Not so news
While I appreciate the sentiment of the latest Jib-Jab video, below, railing against the news doesn’t seem particularly new. (This reminds me of Peter Gabriel attacking Jerry Springer on his last album, about six years too late for the zeitgeist.)
April 9th, 2007 at 11:10 am
I agree that it’s a bit long in the tooth for topical satire, but, since it’s still a matter of interest – a problem – it’s still fair game. The Daily Show and Colbert report satirize the news and newsmakers themselves, but the topic of what gets reported via electronic media – okay, and print too – still seems like a worthwhile target to me.
I try to stay abreast – mmmmm, a breast… – of what’s going on, and don’t care about celebrity sightings and such, but I do enjoy me a good stupid criminal story.