There were a few important news stories last night: the president’s indirect apology, the FDA rejecting over-the-counter sales of the “Plan B” contraceptive, a tape of air traffic controller interviews on 9/11 was mysteriously destroyed, Osama bin Laden offered a reward for the death of U.S. and UN officials in Iraq.
And WRC-TV’s News 4, the top television news in Washington, DC, the hub of all news these days, ran a promo for it’s 11pm broadcast during the “Friends” finale.
There, sprawled across the screen while Rachel was walking out on Ross, was the breaking news: a new pill that helps you lose weight AND stop smoking, all at the same time!
Heck, why didn’t they break in to the show with this important news?
Or better yet, send out the news in 40 million unsolicited e-mails like everyone else?
