The Birth of Tragedy
Peter Jennings, at least, on Saturday remarked how the space shuttle Colombia accident was a national tragedy, but I personally don't feel all that tragically impacted. (Nor do i feel nationally tragic. Locally, perhaps...) Then P.J. said stay with ABC news, "this is a tragedy which we will continue to be associated with." Well, i've always associated Disney with tragedy, but still it's nice to see ABC make such an effort to align its identity with a tragic event.
Also, CNN on their "Breaking News" rotating graphic (above the crawl, below the feed picture), gave us two indispensible pieces of information. They were:
"UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE SAYS, 'WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED"
yes, now that i know that you don't know, i know i will feel a lot better, you know?
and
"WALTER CRONKITE SAYS, 'WE ARE COMMITTED TO SPACE"
Who the hell called up Walter Cronkite, woke him from his nap and asked him for a quote? How is that supposed to contribute to my understanding of this event? If CNN hadn't already told me that the United Space Alliance said "We don't know what happened," i would be completely in the dark.
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