Slippery Slope

I know I keep telling others to just shut up already while I blather on here but here’s the deal, if they shut up maybe I’ll shut up (or at least move on).
Today’s juicy little news tidbit is that the parents of Miley Cyrus are divorcing (that would be Billy “Achy Breaky” Cyrus and the Mrs). Divorce is sad. No matter what it’s always got a tinge of sadness to it for everyone involved. Because they are a fairly public family it’s not surprising that their split made the news but that wasn’t enough for CNN. On my way home this evening I was treated to a CNN “news” story speculating on how this divorce will impact 17-year-old Miley’s future. Will she end up like Lindsay or Brittney? Oh we don’t know but that sounds like a possibility. The fabulous “news” team actually tossed into the mix the “what if her dad dates someone almost as young as Miley?” Huh? Really? To the best of anyone’s current knowledge neither Mommy Miley nor Daddy Miley are currently dating anyone so why would they bring up this line of thought?

It seemed like the objective of this team of reporters was to actually make news where there was none. The only news was that Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus had split. That was it. But without anything else to go on, without any other juicy little nugget, they had to make up some speculative tales to get the juices flowing. It’s repulsive. It really is. I don’t really know much about Miley Cyrus and to be honest I don’t really care much but I do care enough in general to know that speculating wildly about her dad’s future dates is just fucking wrong.

I’d like those “news” folks to put themselves in that place. Imagine themselves in divorce proceedings. Imagine people publicly contemplating the age of their next date. Imagine their kids and their families hearing this. Imagine how shitty they’d feel…

So once again…I beseech you oh great beast known as the media in the US…PLEASE SHUT UP.