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So what happened? Anna Nicole gets buried, a Judge finally remembers that we can use DNA to figure out who knocked her up... and now what? Why aren't we seeing the DNA testing being done LIVE on the news channels? Why isn't there a national monument (Two perfectly shaped hemispheres would be perfect) counting off the days she remains dead? Why don't we at least have a DeCompCam planted in her casket so we, the eagerly obsessed public can keep track of how she's doing?
The answer is obvious, of course: Humans are a helluva lot smarter than I usually give them credit for. She's dead, it's over- now we're on to the next flash in the national pan. Will Bush pardon Libby? How safe is our food? When will it become easier to list the remaining few Americans who aren't running for President in 08?
New stories come, and they go- but the length of time a story stays in the news is proportional to the perceived public interest in the story. The more we seem to be fascinated by a story, the longer it lasts in the news. The actual relative importance of the story doesn't enter into it.
Last week NASA launched a prototype robot to refuel and perform simple repairs on satellites in orbit. If successful it will save a large chunk of NASA's budget, and even revive a number of now-useless satellites that have exhausted their propellant. In addition to being one of the rare signs of intelligent life in the Federal government the research for this project would impact robotics research on other arenas... but the powers that be in the news industry don't think we'd be interested.
They'll give us the very latest gossip on B,C and even D-list celebrities, and no sporting event shall go unreported. They'll endlessly dissect any minor political issue, calling in the "experts" from both sides to lie about it. That's what they think we're interested in.
Maybe I'm not the one being too cynical about the brains of my fellow men.
The answer is obvious, of course: Humans are a helluva lot smarter than I usually give them credit for. She's dead, it's over- now we're on to the next flash in the national pan. Will Bush pardon Libby? How safe is our food? When will it become easier to list the remaining few Americans who aren't running for President in 08?
New stories come, and they go- but the length of time a story stays in the news is proportional to the perceived public interest in the story. The more we seem to be fascinated by a story, the longer it lasts in the news. The actual relative importance of the story doesn't enter into it.
Last week NASA launched a prototype robot to refuel and perform simple repairs on satellites in orbit. If successful it will save a large chunk of NASA's budget, and even revive a number of now-useless satellites that have exhausted their propellant. In addition to being one of the rare signs of intelligent life in the Federal government the research for this project would impact robotics research on other arenas... but the powers that be in the news industry don't think we'd be interested.
They'll give us the very latest gossip on B,C and even D-list celebrities, and no sporting event shall go unreported. They'll endlessly dissect any minor political issue, calling in the "experts" from both sides to lie about it. That's what they think we're interested in.
Maybe I'm not the one being too cynical about the brains of my fellow men.
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Its all a bit crazy really. Noone cares about real news anymore.....or maybe it's just me. ; )
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