All The News You Can Stand.

       Ya know, there oughta be a law. When it comes to news coverage of some noteworthy event, there should be a half hour limit on coverage for each side of that issue. The pro side selects the spokesman or woman and goes first, the con side selects theirs and goes next and that's it for the day. Tomorrow the con aside goes first. I think people might actually watch the news and may even have a better understanding of the events.
       I say this because the current format is to have every minute of the day of a special or dreadful event taken up with as many different people basically stating the same thing in as many different ways as possible. Its downright confusing, which is the point. Ya see, by making the reporting as confusing as possible the networks hope you will continue watching in the hopes that someone will clear up the mix-up. Of course nobody will do that because then we'd be able to move on to something more interesting.
       I say its confusing because in order to report on a constant basis, they have to repeat anything and everything they hear about the event. A pick pocketing becomes everything from a wave hello to two armies going toe to toe, rumors to promises of rumors. A used car lot goes from a new sports car to an old plow horse. Wouldn't it be nice if the news people didn't speak until they actually had something to say. I know its pie in the sky to ask for such a gift, but???