‘Tis The Season
Yesterday I turned on the television to see the local morning news. On each channel that I went to, it was like a prolonged commercial for the malls and shopping centers. This is what local news has come to; the lead story is to inform everyone when the stores will be opened and closed.
I clicked to the cable news channels, but it wasn’t much different. I understand that the day after Thanksgiving is recognized as one of the biggest shopping days of the year, but still it’s rather off-putting how the news gets so excited and wrapped up in it all. It kind of makes my skin crawl how they seem to rejoice in showing the live coverage of people pushing and shoving one another as they enter the stores.