Getting the Priorities Right....

Is it me or is the current Writers Guild Strike getting waaay too much coverage on TV? This morning as I write this, the TV coverage continues with up to the minute "person on the street" interviews with the disgruntled scribes.

The hosts are talking about the "first casualties" of the strike - David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert. Sounds like someone needs to organize a bake sale. Each of these shows uses somewhere between 5-20 writiers for their nightly comedy content. With all that brainpower, you'd think they'd be funnier.

"Next up...Pakistan".

Huh?

You just transitioned from a 12,000 member union strike (that no one I know cares ANYTHING about) to equally brief coverage of the suspension of rights (martial law?) in Pakistan - an alleged ally in the fight against terrorism. The same place that (allegedly) hosts the summer home of Osama Bin Laden. A country with at least 20 nuclear bombs in its arsenal.

Oh - now we have breaking news that this has been the deadliest year ever for our soldiers in Iraq and Mary Matalin is now stating this is proof that "the surge" is working.

And now, back to the ongoing strike in New York....

Maybe the networks have it right. Now is the time we need a few laughs.