When did we start getting the news from a crystal ball?

"I SEE A VERY STRONG...NO WEAK...WELL...YOU BETTER..."

OK its time for a rant! I have had just about enough of the "NEWS" lately with the forecasts and the predictions. REPORT SOME FACTS.

Not to disparage our society but we need to get a reality check and stop the madness. We are so misinformed and self serving as a nation. We now think we know a day in advance what the market will do, If Britney will stomp out of court, whether the real estate catastrophe will finally pop, the winner of a caucus and all before we even vote!

Buzz phrases like "the market is going to tank"..."the Mary KATE connection"..."there are thought to be weapons of mass destruction"..."OBAMA WINS!", drive me NUTS.

I was talking to my Mom earlier this week and she referred to a comment that Joy Behar made on THE VIEW. Joy said something to the effect... The trouble with the news is, it isn't news anymore. We used to hear reports of what happened not what was going to happen.

Joy, you have a point! Where is the DATA? When did this transition Happen? WHY IS THIS CALLED NEWS and not The Nightly Predictions with Helen Duncan?
Frankly this is absurd.

People let's get it together, if we all react to these predictions of MADAME WHOSHERNAME... we will be ruled by the suggested, the forced prediction will become reality. Don't Succumb to this... Stand up and make you own moves, Buy- Sell, Invest -Cash In, Vacation-Build a Bomb Cellar, VOTE, PLEASE VOTE...

Do what you want and need not what some "PUNK" Reporter or dilettante on TV tell you to! READ.
Investigate.
Trust Your GUT.