I got my Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, specializing in print news. Then, and still, I hear the TV broadcasting folks complaining about how hard it is to cram a news story into the three-minute sound bite. I generally sympathize, but yesterday I was listening to a news cast.

The story was that there was some kind of electrical problem–a transformer had blown–the electrical company blamed it on the transformer company, and the transformer company blamed it on the county, and in the end, people had no electricity. The story revolved around a lady who’d complained to the station to try to get help.

But here’s the kicker for me. The reporter’s only got a few minutes to do a feature on this story, and about one minute of the time is spent with this breaking news: ANOTHER fellow who is without power was interviewed, he didn’t want to be on the air, but “He also wonders what will happen.”

I think that may be Pulitzer Prize material.

That’s my gripe of the day. Guess we should all be grateful that’s ALL I have to complain about this morning.