Around 12 o’clock this morning, I got really sick. Sick enough that it kept me up all night.

Anyway, I spent most of the night watching tv cause I just didn’t feel like I could do much else. Our apartment complex provides basic cable to all of its residents. through this, we have CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and one other 24 hour news network. Anyway, I spent some time switching back and forth between these networks last night, and I was sickened by what I saw.

Yesterday, there was a fairly large riot at a prison in New Castle, IN. While I was watching the news last night, Fox News was the only one that reported on this incident at all. The other news networks spent the rest of the night talking to psychologists and lawyers about the Alec Baldwin message that he left for his daughter. They kept talking about how much damage that message would do to a 11 year old, especially having to hear it over and over again on tv. They would then go and play the message over and over again. Apparently, they are concerned about the welfare of the child, but not enough to keep from playing the message repeatedly.

What kind of country are we living in that would neglect to report something like a prison riot (big news) and instead, spend an entire night gossiping about a celebrity, and in the process, hurting more than just him?