The general feeling about the media in all of its many forms is that it should be a window to the world for all important and relevant information that one could need. It is with this mindset that I was frantically searching the internet in hopes of finding some sort of current event happening in the media now that would make a suitable topic for this edition of “I’m Mentioning.” What I found was really stupid.

After coming to the Yahoo News page I checked the section that read top stories. Let me emphasize that this did in fact say TOP STORIES. At the bottom of the list the headline reads: Tyra Banks Proves Breasts Are Real on TV.

My problem does not lie with the story itself. The problem lies with the amount of nonsensical material that has become so integrated into our society that it’s not considered normal. At some point in time we decided that it was alright to just throw good judgment out the window and, instead of writing the stories that once made journalism great, all we’re looking for is the next celebrity scandal.

The problem isn’t just with the journalist however, oh no. The very source of the issue exists within the readers themselves.

It is the nonchalant, uncaring attitude of the public which forces the journalistic world to give up on real informative stories in order to cater to the world of tabloid readers. The same readers who would rather know about Britney Spears’ baby, than read about the devastation caused by the series of Hurricanes that have ravished the east coast in recent weeks.

Even now as I type this, I realize that many of you who are reading this will never see this paragraph because you have already put the paper down to go and find a story that is more interesting, perhaps one that proves my point even further.

Until next time, keep on looking for what really matters. Or don’t, it’s a free country isn’t it?