Blog post 2002 " Why the screaming fans ? "

I am not neurotically annoyed by too many things. But perhaps middle age has made the sense of disgust -unlike the other vital senses -more acute. I hear more things in hell, to be sure. I often fantasize about ridding myself of the damm TV forever. But I am too attached to the VCR -which is blessedly free of noisy, dumb, and obnoxious commercials. I must catch the morning news on Channel 10. What I can't stand - and don't understand - is the very beginning of the program where the cameras always zoom in on the screaming-hyenas - FANS - of Katy and Matt, I guess . How can they be so infantile over a moment of media attention ? What a contrast between the nightmare news and the demeanor of the celebrity news people - ( they ooze narcissism ) - and the bestial FANS in the street. The Providence horror writer H.P Lovecraft got it right about the future of humanity. A decayed species will inherit the earth. Public education gives most kids a vocabulary of 100 words - BASIC ENGLISH. A dismal future for the newspaper business !