USA Today had a small little summary of this “controversy” today: until yesterday, CBS Evening News hadn’t broadcast a single story about the disappearance of Chandra Levy. Newsmax goes off on Dan Rather, who apparently objected to stories about Levy.
This is one of the few times I find myself agreeing with Dan Rather — the Chandra Levy story simply isn’t a worthwhile news story. I usually watch NBC News which has gradually transformed itself into “The Chandra Levy Update.”
The other day I was working out during lunch and was reminded of just how shallow broadcast news can be — CNN interrupted their Chandra Levy coverage to go live to Robert Downey Jr.’s sentencing.
Sometimes I get the feeling that E! now owns all the non-business cable news channels.