First I would like to announce that my predicted SB matchup will be:
The Kansas City Chiefs vs. The San Francisco 49ers
And now to a point that I have just been thinking about. A week ago, there was fear in the nation as it was "predicted" by many that we were about to enter WWIII because we killed an Iran General.
It was basically the same doomsaying that happened after Trump was elected.
Iran then proceeded to bomb a US Military Base (with no casualties) followed by seemingly accidentally shooting down their own airliner.
And that was it. No doom. No cataclysm. Just back to ordinary lives. Trump now has to go to trial in the Senate and the Democrats continue to try to find a candidate that can beat him.
The 24 hour news cycle can give a lot in having time to go in depth on many different stories if need be. But it also obfuscates quickly certain stories that happen and then go by the wayside.
CNN came to prominence with their coverage of the Gulf War in 1991 and it seemed to hook people intently. And now we are seemingly conditioned to this cycle. We ingest news, make a big stink about it and then go onto the next story, unless there are other angles to be told that can interest viewers in same stories (The whole Trump investigation seems to be of this nature).
I just find it fascinating how we think the we're entering WWIII one week and then prepping for football championship games the next. Whiplash indeed.
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