Here's the final installment of the cousin-hating-news-anchors episode: Seems the cousin was convinced that the news anchors were inserting subliminal religious dogma into their broadcasts, trying to convert us all to some sort of state-run religion.
I do think it's strange that news anchors get all the attention that they get. They get more attention than the news they are reporting. Sometime ago in central Iowa's rich media past, a petite blond news anchor woman was actually abducted and they've never heard from her since. It's a perennial tear-jerker story. Also, remember when the entire Midwest flooded in biblical proportions in 1993? Well, the ol' Mississippi is flooding again (you know, like it does every year) and the news stations in Des Moines (four hours from the river) are doing live updates featuring a lackey in hip boots measuring the "impending doom" with a wooden ruler and verbal hyperbole. I might be happy if they reported that "the river sure has some moxie this year!" but, no, they're not...The local evening news is an English major's nightmare....
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