Creativity Extinct, Creationism On The Rise
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In my ever-widening search for news that didn’t make it onto NBC’s Nightly News, I have found the following information for you.
Slashdot, our favorite source for useless trivia, reports that we can eagerly look forward to 10 crappy movies based on Marvel comic book characters nobody cares about. Yay. In a related story, talented, creative Hollywood screenwriters were added to the endangered species list.
An article on The Register explains that a surprisingly large percentage of people in the U.S. are cheerfully willing to ignore quantifiable scientific evidence of evolution. Those same people probably enjoy the realism of reality television shows, too.
It looks like the crooks are watching television, too, according to this article from Reuters. Now if we could just keep the crooks from making the television shows.
I’m sorry I missed Andre’s magical come-from-behind win last night at the U.S. Open to make it into the semi-finals. Unfortunately the women’s match prior went long and I have a strict bedtime these days.
And one final editorial note: Have you ever noticed how many Reuters headlines contain the words “might,” “may,” or “could?” For example, “Tropical Storm Ophelia may hit the gulf region” or “Terrorists armed with knives might storm cheese shops” or “Aliens could be living in Earth’s core.” How about, “Journalists might stop baseless conjecture and report actual facts.”
And one more final editorial note: I was extremely disappointed in Jon Stewart’s comments on the 9/6 Daily Show after he returned from vacation. He actually complimented the news media’s coverage of Katrina! Did he actually watch any of it?? I didn’t think I would ever stop laughing at Geraldo’s antics in front of the Superdome.
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