Slow News Week

 

Ugh. I can only refresh social media so much.

(United States) - The US media is facing an all too familiar crisis: another week's lack of news. Ever since vaccination distribution hit a threshold where most adults in the country who would like to shots can get them, journalists are scrambling to find things that their readers and viewers may care about. Because the companies are privately run and depend on revenue to stay in business, it would appear that they are scraping the bottom of the barrel this week.
For instance, the incredibly lopsided conflict between Israel and Palestine is entering its second week. With reports indicating that as of this writing, airstrikes have killed 212 people, including 61 children in Palestine. Meanwhile, the press struggles to come up with hyperbolic phrases about Hamas "raining down missiles" on Israeli cities and killing upwards of 10 people so that they may keep using the word "conflict."
In the midst of all of this, US President Biden's administration will sell 735 million dollars worth of weapons to the nation of Israel, a move that has prompted ire among people who have been paying attention and see the residents of Gaza as human beings. Tucker Carlson had this to say, "Do you really want to hear about things like that? Does the American public want to know about stuff that's going to make it really depressed? Does it?"
If all of that were not boring enough, the US Supreme court has decided to hear Dobbs v. Jackson, a case that requires doctors who perform abortions to be able to have patients admitted to hospitals nearby. As five of the nine members in the court have expressed opposition to a woman's right to choose, this case has been touted as having the potential to functionally overturn abortion rights as they stand in the country. If you're still reading this and haven't fallen asleep yet, keep in mind that this has been the goal of a great many people who repeat things that are fundamentally in conflict with basic biology. Not only that, but this case could set back one of the primary causes of women's rights, bodily autonomy, by nearly half a century.
Hopefully, next week will provide us with some new stories worthy of your time and attention. Is Syria still going on? Is that a thing?