Below is what I just copied and pasted from the latest news headlines at cnn.com:
Latest News
- Zimbabwe opposition leader seeks foreign force 12 min
- List of millionaires reaches 10 million
- Monet painting sells for record $80 million
- Starlet’s ex accused of posing as Vatican rep
- WRAL: Body of pregnant soldier found in motel
- State to spend $1.7 billion on Everglades
- Obama accused of ‘distorting’ the Bible
- Ticker: Obama up big in new poll
- McCain’s energy plan blasted as ‘gimmick’
- ‘Naked Cowboy’ can sue makers of M&Ms
- Ex-con convicted in rape, torture of grad student
- Arrests in N.C. show reach of Hispanic gang
- Poverty forces parents to give up kids
- iReport.com: Send questions for Pelosi, Feingold
- WPVI: 28 tons of chicken stolen from food bank
- Shopping list: Milk, bread, president
- Town wants to ban sofas from porches
- Teen fights off gator after losing his arm
- Men with 36.6-inch waists face fines
- CNN Wire: Roadside blast kills 3 U.S…
See that last one? You see it? It’s at the bottom and the headline isn’t even complete. It announces the death of 3 U.S. soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter. The article goes on to notify us of four more Americans that died in Iraq today.
I guess it’s pretty obvious how important their lives and deaths are to the media. Clearly less significant than a naked cowboy, stolen chicken, Anne Hathaway’s ex, and millionaires.