Lately I just can’t seem to bring myself to watch as much news as I used to. It seems that the end of the primary contest left a giant vacuum that the media is trying to fill with anything and everything they can get their hands on. All I have seen day in and day out are trial balloons floated overhead to see what gets the public’s attention.

So far no story has caught fire or lit up ratings the way the Reverend Wright and Bosnia stories did. I suppose that’s both good and bad. What I am however getting tired of seeing is the media trying to make news rather than let it happen. Day in and day out for weeks now political pundits on the TV have tried to make something out of nothing.

Lately they’ve been trying to make a big deal out of Bill Clinton’s so-called ‘tepid’ comments with respect to campaigning for Obama. Does anyone really care? I certainly don’t. From what I read and heard Bill Clinton’s comments, or comments made by his proxies have been perfectly acceptable. But that’s not stopping Chris Matthews and others from projecting into what was ‘really’ meant by these comments. There’s no there there. Move along people.

Next we had the comments by Karl Rove about Obama being the guy who leans against the wall at the country club sipping martinis and smoking cigarettes talking shit about passers-by. Seriously, does anyone care what Karl Rove thinks anymore?

Then there was this story about James Dobson criticizing Obama for a speech he made to what I guess are called liberal Christians in 2006. The media kept playing the clip of Obama’s speech over and over. I guess they were hoping there was some controversy in it. I couldn’t figure out what the big deal was. James Dobson on the other hand showed his true colors demonstrating his lack of understanding of the Bible and lack of understanding of Jesus Christ’s message of love, understanding, and tolerance. To me that was bigger news than anything Obama said.

And seriously, do we really care what Ralph Nader says? Clearly his remarks were meant to be inflammatory with the sole intention of getting himself back into the news cycle. Mission Accomplished.

These are just a few examples of what I felt the media was trying desperately to make news out of. It’s as if they had a stack of pancakes loaded with syrup and butter then tossed the stack and the wall while looking to see what sticks. It’s a shotgun approach to news which I feel is neither constructive nor educational. Instead they are gunning for ratings hoping to be the one that sparks the next big public outrage.

As the news focused on such trivial matters as the aforementioned, much bigger stories happened all around them such as the eviscerating of the 4th amendment via the telecom immunity bill. With the exception of Randi Rhodes and some bloggers few are talking about how many in the Democratic Leadership such as Jane Harman, Nancy Pelosi, and Steny Hoyer are just as guilty as Bush Cheney of selling the invasion of Iraq to America. They were aware of the warrantless wiretapping program, rendition and torture at Gitmo, and the faulty intelligence. That’s why there is no impeachment. If Bush and Cheney were impeached Hoyer, Pelosi, Harman, and other Democrats would be found just as guilty of violating The Constitution.

The biggest news story I thought that deserves wall to wall coverage was Karl Rove trying to blame the New York Times for outing Valerie Plame. Karl Rove was trying to condemn and damn the New York Times for the very actions that he is guilty of. This is the classic projection of a liar. It was Scooter Libby who was fucking Judith Miller and feeding her all the bullshit about WMD, Valerie Plame, and Joe Wilson which she then diligently spewed all over the pages of the New York Times under the guise of journalism.

I can’t believe people are letting Karl get away with this crap. Instead there was a collective laugh from the media as they said “heh, that’s our Karl…he’s so brilliant…”

I wonder if I will ever live to see the day where the media instead of trying to make news just reports it. I wonder if I will ever witness the end of the sticky shot gun approach to journalism where media whores bet on which news item will stick to the wall the longest.