no.58 - CNN

Despite the fact that it has sucked for a very long time now, I still find myself visiting the CNN website for news from time to time and I am sorry for it.

It must be a habit from before the days when CNN stooped to the gritty, gutter slime level of FOX news, when it was a well organized if unremarkable news site. At some point it seemed to have most of the major news stories from around the world with the unfortunate, but not unexpected slant towards events in the U.S.

Now, however, a visit to CNN brings mostly stories like "9.5-foot snake swallows family's kitty" and "Mini-Me sex tape banned" (I wish I was making these up) while information on yesterday's supreme court decision on the Second Amendment is almost impossible to find.

I don't need to ask what is wrong with CNN. It is obvious they are following the clicks. People like stories about kittens, even if those kittens are being eaten. (or perhaps even more so.) What I need to ask is what is wrong with me? Why do I think it's going to get better?

It isn't going to get better.

UPDATE:
After twenty-four hours, I've had a huge spike in people visiting this website. The reason? They are searching for footage or pictures of the cat being swallowed by the nine foot snake. I guess CNN wasn't gruesome enough in it's tabloid reporting.

I need to remember to blog about the demon of the lowest common denominator soon.