The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

I love being able to check out different news sources, research, and fact-check at any point in the day with little to no problems. It's nice having so much information at one's fingertips. Yet with this bundle of information comes a bundle of misinformation and eye-grabbing headlines of yet concluded stories, which has seemed to lead to progressively more people judging others too quickly. Just in the past couple days or so, I've seen these headlines: "FBI raids Jared Fogle's home in child porn case," "Florida State quarterback punches woman at a bar," "Phil Mickelson won't talk gambling case," "Is Tiger Woods having an affair with another golfer's ex-wife?," "Paula Deen's brownface flub," etc. Sure, we can all have opinions regarding these stories, but isn't it a little early to conclude about such headlines before the investigations are completed and all the facts are known? If Jared Fogle is ult...

Many members of the media were quite "frustrated" that they weren't given full access to President Obama and Tiger Woods' golf outing the other day on the president's "day off" (like there's ever really a day off when president). What could be of greater importance to the media? Wars in the Middle East or how President Obama fared on the par 5's? The meteor in Russia or how well the president controlled his wood...on the golf course? Dangerous weather patterns or if the president putts like he would if he were playing pool? I too was quite flustered by the president's lack of transparency when he was swinging his awkward-shaped clubs at a tiny ball and then attempting to find that ball, before swinging at it again. To think I had taken the day off to follow the president's every move on the golf course during his "day off," and for what? For nothing - that's what! You know what this has all the makings of? A grand conspiracy...

The News That’s Not At all hours of the day, We make our presence known, Near or far, At work or at home, From the time you awake, Until the time you fall asleep, During the time in-between, Never taking a break, All time slots must be filled, Regardless of the relevance, Mouths must be gabbing, Regardless of the content, Loud voices are heard, To garner viewers’ attention, Treating opinions as fact, No time for actual journalism, Political gaffes shall be a focal point, Car chases shown aplenty, Celebrity scandals and deaths, Random stories which mean nothing, Partisan to our base, Credibility lacking, Without a care for the truth, Only about our ratings.