Cause when they own the information, oh they can bend it all they want

Being in the news business is.... well, interesting. I definitely feel like I'm more on top of current events and I feel like I do have a better understanding of what is going on in the world, and how it works.

However... sometimes I feel like local news is driven by the latest "gossip story." Thank God I don't work for FOX....or I wouldn't be able to escape ANY story. At least working for a non-FOX station, I have a reason to avoid American Idol stories and the "Sanjaya" crap. But seriously... how many times do I have to re-visit the Duke Lacrosse story, the Anna Nicole story and now Don Imus vs. Rutgers Women's Basketball.

Don't get me wrong, these are all newsworthy stories...but for how long? Imus said it, apologized - story over. But it's not. With Anna Nicole, there's how she died, who's the daddy (very anti-climatic, btw - I was kinda hoping for a negative on both and a new set of claimers), etc. etc.

It's with these stories that you end up in line, waiting to order your #7 from Jersey Mike's and you overhear "Good God, not this story again! When is the MEDIA going to let this go?"

Ummmm... hello?

When is the public going to learn that 99% of "news" is what the public wants to know... the other 1% is actual news.

Enough self-doubt for one day...

PS - got a sneak peek of my station's new website developments that will be revealed in July, and I'm VERY excited... should be fun!

"...And when you trust your television...what you get is what you got, cause when they own the information, oh they can bend it all they want..."

Thanks John Mayer.... jerk.