Somebody went totally insane today and killed 32 people at Virginia Tech. Of course it's horrible and almost impossible to express in words how shocking this tragedy is.
As expected, the news media is having a field day. They continually amaze me at how insipid and lame they can be. CBS Morning News is sending Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira to Blacksburg, VA tomorrow to broadcast "live" from the scene. What the hell for? What can they possibly tell us by being there that we won't learn from legitimate sources? This is insulting to the families of the victims. Like rushing to the scene of a traffic accident to look for blood and severed limbs. Pathetic.
Wolf Blitzer on CNN was interviewing the student who happened to be outside a building where gunfire was heard and recorded some video on his cell phone. Of course the kid had nothing to offer or any insights, but Blitzer wouldn't let go. He actually asked him if he could identify the source of the 27 shots (yes, CNN counted them) heard on the video. I wish the student had sarcastically answered that "yes, shots 5, 8, 14 and 23 were definitely from a police-issue Glock 9mm semi-auto, and shots 2, 3, 9 and 20 seemed to have the acoustic signature of an AK47 in burst mode." But he was too polite and respectful.
The local news stations have been putting little banners on the bottom of the screen all night promoting the fact that they will have "complete coverage and the latest details" on the 11 o'clock news. At some point our news media decided blind speculation is no different than hard news. They're idiots who pander to the ignorant. For the next two weeks we're going to see special after special and be subjected to expert after expert, all of whom have no clue what really happened or why. Once the killer is identified, we will see interviews with his second-grade teacher and everyone who ever served him a meal or sold him a postage stamp.
The only good that has come of this entire, sad incident is that no one, not one single reporter, not one blowhard talking head, not one network anchor has today said anything about Anna Nicole Smith!
I guess even the darkest cloud does have a silver lining.
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