This is what they call news?

Ok, I admit it, some of the articles I've written in the past could've won the worst writing of all time award. Well, maybe not that bad, but definitely up there. I was young, and they were done over ten years ago right after high school.

But even my worst work was more newsworthy than what was on the front page the other day.

There was a Chamber of Commerce meeting, paper person attended (editor I believe) -- makes sense, they do post items from the meeting in the paper. The entire meeting involved many things, some of which being ideas that'd not only help get everyone a job, but just help out the less fortunate. And there was a mention of the chamber getting a new copier, and news that's been plastered all over the paper for a few weeks who's date has long since passed, with a few items of interest, but everyone that cares already knows.

So what made it to the front page?

Now if you think the "community helping" stuff made it, you're wrong. What did make it was the "exciting" and "invigorating" news of past events and a brand new copier! I mean... it's a copier, and NEW! What's better than that?

I guess I just live in some screwed up place where a brand new copier is front-page worthy, and an end of poverty related news isn't even worthy of the ink that'd be used to print it. Perhaps what's wrong with the world is that way of thinking... maybe there are hundreds of companies and organizations out there working their butts off to end poverty, but the news agencies won't waste the effort to tell others they exist.