Once upon a time there was a news channel that provided a strong bit of news about everything going on in the world. That little news station blossomed into a worldwide franchise and powerhouse capable of directing the attention of a significant portion of the wired world. Then one day the news company looked around and realized they were not alone. There were others out there, lining up on opposite sides of the political spectrum and anxious to swallow up a plethora of viewers interested in hearing a story that coincides with their opinions and feelings about reality.
Our little news channel said, ‘We will not do this.’
They closed their eyes and ears and kept telling the stories they kew needed to be told. Sadly, as they kept themselves closed off, the world moved on. In time there was a whole new crop of people born and raised and connecting to the world in new ways. CNN has no idea who they are or how to reach them. My evidence of this? It started with months of senseless over coverage of MH 370 and coalesced around today’s report on slenderman.
According to CNN, the 2 girls who bruttaly stabbed a 12 yr old classmate might have being making a sacrifice to Slenderman. Worse still, they admittedly knew little about the creature, how it functioned or when it became such a cult monster. I knew. My kids tipped me to slenderman, but even before then I knew slenderman was the inspiration for the Enderman in the Minecraft game. I also know that most kids don’t hide in closets devising ways to pray to this new God of terror. CNN has provided enough coverage to make me suspect they think a lot of kids do pray and plan sacrifices to this new evil.
He ain’t new. He ain’t much of anything, really. In truth He is another example of CNN reaching for the next big story and coming up with a jumble of nastiness. It isn’t real news.If I want real news that is tapped into the zeitgeist I turn to vice.com or even the vice TV show on HBO. CNN is brain dead to me. Erin Burnett is the reason to keep that sucker on life support, and even she is hampered by the ridiculous message of the channel.