Big Boy news stations forgot about the rest of the news

This morning I posted how the last military shipment from Iraq had arrived in Beaumont and it bothered me. Why wasn't this story all over the "big boy" news station? It seems as if all they are interested in is politics.

There are so many other stories out there reported on a daily basis that should be covered by the 24-7 cable "news" station but someone decided a long time ago to play a game with what they tell us. FOX has been the Republican station of choice. MSNBC decided to serve the Democrats. CNN has been trying to stay in the middle. There isn't a cable news station for the rest of the news.

I spend a lot of time in my car, so I bought a satellite radio. I like to listen to oldies and enjoy the fact I can decide what decade I feel like hearing. Sometimes it is the 60's, other times it is the 80's but most of the time it is the 70's. I don't expect to hear rap on any of them. I don't expect to hear classical music instead of the groups I grew up with. On a rare occasion I hear a song I had not heard before but I always know the song fits in with the rest of what I want to listen to. There are a lot of choices so that people can listen to what they want to hear and trust that is what they will be provided with.

There was a time when I could feel that way with turning on a news station. I lived in the Boston area most of my life. I knew when I turned on WBZ radio I would hear the news and not hear a bunch of political nonsense. I knew what was going on in the area from traffic reports to events along with reports on crimes and even some feel good stories. The only time there was political coverage was when there was an election coming up but never once did they spend years covering the candidates unless they did something really "news worthy" the general public needed to know about.

We have no choices now. We have little information now. Even when you turn on local news stations, you hear about political candidates on a national level way too much. The GOP candidates are covering Florida now, so some of the coverage is understandable but they have been reporting on what has been happening when these candidates show up in other states more than they covered local stories.

Who decided the American public didn't need to know what was going on in this country as much as they needed to know about the people wanting to run it?