The other night, the local new channel (Fox 29 for those wondering) was doing a story on how the cold was affecting the city. Granted they did provide a small amount of coverage on how the homeless shelters are completely open at these temperatures and on the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning from heaters, but most of their coverage was about how it was affecting people who don't really suffer from the extreme cold.
"The cold is making it brutal for college students."
What kind of headline is that? Oh, the poor college students are cold as they scurry from their heated dorms to the heated classrooms. I think the university at which I work has made me completely apathetic to the droning complaints of undergraduates. There are tons of kids here dressed entirely in Polo, Nautica, and Brooks Bros. They whine when you give them homework that actually requires them to decipher a periodic table or, Heaven forbid, look up the volume formula for a cone! Next thing you know there will be headlines like, "Beer is making it difficult for students to get up for early morning classes." Worthless news. (Oxymoron!) The best part was that they ended the report with a shot of two people smoking with the announcer saying, "These two were able to brave the cold for a quick smoke." Fucking heroes for going out into the cold to kill themselves. Bravo, Fox!
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