News Wednesday

It amazes me how people who die that are famous for one or a few things get so much news coverage. According to MSN.com, Casey Johnson, 30, passed away today which authorities are unsure what the cause was. Johnson apparently was famous because she was engaged to Tila Tequila, her father Woody Johnson owns the New York Jets and her great-great grandfather founded Johnson & Johnson. So basically she gets attention for doing nothing. Pardon me if I'm being brash, but I never get it when people die, it is such a juicy story. For example, on December 20, Brittany Murphy, 32, died from what police believe to be diet pills or other drugs. Murphy was famous for two movies: "8 Mile" and "Just Married". For the last two weeks, she is getting attention from "CNN", "Fox News", "People Magazine", etc. I do feel bad that these two people died, but to be realistic, they are just another set of people that died from overdosing or whatever famous people do.
In other news, President Obama finally speaks out about the airport security and how they knew what works, but does not know why it did not work at the time. What a political statement that is. We all know that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was trying to blow up a plane. For some reason, they are not telling us why. Come on people, stop being watchdogs for the government and spill it out. There is definitely something that they are not telling us. Why the heck would the U.S. Embassy all ready re-open less than a week? From the way I read it, the Americans were going to close it until they figure something out. Did they? Who knows.
It saddens me that I am going into a business that does not provide enough validation and honesty anymore. I do think that technology is getting into the new journalists' heads. In May 22, I will either start my search or already have a job lined up at some news industry. When I get there, I will work my butt off to provide a honest, well-reported and savvy news stories everyday. The last thing that I would want to do is to be a watchdog and not report certain things when the taxpayers should know what this country is doing with their money.