Too much news when little is happening

Home sick and watching the news — crazy stuff going on in New Hampshire today. Man who says he’s got a bomb strapped to his chest walks into the Clinton campaign office and takes hostages. Watched for a while — MSNBC, CNN — and it is pretty clear that the 24-hour cable news culture offers viewers little more than speculation. Updates have pretty much been a repeat of the previous update, with an occasional bit of new info. I’ve stopped watching for the moment and instead have a rerun of “King of Queens” on in the background as I work on some poems.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet