if we ignore the rather egregious trashing of my website on friday due to webhost operator incompetence, we can move on to the pit of despair known as network news. after reading this article, i was reminded of a period in college when, for a political science project, i taped about 48 hours worth of c-span and watched it ad nauseum. by the end of the project, i had become a c-span junkie...rather than treat our government like a series of news events, c-span makes it appear like a sports event: helpful tips about rules pop up on the bottom of the screen (the proposed amendment would...blah blah blah) and it is the players themselves, the senators and representatives, who trot out the requistite charts and graphs (thanks a bunch ross for the laughs) which explain why america is falling apart. By the end of each hour of coverage, I felt as if I had learned something about
1)our government
2)america's finances
3)current events
and much more. and, unlike the day all three networks covered the kennedy ship going out to sea to bury jfk jr.'s remains (both going out and coming back...live footage!), there's always some obscure committee meeting on c-span, c-span2 or c-span3 to watch. maybe if enough of us complain...the hard news will return!