Rant #3,404: Goodbye

I had no problems with Facebook yesterday, none at all.

I found this kind of funny, because they got me for having the nerve to talk about my health, but when I spoke about the numbskull actions of Facebook the next day, they let it go.

I can't make heads or tails of this, and i don't think they can either.

There are absolutely no steadfast rules on Facebook; it is like they make "rules" up as they go along.

You wonder why they are so scrutized, because nothing they do makes the least bit of sense.

But like I said yesterday, "Que Sera, Sera" ... whatever will be will be.

Otherwise, things are pretty quiet over here right now.

I have physical therapy later today, my allergy problems, cold or whatever it is, are still there, but seems to get better each day.

Something not getting better is the "CBS Evening News."

I read in the newspaper that Norah O'Donnell, the anchor of the "CBS Evening News," will be leaving her duties after the November presidential election.

Honestly, her five years in that position did not lift the show out of third place, behind ABC and NBC, and I think she just simply got bored as the captain of a ship that has been sinking for years.

As a regular watcher of the show, I was a little disappointed at the uneven coverage the show gave to various topics, most recently the Israel/Hamas conflict and the upcoming presidential election.

Her overuse of the term "breaking news" deadened the impact of what the term actually means, and although she did lessen its use in recent times, when she does use it now, it doesn't have any meaning, based on her past actions.

It is sort of like the proverbial "boy who cries wolf;" does what she is saying really need and deserve that description, or is she "crying wolf" again?

Yes, she was eye candy, for sure, but the shows leanings were so obvious.

Maybe the other network news shows camouflage their leanings better than her show did, but as the anchor, it is her responsibility to be even handed, and I think she wore her heart on her sleeve too much, leaning toward "Inside Edition" journalism more than stories that reporters could really sink their teeth into.

She was kind if blah, to be honest with you.

And the move to Washington from New York really did not help the show at all. She wanted to be closer to her family, which is admirable, but when your news division is based in New York, it didn't make sense to be that far away from it.

So she will take her multi-million-dollar salary and do what she wants to do at this point in her career, one-on-one interviews.

Sounds like "60 Minutes" territory is in her future.

She gave it a good try, but the perpetually sinking ship needs a new captain.