Too much news

By: Shauna Agan

My grandpa was watching his soap operas today as he does everyday. He must have really been watching them today rather than falling asleep because when I went to visit him tonight he was very ticked off.

My grandpa’s soap opera was interrupted by a newsflash that he didn’t like. This news was a video of President-elect Barack Obama walking up to the White House and shaking hands with current President George W. Bush.

The reason my grandfather got so ticked off about this was because he did not believe it was newsworthy enough for the station to completely interrupt his television program just to show this. We all knew sooner or later Obama and Bush would get together and eventually shake hands. Why is it news just to show it on television?

Since the election has happened, media is trying hard to find something else to focus on. Their answer is to show anything and everything they can about the transition of power.

While I do believe it is newsworthy that Obama and Bush met today, I do not think it was important enough to interrupt a television program to show them shaking hands. Big deal.

I agree that the transition of powers is very significant in our country right now and it does deserve media coverage. However, I think media is going to focus way more on it than needed.

A lot of things that are newsworthy become old news fast because of the rapid media coverage. When a story is covered too often, people get sick of hearing about it.
Often times, media goes too far and over emphasizes the newsworthiness of a story. The media will cover the story too much, and it is no longer news. There is such thing as too much media coverage.