MSN: ‘Family Ties’ mom: ‘I am a lesbian’ Meredith Baxter says she has been dating women for the past seven years

I’ve got nothing against people coming out and in a public setting, but this was one of the top stories of the Today show today… which was basically: “an actress that played a mother on a sitcom that has been off the air for 20 years has been dating women for the last seven years.” Which is newsworthy how?

Makes you wonder what the second story of the day was, doesn’t it?

Word Soup: In flipping around the cable news channels last night, the best coverage I saw was by an NBC cameraman who didn’t say a god damn thing. He simply filmed human beings in the Convention Center (also see this). Why can’t cable news do more of this? Less preening, over-dressed pontificating anchormen and reporters, and more information, direct from the event.

I’ve disagreed with his opinions from time to time, but this time? Karl’s dead on accurate. If someone in the Media World is paying attention to this, do it, please? If anchorpeople are worried about their jobs, keep CNN as is and launch a new network… I’m so sick to death of you all shoving opinions down our throats while calling yourselves impartial. It’s so very insulting.

Better yet, make CNN2 a silent eyeball on the world and call it good…