I have to admit that I am a news-a-holic, by that I mean that most of my day is spent with the news on the TV. I am not always watching it but wherever I am or what ever I am doing I am listening to it in the background. My main interest right now is politics, of course. The other day the talking heads where discussing bias in the media, witch is a common topic these days. The remark was that the other guys are biased in their coverage of the politicians. What they don't realize is that they, the media in general, are all biased. They, like the politicians, all have an agenda. Their agenda is simple, get ratings.... They all do it, they all live by it, and we are the subject of their desire. They will say or do anything to get our attention. Part of the problem is that everyone tries to manipulate the media, all to advance their own agenda. Whether they are news media, advertisers, politicians or some lunatic that is willing to shoot up a business or school just to get their name on the 11:00 o'clock news. They are all driven by the same thing, get my name in the news. It amazes me every day to see what stupid things people will say and do just to get some coverage, and the extremes that the media will go to just to get that crap on the air. Business executives today call it marketing, the news people call it reporting, the politicians call it getting votes, I don't know what the lunatic calls it but it's sad. I call it bullshit and a waste of time. It's like if their little bit of unimportant information where the most urgent bit the world has ever heard. Well I got news for them all, it ain't... not to me and probably not for most of the people listening. Don't get me wrong, I want to know what's going on today in the world, I just don't give a dam about Starbucks new holiday cup, or the idiots that think they should get paid $15.00 an hour for flipping burgers. I also don't give a dam what the hundreds of so called educated talking heads have to say about it. It's very easy to blame social media for everything in the news today, "they made it go viral" -- who cares, if it's news publish it, if it isn't news shut up about it. I have to wonder how many of these nut cases shooters would do any harm if they new that the minute they pulled the trigger they and what they did would never be heard of again? I agree with Chris Christie, with all of the important things going on in our world today, why are they talking about this junk. The next question is why do they do it. That's the question for tomorrow... My rant for today but there is more to come. Stay tuned....