Miner tragedy. Media Fiasco

There was a lot I wanted to say about the media's grotesque minshandling of the recent tragedy in Tallmansville, WV, but Laurence Simon of TBIFOC beat me to it.

Laurence hits the nail on the head with this statement:

Welcome to the Age of the Global Misinformation Sausage Factory.

Once upon a time, they actually appeared to give a damn. They either had the sources or they admitted they didn't and busted their asses to get them.

But these days, instead of getting more meat in our hotdogs from the sausage factory that is news, we are getting more and more sawdust and filtler. And every time we get a peek into the sausage factory, such as the incidents with Jayson Blair and Judy Miller, we are revolted at the reeking conditions under which this piss-poor quality product is being manufactured, packaged, and marketed.

And yet, like the fools who wolf down the anonymous casings full of pureed pig-parts, we gulp down this infocrap without a second thought