By Troy Dunn
http://www.dunndeal.com/
Really?!? Wall to wall coverage still?? Super Tuesday has come and gone, we are still NINE MONTHS from the presidential election and yet every single news organization continues to cover the presidential race as if we are a week from picking the new leader of the free world!
Let me send out this little memo to Fox News, CNN and the rest of you news teams... "PACE YOURSELF!" Here's another little memo for the same folks... "moderation!"
I never thought I would say this, but after thousands of hours of non-stop election coverage I find myself asking, "I wonder what Britney Spears is up to these days?" I mean, really! Isn't there ANYTHING else we can fill these news channels with besides lame banter from what appear to be well educated pundits who themselves look as bored talking about it as I am listening to it?
Did anybody forget we have a war going on with brave men and women doing heroic acts day in and day out? Do you suppose you could mention them somewhere between the groan-inducing chatter about Hilary's pant-suit, Obama's drama and McCain's age?
Or perhaps we could report about the economy, the quietly healing housing market or maybe even an update on the hostage crisis, aka the writers’ strike.
Until now, I have actually considered myself a proud news-nerd who has an insatiable appetite for all things news. My how times have changed in just a few days. I am stuffed and cannot eat another bite of election news. I have actually discovered some shows which I actually enjoy watching (anything on HGTV and most things on Spike TV) and find myself only flipping over to my old news channels during other show's commercial breaks- only to instantly see that there is no new news. Those dang news directors just can't step off the path of least resistance.
It's a news filibuster!
ENOUGH ALREADY! When Obama leaves his wife for Oprah or McCain finally punches a photographer (trust me, he will) or you finally discover that Hillary and Bill are the same person, call it news and tell us all about it otherwise, give it a rest!
Troy Dunn
Troy's new, best-selling book, Young Bucks: How To Raise A Future Millionaire, is available at all bookstores nationwide! If you have children, get this book!!
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