On NBCNews.com this morning:
And this headline yesterday, with an update today: "Removing a toe to fit into heels" (What's next? Back to foot binding for girl babies?) Another "top" headline today: "Halle Berry's fiance fistfights with her ex". (why should I care? Is she a dear friend?) Top TV shows in America? "[“Honey Boo Boo"] was the highest-rated cable show in that category, ... on Comedy Central. ...That included the Aug. 29 episode, which drew more adults between 18 and 49 than Fox News’s coverage of the Republican National Convention, and the Sept. 5 episode, which tied CNN’s coverage of the Democratic National Convention." (underline is mine) (Don't even get me started on this spoiled, nasty child as entertainment).Enough of pandering to the lowest common denominator! I know SO many people who are wonderful, kind, productive, generous, thoughtful, pleasant, considerate, knowledgable.... Why is it that media focuses so heavily on the most shallow and unpleasant among us? And more to the point: why do we let them? When there is nothing of value to watch on our 200+ channel TV's, why not just turn them off? When the weird and the wacky get top billing on a web newscast, why click on it? Our lives are too short, and each day too valuable to spend any of it on junk like this, when there are so many opportunities for entertaining ourselves that are both pleasurable and/or instructive. Go for a walk with your spouse; read a good book (or even a not-so-good book); sew something; make something; plant something and watch it grow; play with your children, talk with your friend. For heavens sake, clean something - even doing pots and pans is preferable to watching Honey Boo Boo or supporting the media machines that feed us personal tidbits about real-life Barbie dolls, passing them off as news.
Hmmmm - I wonder if eating turkey makes me grumpier than usual?
I'm with you Liga! Too much trash! And turkey can make you grumpy (LOL!)
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you!! Unfortunately there are so many people that think "Reality TV" is what the world evolves around or Maury. When we were kids we headed outside after breakfast and didn't stop until supper time. For me it was exploring an apple orchard or woods, or looking for flowers that I could dig up and transplant to give to my grandmother for her flower beds to see her smile and of course mud pies! I know a lot of people would think that is pretty simple things, but they kept me busy and happy. Now I don't see my husband's grandkids ever play out in the yard or get on bikes, they'd rather play video games and watch tv. As you said, all of us should just turn it off and clean, walk, explore, do something! Should we care if Kate and William are having a baby, or what the Kardashians are up to? Will it affect my life? No. I care about things that will affect me personally! Now you've got me started, yikes! By the way, I have no idea who or what Honey Boo Boo is, nor do I really care. Pick up a good book, walk outside and listen, it's wonderful!
ReplyDeleteGOOD for you that you don't know who/what Honey Boo Boo is! YOU are living life, instead of living TV!
ReplyDeleteSo much trash on TV. The ridiculous is what gets ratings, blech... it's awful. We haven't had cable for years. We don't miss it. Our children watch very little TV, and they are turning out just fine. You are not alone in your rant, turkey-induced or not!
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