The News Anchor got bored again...

With all the efforts of our disaster-happy media to make us all die young with stress, I though I should set a few things straight about recent events.

FACT: North Korea has tested another nuke underground.

FICTION: They might ever actually consider using it on South Korea.

I have really lost any faith in today's media... I mean, really? What moron would nuke an area only 20 miles away, when the fallout is over 100 miles? The North Koreans want South Korea, not the radioactive remains of it.


FACT: North Korea has just renounced the Armistice Treaty

FICTION: That actually means anything.

Again, I present a case of the media being so hungry for a story that they make one from almost nothing. North Korea is ALWAYS making stupid threats to try to get our attention. Just think of them as a toddler starved for attention. They will keep trying to do little things that aren't serious but still get them in trouble anyways. I challenge the media to go find family members of the infamous Axe Murder incident and ask them if they think North Korea has abided by the treaty all these years. The simple truth of the matter is they don't abide by the treaty-- rather they don't attack anyone because they know they would be blown off the face of the earth if they tried because no one (even China and Russia) likes them anymore.


FACT: The U.S. and South Korean militaries have raised the alert status.

FICTION: The troops are at a heightened state of alert.

I was reading the news, and apparently I am at a big state of alert, watching North Korea intently. Also, apparently the dozens of ROK soldiers I saw last night downtown are also really alert. Hogwash. A classic example of the media twisting the truth to sound ominous. Yes, the militaries are watching more closely, but it is not like we are on a lockdown or anything.


Bottom line is unless there is an actual land invasion, any time the media starts talking about Korea, always take the level of seriousness down a couple levels at least. This goes for anything... recently when a former Korean President committed suicide, many Koreans found out from the news that they were apparently in a huge state of shock and mourning.... because if the news finds 10 people doing something, they will assume the 100 people around them are also doing it as well.