Thursday, October 04, 2007
Broadcast News
This morning on the train one of my fellow passengers insisted on providing a running commentary on his newspaper to pretty much everyone in the car.
"Hmmm, Cubs lost last night," he announced. "They've got another game tonight. Better not lose that one."
There was, perhaps unsurprisingly, no response. Undeterred, he continued.
"Oh, potential CTA fare hike. Don't want that. Nope, don't want that."
Nor did this intrepid entertainer shy away from political discourse.
"Barack Obama. You know he's only half black? Only half."
Why do I feel it's only a matter of time until he has his own cable news show?
This morning on the train one of my fellow passengers insisted on providing a running commentary on his newspaper to pretty much everyone in the car.
"Hmmm, Cubs lost last night," he announced. "They've got another game tonight. Better not lose that one."
There was, perhaps unsurprisingly, no response. Undeterred, he continued.
"Oh, potential CTA fare hike. Don't want that. Nope, don't want that."
Nor did this intrepid entertainer shy away from political discourse.
"Barack Obama. You know he's only half black? Only half."
Why do I feel it's only a matter of time until he has his own cable news show?
