Turn off the TV News Part Two

Hot town, summer in the city...and so to dinner with a British friend just back from the States.

He's full of a story about a guy in Florida who raped a nine year old girl then buried her alive with her little stuffed dolphin.

The role played by the media is just another example of why we should all turn off the tv news.

Jury selection has been hampered because no jury member can be found who doesn't know about the details of the case. For some odd reason the public's right to know includes being able to listen to his taped confession, played and re-played on all the tv news stations in the US for the last year.

I knew nothing about this case until my friend mentioned it. A google search throws up a zillion links to CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and so on. Yeah, all the usual suspects.

This guy's life and actions pollute the airwaves and no one objects? Well, I object.

Turn off the tv when the news comes on. If those advertisers want to reach you, make them find another way.