Tuesday, August 28, 2007

News Jog 8/21/07

The television circus surrounding Michael Vick's plea deal on Monday served to further water-down that already tired news cliche known as Breaking News. In the real world the news should have been only designated as breaking the first time it was reported. Every report after that is dealing with news that has in fact already broken. But there it was scrolling at the bottom of the ESPN screen at 10p. during Monday Night Football: Breaking News- Vick To Plead Guilty. Really? Was it still breaking news a full seven hours after the initial press release from Vick's lawyers? Nothing means what it's supposed to mean anymore. The New Releases wall at Blockbuster is full of movies released more than a year ago and the word Virgin in porn is simply laughable. That said- the Michael Vick story dominated every form of media yesterday and the saga (not Breaking News) will continue to play out for quite some time. The Jog assumes the racial angle will die out rather quickly and that most of the discussion will center on what kind of future this moron should/will have. This writer wants a lifetime ban from the NFL- and this guy says Vick shouldn't even be incarcerated. How's that for diversity of opinion?

The body of the last known missing person associated with that bridge collapse in St. Paul/Minneapolis was retrieved from the Mississippi River. Now the clean up and rebuilding begins.

Hurricane Dean is still kicking ass as it pounds into Mexico a category 5 storm. Notice the bone thrown to Global Warming advocates for no good reason at the end of the story. Be on guard for words like 'suggests' and 'may' in the sentences that imply that Dean is the manifestation of all the voices in Al Gore's head.

The Jog sincerely thought this guy was already hanged. But we must have been wrong: Chemical Ali Trial Begins

Here's an airman everyone knew was dead because he hadn't been seen since WWII. But finally his frozen remains have been found and he'll be given a proper funeral. We're sure that makes him feel much better.

Bush is in Canada talkin' trade with the Canadian Prime Minister and the President of Mexico. There's a President of Mexico? Wow, he's doing a great job! That country just keeps getting better and better. Read this article to see that Canadian reporters hate Bush just as much as American reporters do.

The best video news in awhile comes out of Japan where a 165 people just barely got out of a Chinese Airlines jet moments before it exploded. This is the kind of scene you see in dozens of crappy movies out of Hollywood every year. But this was real life and it looked really cool!

A 64 year old congressman has been charged with assault and battery. Huh?

Leona Helmsley is dead and apparently still hated.

Skype is blaming Microsoft for its recent troubles.

The Shuttle's coming home. Fingers crossed.

Here's another lame excuse for fat people: Common Cold Could Cause Obesity

Germans already hate Tom Cruise because of his Scientology nonsense. Now they have more reasons to hate him: Accident On Cruise Nazi Film

Very soon Ryan Seacrest will be hosting everything: Seacrest To Host Emmys

Tympani please: WVU Nation's Number 1 Party School!

And finally:
The latest from the DVD HD platform war.

There's plenty more News,
but no more News Jog.
We're done.