There was an almost gleeful tone in the voice of Dan Abrahms on MSNBC when the verdict was announced. The guilty verdict did vindicate his non-stop beratement of Peterson throughout the trial. I guess. He's not a journalist, so I don't expect any sort of impartiality out of him, but I half-expected him to pull out a party hat and some confetti to bolster his celebratory demeanor.
That was sort of expected, since the OJ trial has set the national tone for sensationalized court cases. Whole cable network stations have been spawned to cover such things... MSNBC, FOX News, CNBC, CNN, E!, and that other one, uh, oh yeah, CourtTV. Luckily there was nothing more pressing than said guilty verdict.
Oh, wait, there was. Yassir Arafat died. Much as every news station one has access to likes to send their reporters into the very worst parts of the worst storms, so too did many networks send their big names into Israel and Cairo to report on the event amidst a hail of bullets fired up into the air and thousands of mourning and celebrating people from an otherwise calm, peaceful region.
Between clips we were able to get some background on the 75 years Arafat was around. Footage from his speech to the UN, from vaious interviews over the years, from the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, etc.
I think Veteran's Day comes around once a year or so, which means I'll just have to hope that next year no major distractions take place so we can watch Saving Private Ryan and remember our veterans past and present. If you live in right ABC market, anyway.
Dan and Silicon Valley to Re-Unite
