I think we’re almost to the end of this. Don’t get me wrong–I’m not trying to understate the historical significance of the death of a president. But did we have to have all of the cable channels devote every news show to it for an entire week?
I think two factors are at play here: (1) broadcasters have been saving up for this event for a while and want to get all their material in; and (2) on a day-to-day basis networks do a lousy job of putting stories in a historical context, so now it’s time to catch up and educate everyone on President Reagan. It would be nice to see a little more objectivity and a little less rosy historical revisionism if that’s what they want to do.
One side benefit from this has been that the Scott Peterson trial coverage has been muted this week. Expect the hype to resume in full force on Monday.
Who knew that Reagan would be bigger than Laci, Jacko or Kobe? In fact all I’ve heard of Michael was on South Park, the “Michael Jefferson” episode….
Am I being too cynical here?