Sometimes I really have to wonder about whoever it is that decides in what order the news stories are presented in CBS news summaries. I mean, doesn’t it sound sensible that stories ought to be listed in order of how important and far reaching they are?

 Powered by Max Banner Ads Sometimes I wonder if the people putting headlines on a site bother to check with each other before they do something. Judging from a couple of headlines I saw today on Iwon’s news page in the technology section (as of Jul 23, 1:06 pm (ET) anyway.):
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 Powered by Max Banner Ads I was watching the news in the morning and as we browsed past some other channels there were several, almost all the morning news programs in fact, were carrying a lot of coverage with live video of the crane collapse in New York City.
What I found surprising is that when we [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads I really hate the way news media put things sometimes. They almost always manage to spin the headlines and usually the stories themselves in such a way that they don’t really have as much to do with reality as they should.
For example, have a look at this one:
U.S. Economy Gets [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads I got another one of those “Breaking News” items the other day. This one came from FoxNews but I also got similar “Breaking News” announcements from ABC news, CBS news and at least one other.
It announced in screaming all-caps:
JURY RULES DEATHS OF PRINCESS DIANA, DODI FAYED UNLAWFULLY CAUSED BY RECKLESS [...]