The news media respond to yet another mass shooting

Sometimes a clip from Jon Stewart is all you need to begin to understand an issue.

Like how and why the news media respond to mass shootings in the US. Masterful, as usual.

I'm back from Israel and Europe! What happened while I was gone?

Whew, what a five week period that was:

Tel Aviv, Israel
London, England
Paris, France
Frankfurt, Germany

And places in-between.

It was interesting watching the news over there. Very little to none of the trivial nonsense we focus on here in the states.

But there was international coverage of the Trayvon Martin ruling. Incredibly, George Zimmerman was found not guilty for the killing of an unarmed teenager.

Yet, the best coverage of the ruling was, yet again, from a comedy show. Here, The Daily Show illustrates the absurdity of it all.

http://theweek.com/article/index/246899/watch-john-oliver-trashes-the-george-zimmerman-verdict

We have to rely on a comedian for the truth?

It is a sad time when we as citizens and consumers of the news have to rely on a comedian to set the record straight about how the media cover crime and why it matters.

Yes, Jon Stewart does it again.

Last night on The Daily Show he illustrated, using humor, something that is actually quite outrageous--CNN falling all over itself to bring us BREAKING NEWS about the Boston bombing attack.

Here is part one:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-april-17-2013/the-most-busted-name-in-news

Here is part two:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-april-17-2013/the-most-busted-name-in-news---exclusive-and-first

Watch both and see that CNN's obsession with the story and its strong desire to be first led it to be wrong, all day long. My question is, why must we rely on a comedian to show us what is wrong with our news?

And oh yeah, Jon Stewart also illustrated another important reality that has been largely ignored by the media now and that was ignored in the past, too. See it here:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-april-17-2013/zero-dark-hurty

My question is, since torture is ILLEGAL under both US and international law, when will we hold those responsible for it accountable?

Back in Black nails the media coverage of Whitney Houston's death

This, my friends, is what I've been trying to say all along.

(the mainstream media has lost its collective mind)