News Flash: Most New News is No News - Who Knew?

It's been seven years since I last put fingers to keyboard in the service of this blog. Seven years later and the list of What They Miss is staggering. Instead of reporting on real issues and events that matter to people's actual lives, the headlines that dominate most news outlets are a combination of corporate opinions masquerading as relevant news stories, fear mongering, folks using anecdotal evidence to confirm their political position, and utter nonsense.

I want to focus on the utter nonsense, and there's no better place to start with utter nonsense than sports "journalism." Yes, those are air quotes around the word journalism because this is an entire industry that thinks reporting on men getting paid millions of dollars to play games that kids play for free, is every bit as important as social unrest in Baltimore, rising sea levels in Miami, and the disappearing water in California. For the record, I've been a sports fan ever since I popped out of the womb wearing green and gold,  so I like knowing what's going on. I just don't think these games are a life and death struggle that should require reporters like Stephen A. Smith to over accentuate every syllable to highlight their importance. The Clippers choked. Sad day for real and bandwagon fans alike. They'll put the basketballs on the shelf for a while and try again next year. Life goes on.

Speaking of balls, and utter nonsense: Deflategate. Everyone's talking about it so I wanted to make sure to touch on it and ask: Why is everyone talking about this? As a well seasoned Patriot Hater, I can honestly say that this is the dumbest story that has ever received mass media attention. No need to consult former quarterbacks for expert opinions. No need for reporters to stand outside Gillette stadium. It's not a story. It's nothing. And the fact a google search for it yields over 10 million search results makes my head spin. How many interesting sports stories are we missing out on because of the minute by minute updates about the air in Tom Brady's balls? To him they felt right... so he played with them. And won with them. The sore the losers can suck them. Next Story please.