h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I was ranting about this somewhere else, but I feel the need to rant here instead.

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I hate watching the news. 30 minute broadcast, and all I want to see is the sports report and the weather, both of which are 8 seconds long, and the rest of the broadcast is how this old lady found her cat, and there was a fire somewhere, and blah blah...

Does anyone know why someone getting shot merits three straight days of lead story time? I mean, the crime went like this*:

First person: "I have a gun, you do not. Surrender or I will shoot you."
Second person: "No."
Gun: "BANG!"
First person: "Ha, I killed you." *runs away*
Second person: *dies*

And then precious HOURS of prime-time television, time when old A-Team episodes, or, god forbid, something INTERESTING could be aired, are taken up by reports, analysis, analysis of reports, reports of the analysis, grief managers, angry townsfolk ("He never done hurted no one, 'cepting for those kids he put in the hospital when he was repeatin' fourth grade for the ninth time"), police officials, analysis of what the police officials said, reports about the police officials, and

Screw it. Now I'm just wasting my own time worrying about it. TV bad. Read books. Books good.

*I, of course, am paraphrasing. It is likely, however, that something extremely similar has happened before.**


**Although they probably were not named "First person" and "Second person", and Kubrick willing, the gun was named "Eloise" or something.

You know, if you move over here, you could have many museums, landmarks, houses, gardens and hot spots to tour. Go to georgetown and walk along the canal, NE on wisconson and watch a movie in a single screen restored theatre. If you like sports, go to one of those sports places, i'm sure there are some about. And concerts, always concerts. Did you know that next sunday both Edie Brikell and Jethero Tull are playing?

Not together I take it though?

There's the problem. They aere in 2 different venues. Arg.