Show me your WAR FACE! AHHHHH

Note: I wrote this about 4 months ago, and never posted for whatever reason. It seems unfinished or too obvious.

Does anyone.... anywhere, enjoy the coverage provided by cable news channels. It's terrible, and annoying, and overloaded, and tiring. It doesn't matter what network, fox news, cnn, msnbc, I can't watch it for more than 3 minutes. And in that time... I begin to tune out the talking head and read the ticker.

THE WAR ROOM: With Wolf Blitzer. Is this magical world full of floating graphics, large tv's, and an interactive table that allows the WOLF, to analyze and plan his tactical strategies for delivering you stories. My work constantly has a small television carrying the CNN feed, and at some point in the day, I always glance over and see this show, and WOLF delivering some breaking news. We happened to turn the volume up on it one day, to hear him telling us about Larry Craig, and its WOLF saying " Larry Craig says he's not gay" and then the graphic under him says the same thing, and its repeated over and over, cutting in footage of Craig at various times. Theres no more information, beyond what you glean in 10 seconds watching the show, or reading a headline online; it's essentially the same coverage constantly.

Yes, cable news, as the same goes for ESPN, isn't meant to be watched all the time for hours on end, but the lack of content is astonishing. The same goes for local news, so basically, I'm questioning any television newcast.

I could give more examples of useless content, from the fake no-spin vortex of ego and opinion that is Bill O' Reilly, to the insane, rather ugly (cheap shot) Nancy Grace, but in the end, lets label the majority of cable news as unwatchable and unhelpful.

The problem is not that there aren't enough newsworthy items; I think its more the approach to delivering the stories. Logistically, and mentally, it's easier to whittle down the news of the day into 3 or 4 main stories that have the most visual bite, and lend themselves to being cut up into tiny chunks. Setting up stories and productions and scripts and everything, everyday, is not an easy job, but in the end that's not an excuse.

Maybe we just don't need 24 hour TV news coverage. Maybe we need to replace the blowhards that can dominate tv news. Maybe we all just need to read more.