Reply #5: Unfortunately, news is now sordid entertainment

[bluedeminredstate]

I don't see a great awakening to the plight of the poor in this country, especially when you contrast it to what it cost to pay for the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, which the press largely ignored. All that unearned wealth must be protected from the clutches of the evil government while so many working Americans are busting their asses for a minimum wage that Congress hasn't increased in years!

The media is too busy breathlessly overdoing coverage of that poor pregnant woman who was murdered for her baby. That's like a media jackpot! Talking policy and how this administration treats the poor and the rich is just too boring for the networks and cable news shows.

How sad.

:grr: