Skip The Scoop...They Did

"Nothin' says daddy loves you like Kraft mac and cheese and Grey Goose vodka."

The last I heard radio reprobate/nitwit, Ted Williams had checked himself out of re-hab and out of the national spotlight.  It seems that Mr. Williams, who had once soared to the heights of a mediocre radio career in Columbus, Ohio thanks to a decent set of pipes and a daily marinade in a quart of Grey Goose, ankled the drying out farm his daughter and Doctor Phil prescribed for him.  It would seem to merit some attention from the fifth estate, however they appear to have moved on.  The "feel good" story of a guy standing on a corner in Columbus begging for work as an announcer ended for the American press just as soon as he was deemed an overnight success and well on the way to a big career in voice-over work.  As near as I can determine, he was offered a job with the Cleveland Cavaliers and picked up a one time V.O. gig with Kraft macaroni and cheese; then the mainstream media was through with him.  Nobody in big media seemed the least bit interested in the fact that Williams is the father of at least nine children for whom he has provided exactly ZERO support money for, well...forever.  You and I picked up that tab.  No warm fuzzy moments to report, so the gang on the show biz beat took a pass.  No story there.

This woman is "baby mama" to four Ted Williams offspring

Another scoop the press seems to have missed is the very large elephant in the room regarding the tragic shootings in Tucson.  In all of the uproar concerning "hate speech" and "gun control" nobody thought it worthwhile to REPORT the story of the suspect's obvious mental problems or, a bigger story yet, his drug use.  Drugs were, and continue to be, a huge part of this story and yet nobody deems it worthy of probing.

Also, it is amazing that no warm body with a press card thought to question the moral dilemma posed by last week's sight of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner hosting a state dinner for Hu Jintao of China.  After all it is notable that the Chinese president has seen fit to throw the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner, merely a citizen of his country, in prison.  No irony, no sir!

No, the boys and girls of the print and broadcast media are way too busy reporting on the latest perceived "civility" infraction by Sarah Palin and the great loss rendered to discourse in America by MSNBC's firing of mega a--hole Keith Olbermann.

About the only story today's journalism school graduates don't miss is the location of the nearest open bar.