Some times you just gotta smile...

The other night I caught a piece of television. The show was one of those news magazine style programs where they save us from all the evil in the world and basically inform us on how to live our lives in a full and meaningful way. I'm sure you all know the style of program. The outrage interviewer who confronts a sleezy used car salesman in his car lot, complete with an irate customer who was wronged by this low life. Then surprise surprise another wronged customer just happens to arrive in time for the camera's to record tirade of abuse for said evil doer, and in so doing fully legitimise what would have been a shaky story . At least the cooking shows are honest enough to say " and here's a dish that I prepared earlier".

Anyway back to the story from the other night. I tuned in because having missed the news earlier I thought I might get some information on the horrible devastation in Burma. But no instead we had an in depth report on whether a swimmer had a bear gut, was underdone and lacking in preparedness for the Olympic Games. Interviews with sports medicine experts, doctors, sports personalities, and sports commentators, all expounding their different views as well as the inevitable replay of the same few seconds of footage over and over and over again. In slow motion, freeze framed and zoomed in.

Good to see Australian television news really gets to the "guts" of the story. I feel so much better knowing that we are so well informed.

Have a great day