In an email exchange with the main news anchor of one of our local television stations, here in Springfield, MO, I mentioned that I believed that the dumbing down of America is not just an expression that makes for a good sound-bite, but after hearing all of the misinformation being broadcast and published about the tornado that utterly destroyed at least 25% of a community of around 50,000 residents, I am beginning to become more and more aware of the numbing of America. For when almost everything that happens is the biggest, baddest, greatest or the worst thing to ever happen in the history of this world, is it not no wonder that so very many pay such little attention?
Case in point, I received an email from a local organization that is fairly well known for providing aid in disaster areas worldwide with the headline of, Deadliest Tornado In The History Of The U.S. Hits Close To Home. Now, I realize that this might not be the best time to take exception to something like that, but why would they feel a need to overhype what really is a horrible situation in the hope of soliciting a donation?
