The News is Not Only Bad, it's Stupid too

I was two songs into my radio show when the regular DJs called to let me know that they were late and almost there. Huh?
On the schedule, it says TBA - fuck. I spent a lot of time getting ready, not to mention waking up at 6am and having a pot of coffee for breakfast.

So I went home and turned on cable news. CNN was showing a shot of the Empire State Building shrouded in clouds from just above the slope at the base of the tower, the site of Kong's last stand.
The Weather idiot read his blurb and then he said something very much like:" here we see New York , and um, er, ah...I don't know what building that is , but you can see it's cloudy..."

You could clearly see the entire bulding- only the tower itself was hazy, but the dunce just stumbled over himself.
The Empire State Building is one of the world's most widely recognized buildings, but I guess a cursory knowledge of national landmarks isn't necessary to get a job in TV journalism.
As you can see in the top photo , the ESB is surrounded by other, visually distracting buildings , which makes spotting it akin to discerning a needle in the proverbial haystack.
In order to help their 'challenged' TV announcer, I have enlisted the aid of a giant gorilla to help call attention to this obscure and unremarkable building.


Is this the same liberal media that is supposed to be helping the terrorists by 'leaking' information that anyone with a brain larger than an almond already knew?
For example:

-We are tracking the money of terror suspects? Gosh! Who woulda guessed?

-You say the government wants to tap your phone and read your email?
If this upsets you, you must have something to hide.
We can find out what that is -remember, torture is now legal.

-The war in Iraq is making the world worse, not better? No shit.
Ask anyone in the world who doesn't live in an American cocoon and they will agree. The only persons who want this war are groups like Halliburton, Exxon and al-Queda.
It was clear from before the invasion that this would be a disaster of epic scope. Irwin Allen coulda directed this war. Terro-rama!

If pointing out the obvious is somehow providing aid and comfort to the enemy, perhaps it's a good thing that we have TV journalists who couldn't find the Empire State Building if they pointed a camera straight at it.