sensationalism hurts.

i have been bothered recently (the past several years, most of my adult life) by sensationalism in the “serious” news media. it’s one thing when the Weekly World News needs to tell me about imminent threats from the Man in the Moon and when the Angel of Death visits earth, or “US” magazine shows me the horrors of all that celebrity cellulite (“You’ll never guess who’s fat ass this is!). but i’ve noticed a downward trend in efforts by news outlets to avoid creating mass hysteria (don’t even get me started talking about biased news) -- you know, the ”Is Your Mouthwash Killing You? News at 11” kind of nonsense. so i really enjoyed this article on the glut of threats the american public faces each day.