News doesn't like news

My family was sitting in our kitchen, eating dinner and watching the news on the local station. The show opened up with a preview of the evenings news stories. One exciting story caught our eye: the invention of a water-powered vehicle.

We sat through the entire hour-long episode, eagerly awaiting this world-changing story, only to find that they dropped it in favor of a gay Olympian and the opening of a local fair. Now what's with that?

The invention of a simple, affordable engine that runs entirely on water is pushed off the air by some queer athlete? There wasn't a single story in the entire program that was more important than a hydrogen car. Think about it... it tolls the end of the gasoline and petrol monopoly that has raised our gas prices to a dollar a liter. With a cheap engine, and fuel literally falling from the skies, the convenience and quality of life in Canada would raise significantly.

Yet another death knell for traditional media coverage. Already, you can access creative content and news reports directly from their sources... free, fast, and easy. Blogs, free video archives like YouTube and Google Video, and free photo hosting on Flickr. These keep me up-to-date on the most important matters, and the one's I'm actually interested in.

Oh, and for those of you still looking for coverage on the water-powered vehicle.