5 Things The Media Over Hyped And Wouldn't Shut Up About This Year

The Aftermath of the Iran Election

Yeah, I know what your thinking, the turmoil in Iran is a serious deal, and world politics are important. Yeah, that's true, but the entire week before Jackson's death, the media wouldn't drop Iran. CNN, Fox, MSNBC, it was all about Ahmadinejad, Mousavi, and riots. There was a lot of other stuff going on at the time too, I mean, at Obama's press conference that week, over 80% of the questions were about Iran. What ever happened to the economy, or health care, or even the War in Iraq.

Twitter (and other social networking websites)

Tweeting, twittering, twating, I just don't care. Seriously, CNN just won't shut up about it. Hearing about Newt Gingrich's horribly short hand and slang, Sarah Palin's Facebook or Rachael Maddow raving about twitter. I think it's so funny when the daytime CNN anchors beg for people to tweet them or when Don Lemon reads a name like "sassygirl86" and stumbles over horrible myspace grammar.

Swine Flu Outbreak

N1H1 or Swine Flu or whatever you want to call about it. The media just over hyped it to death, you got millions of people dying from malayria, and 1000s dying from the regular flu but when a few dozen people catch the N1H1 virus, everyone goes crazy. I don't really get it, and I never really did, seriously flu masks were selling crazy for those two weeks.

The Beer Summit

Race is a serious problem in America, and the Gates arrest was something that the media should have talked about. But Obama getting involved and hosting a beer summit was laughable. And Fox News complaining that Obama wasn't drinking an American beer, and CNN mentioning how it was funny that Biden was drinking a non-alcoholic beverage was just silly. I wonder who coined the term beer summit, I think the name was realy why the media hopped on the story.

Obama's Family

Obama's family is cool, and sometimes I like to hear about them, but the media takes it too far sometimes. Seriously, I don't care about Michelle Obama's arms, yeah they are nice, but people telling her to cover them up is outrageous. The media analyzing what she wears and the Huffington Post raving about all her outfits just confuses me. She is an educated woman who is very successful and all the media wants to talk about is what she wears. And Malia and Sasha Obama are in the media way too much considering their age. Am I the only one who realizes how every time David Shuster mentions the Obama children he has to mention the Jonas Brothers too? One time he was talking about how they probably were talking about the Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana at the cafeteria. Another time, Shuster couldn't shut up about a doll one of the girls had. And MSNBC talking about what they were eating for lunch, I mean, seriously if I were the President I would tell the media to lay off my kids.

I hope you guys enjoyed this post. As a contrast, expect a post from me about 5 things the media doesn't talk about enough in the not to distant future.