I'd love to see those who work so hard to write shocking headlines for news items that they think we, the readers, think might be news, just hang it up. I mean let's face it, nothing shocks us anymore except a real tragedy.
The headline that prompted this post this morning is this one:
Of course there is fraud going on. Name a disaster, natural or man-made, where compensation of some form is to be paid out that hasn't had some level of fraud. It's automatic, like clock-work, and ever present.
This of course goes into a long list of headlines that chronicle the things we already know such as:
Atrocities committed by soldiers in wartime.
Civilians killed in attacks on terrorists.
Politicians use funds inappropriately.
Politician caught in sex scandal.
Corporate Exec denies irregularities.
Jobless claims still too high.
Apple does whatever.
AT&T Sucks.
US Broadband lags.
US Congress has lowest ratings yet.
There's wasteful spending happening in government.
Athletes cheating. Athletes doping. Athletes making more money than Croesus.
The list could go on and on, because sadly, there is nothing really new in this crazy world anymore, or what is new is considered not important enough to write about, or too dangerous to write about, or too taboo to write about.
