I just had to turn off Good Morning America.

[tanyev]

They were introducing a story about some mother who saved a little boy's life (a stranger) by pulling him out of a sinking car. Don't get me wrong--that sounds like an amazing story. But it is part of GMA's "Only in America" series. Whaaaa? We live in the ONLY country in the world where people put themselves at great risks to save a stranger's life? How in the world did humanity survive all those thousands of years until America was "discovered"? And how did we become so extraordinary? Is it the values of the Native Indians that we absorbed right before we practically obliterated them?

A brief search of the website revealed that the Only in America series is brought to you by Wal-Mart, so I guess that explains the jingoistic title, but good grief. Wal-Mart: Constantly Feeding the USA's Egomania.

[BlueEyedSon]

1. We are the only country where little boys drive cars. nt

[tanyev]

4. Well I think his mom was trying to commit suicide and take him with her,

but I'm a little sketchy on the details. I don't know how she got out.

[BlueEyedSon]

5. sorry just a bad US/car-fetish joke....nt

[Ernesto]

2. I can't imagine ever turning it on......... nt

[tanyev]

6. No cable.

I turn it on for the first few minutes of the top headlines. I don't always make it through all of that, either.

[Selatius]

3. It's a lot better than covering war, health care, education, etc.

Cover the shit that doesn't matter, that makes us feel good. It's good for the ratings, and it's good for raising advertising revenue, which helps the bottom line. You starting to see what's wrong with having the news media owned by large multinational corporations? Especially if they own large chunks of Congress now?