And it is really starting to p*ss me off!
Have you noticed the increasing ratio of news stories that seem to come in "video only" form?
First of all...this is offensive as h*ll to me. It seems the publishers of said news items don't think I am capable of reading it on my own (I have a beyond-college vocabulary and comprehension, so I don't need some almost-literate bimbo to read it to me....at least not for another thirty years or so I hope!).
Add to that the fact that said video is always 1) preceded by some brain dead advertising aimed at the sixth graders in the audience; and that 2) the "reader" when they finally get around to it either misses or just ignores some very salient facts; 3) or adds a lot of fluff to the story that has no value at all.
It has gotten to the point where if I click on what appears to be a news link and it pops up a video...I just kill it immediately. I hope we are not becoming such a stupid nation of "feed me your version of the news" that this becomes a normal delivery mechanism.
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