I For One Welcome Our Alien Overlords

Wow, are Los Angeles television newscasters incredibly annoying. My understanding of TV news is that you start out in East Pudunk and slowly move your way up to bigger markets. Allegedly the newscasters in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles are the cream of the crop. But I'm beginning to think LA is a little different. Like they're all failed actors and actresses.

I'm trying to watch coverage of the London bombing. But these people who are trying to give me the information are really pissing me off. The one idiot reporter at LAX is going on and on about an arrest made -- the placement and tone insinuate some kind of link to the London story -- but it was a homeless guy panhandling. Maybe this is a you-had-to-be-there type story.

But still. These newscasters are dreadful. No wonder Kent Brockman is a great character -- the Simpsons writers have such wonderful material here.