Mindless Drivel and Shiny Objects

Now that we are almost into hour 93 of the Palin I-quit-a-rod and Michael Jackson's impending public memeorial service almost upon us, who will mourn our dead in Afghanistan? Not the cable news evidently. Spewing mindless drivel and chasing shiny objects being the coin of the realm in the establishment media these days, is it any wonder traditional sources of news are in trouble? Sure the stories are covered but nothing gets wall-to-wall coverage like dead pop icons, politically dead dark horse candidates, and attractive missing white girls.