Another odd thought

ocurred to me this AM while listening to talk radio. Curtis & Kuby are on a local AM station, intended so far as I can tell to be somekind of Left/Right Tweedledumb & Tweedledee deal. Anyway, they were talking about the Jose Canseco interview on 60 Minutes ("all the news we feel like making up and preaching to you"), and somebody said "All these kids watching Jose Canseco picked up Canseco's suggestion that they all go do steroids to become great ball players."

Now, maybe indeed that is the message people would pick up. But who on earth thinks young people are watching 60 Minutes? Give up lovely MTV offerings such as Nick & Jessica and Room Raiders (a hideous "program" where a male or a female goes through the room of three members of the opposite gender to decide who to date based on the contents of their underwear drawers. And no, I am not a regular viewer)to watch some washed up ballplayer on a news program? Interviewed by Mike Wallace? Somehow this octogenarian talking to a screwup will connect with the youth of America? I understand where the message is, but I'd be surprised if anyone under 50 watches 60 Minutes on a regular basis.

The lesson of this is that I should probably stop listening to talk radio.