Okay so the picture is very misleading. I have no idea where it was taken and what Katie was crying about. I doubt she is crying about a NYT article that says CBS is in talks with CNN to share some reporting tasks. The article says Katie's job is safe.
Of course the picture makes you think that the highly paid Ms. Couric is the one who is losing her job. Or that she is feeling personal remorse for siphoning off so much of the company's news budget that they can't afford to operate without "a merger."
In a flash, the pictures conjure up lots of reasons why Ms. Couric is feeling bad. Problem is, the story doesn't match the tears.
Given our propensity to watch a car accident, we click to see the Couric accident. However, there is no accident. Just a rumor that CBS and CNN are "in talks to share resources. However, the juxtaposition of the Couric tears to the headlines speaks volumes of what conclusion Drudge wants us to make.
So it is in the news biz these days. Organizations that spent decades trying to separate themselves from the era of Yellow Journalism are finding that sensationalism and scandal-mongering is the tone and tenor of today's news.
People have always loved sensationalism and scandal-mongering but there was a time when news organizations were allowed to create a higher standard. There was a time when getting it right, striving for being objective,vetting stories before they aired or were published were the standard, instead of the exception.
No wonder many feel their most reliable news source is John Stewart.
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