anymore.

Actually I would argue that being able to discuss the news without having to be told to shut up by Bill O' Riley is one of the reasons that internet news is so great! Some would say it's the last incarnation of freedom of speech. The only downside though is that sometimes you get trollers and people who are rude and malicious, so I guess freedom of speech comes with a slight price, i.e. people could abuse it and cause others emotional harm...

Yeah, writing about this stressed me out a great deal. Reliable journalism is something I care about a lot.

Yeah, it's pretty bad. And to top it all off, they give awards to these news stations. AWARDS! LIKE THE EMMYS OR OSCARS! Seriously, news programs have gone down the drains, now they don't care about reporting important news, they care about ratings. RATINGS! It's like they lost site of their purpose.

Everything is about money. good ratings mean lots of money. The media think all people care about is celebrities and politicians, etc. The economy is falling apart, the health reform bill can't get passed and all these moronic idiots care about is the First Lady wearing shorts?!!! It's insane,this world we live in now.