In the last few days, there have been some really big stories, and then there are the stories that the mainstream media covered.
Here's a big story: East Texas centered on Houston got swamped with a huge flood due to Hurricane Harvey.
Here's what the mainstream media focused on: The First Lady wore stiletto heals as she boarded Air Force One on the way to visit Texas. Okay, that was just one part of the coverage, but it was made into a big deal.
How about another big story: the jury for the corruption trial of Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey was chosen with the trial starting in a week.
The media covered this: a real estate broker in Moscow sent an email to a lawyer at the Trump Organization and said the deal he was pushing would make Trump president. (It's worth keeping in mind that there was not even a response to the email from anyone in the Trump Organization.)
Then there's this story: North Korea launched a missile which headed towards Japan and then entered Japanese airspace before finally going over Japan and crashing at sea. This launch could have engendered a counterattack on North Korea. It certainly was a major violation of international law, and was an act of war as that term is defined by law.
Here's what the media covered: President Trump said that talking to the NK's had failed for 25 years and would not work now. Defense Secretary Mattis said that the USA was not out of diplomatic options. The media says there's chaos at the White House.
These are three major stories, and only one was given much coverage by the media. Someone ought to find out who makes decisions as to what to cover at media organizations. Whoever that is ought to be replace by someone who can recognize important news when it happens.
Here's a big story: East Texas centered on Houston got swamped with a huge flood due to Hurricane Harvey.
Here's what the mainstream media focused on: The First Lady wore stiletto heals as she boarded Air Force One on the way to visit Texas. Okay, that was just one part of the coverage, but it was made into a big deal.
How about another big story: the jury for the corruption trial of Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey was chosen with the trial starting in a week.
The media covered this: a real estate broker in Moscow sent an email to a lawyer at the Trump Organization and said the deal he was pushing would make Trump president. (It's worth keeping in mind that there was not even a response to the email from anyone in the Trump Organization.)
Then there's this story: North Korea launched a missile which headed towards Japan and then entered Japanese airspace before finally going over Japan and crashing at sea. This launch could have engendered a counterattack on North Korea. It certainly was a major violation of international law, and was an act of war as that term is defined by law.
Here's what the media covered: President Trump said that talking to the NK's had failed for 25 years and would not work now. Defense Secretary Mattis said that the USA was not out of diplomatic options. The media says there's chaos at the White House.
These are three major stories, and only one was given much coverage by the media. Someone ought to find out who makes decisions as to what to cover at media organizations. Whoever that is ought to be replace by someone who can recognize important news when it happens.
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