Bacon! In the News...

I decided today that I am going to do a weekly segment called "In the News"...

Ever since I studied media communications in college, I have had a fervent disdain for almost all media, particularly, the news. Agenda setting, sensationalism, slants... I could go on for paragraphs on all the ways the public is affected by biases in the media.

As much as I try, there are still outlets and circumstances in which I cannot avoid the regurgitation of communication they call the "news"... So I proceed skeptically with caution and knowledge and do my best to take it lightly. For example, online, I find myself running into news when logging into various websites and email inboxes. My favorite is Yahoo news, for the sole reason that they pick the most random and interesting stories to spolight, from the most frivolous and auspicious writers.

Today's headliner:
World's oldest person dies in Los Angeles at 115

Ok, I have to admit, that is pretty cool. I continue reading the subheader:
Gertrude Baines celebrated her last birthday with a letter from Obama and a visit from Guinness. >>Her Diet

Wow! She's knows the President? They are going to tell me what to eat so I can live to be that old??! I was intrigued, so I clicked on the arcticle, only to find the amusement that inspired this blog:

Staff at Baines' nursing home described her as a modest woman who liked to watch the "Jerry Springer Show" and eat fried chicken, bacon and ice cream. She refused to use dentures.

This is so delightful. I read this and I can really only smile. I ♥ the news.