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April Running Down
Apr. 21st, 2018 04:13 pmGrey and dreary and very wet here today. Renewed my driver's license this week, which ramped my social anxiety up to eleven -- the list of documents you might be required to produce to prove you are who you say you are and you live where you live is impressive, to say the least. All you should need is your (expiring) license, but the renewal letter specifies you COULD be asked to show any or all of these documents -- a passport, a Social Security card, your car registration. So, yes, I took all of those things, and in the end it was a non-event. :-P
Almost finished with Mark Mazower's deep dive into his family's history (What You Did Not Tell).
One of our local TV stations seems to be getting overtly religious in its news broadcasts. Nothing hugely in-your-face, but an accumulation of little things, like "jokingly" needling the sports guy about going to church, and a commercial where one of the weather guys talked about one of the reasons he loved working there was because of the opportunity to share his faith, and, most recently, after the passing of Barbara Bush, one of the news anchors did an on-air tribute where it was abundantly clear that he (the news anchor) believed she was in Heaven, and that Heaven is a real place, hallelujah forever, amen. (He didn't actually say that last bit, but it was most certainly the gist.)
ANYWAY. I asked Mister Nightdog_barks if I was imagining all this, and he said no, he'd noticed it too. He wondered if perhaps the station owners had done some focus-group sessions, which, god knows in this state would give you people saying "Sure it's okay to talk about your religion during a news broadcast!" I DON'T KNOW. Maybe I'm overreacting. But it's making me uncomfortable enough to switch to a different news show, at least for a while.
Almost finished with Mark Mazower's deep dive into his family's history (What You Did Not Tell).
One of our local TV stations seems to be getting overtly religious in its news broadcasts. Nothing hugely in-your-face, but an accumulation of little things, like "jokingly" needling the sports guy about going to church, and a commercial where one of the weather guys talked about one of the reasons he loved working there was because of the opportunity to share his faith, and, most recently, after the passing of Barbara Bush, one of the news anchors did an on-air tribute where it was abundantly clear that he (the news anchor) believed she was in Heaven, and that Heaven is a real place, hallelujah forever, amen. (He didn't actually say that last bit, but it was most certainly the gist.)
ANYWAY. I asked Mister Nightdog_barks if I was imagining all this, and he said no, he'd noticed it too. He wondered if perhaps the station owners had done some focus-group sessions, which, god knows in this state would give you people saying "Sure it's okay to talk about your religion during a news broadcast!" I DON'T KNOW. Maybe I'm overreacting. But it's making me uncomfortable enough to switch to a different news show, at least for a while.