News

I was recently reading msnbc news, and I realized, what the heck do people consider news these days? I just can't believe that people would report things like "Pope believed to stress traditional worship in the near future" or "Obama weighs in on Dhali Lama, says USA should put pressure on Chinese government." I wonder what, exactly, consitutes news in the American mind. I have the feeling sometimes that it may be that combination of a the prototypical yes-man and the trivial and banal in one shot. And who says the USA doesn't stand for the 'axis of evil'? Honestly...