Drop My IQ and make me a journalist

I really wonder if you have to take an IQ test to be a journalist. If you score above a certain level, does it disqualify you?

Cases in point. This weekend the news channels had minute-by-minute updates on Dennis on Saturday. Gee, the storm was 24 hours from landfall. The progress of the storm was news for the Gulf Coast, but not for us in Virginia and definitely not for those in Michigan, Wisconsin and California. Why the breathless updates? Then comes Sunday. We have Geraldo leaning hard to starboard to stay up in a 100 mph wind. Too bad the idiot didn't get hit by a twig, just to show us how dangerous 5 grams of wood going 100 mph could be. If he wants to be stupid, why put it on the tube?

Now we have the Carl Rove non-story. The only interesting part of this story is just how long the press will chew on it, give the Dems the platform and repeatedly ask the same stupid questions at the daily press briefing.

In Richmond, last Thursday night, we had a thunder storm moving through the area. channel 6 spent breathless hours tracking the storm through the area. Talking about trying to make something out of a non-news event. Thunderstorms have been common for eons. Other than Channel 6 pretty graphics and multi-million dollar radar, they are not news.

I'm willing to bet that there is some real news out there. The news outlets are just too dumb and lazy to find it.