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Republican reaction to Friday's good news on employment

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The Latest GOP Debate Train Wreck in 60 Seconds (VIDEO)

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Animated: James Carville Wants the President to Fire Somebody (VIDEO)

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You Can't Shame the Shameless

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John Henry, Jess Bravin & Jim Rubin Elected to Reporters Committee Leadership

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I'm So Meme: News Anchor Memes

This week, we meme the major news anchors.

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Operation Desert Storm: Washington's Last "Clean" War

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Wolf Blitzer Boogies, Victoria's Secret Wings, 60 Minutes' Ticking Clock

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TV Loves Apple

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what everyone's discussing: holocaust survivor fights protesters, obama takes questions, acorn rebuts, blitzer loses, and monopoly frees pows

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Sarah Palin Heckled At McCain Event…She Angrily Responds… Protestor Roughed Up…(VIDEO)

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infoMania's Top TV Clips of 2009

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The Most Important Elections This Year

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How About a Little News Coverage of the Millions of At-Risk Kids Not in a Ballon?

by Arianna Huffington

No matter what happens in the unfolding legal saga of the Heene family, the most appropriate response to the whole matter was that of Falcon Heene. He vomited. Twice. On national TV. Well, let me just say that Falcon speaks for me.

I had to stifle the same urge as I watched so much of the media devote so much of their resources to the story of the boy NOT in the balloon.

And, sure, I know that asking the media to have some sense of perspective on a story like this is like asking a dog not to bark. It's in their nature to give breathless, wall-to-wall coverage to these kinds of stories. But, even knowing this, I was shocked how little changed in the volume and tone of the coverage even after it was known the boy wasn't in the balloon. Even then, after we knew the balloon was empty, they kept running footage of the balloon, hour after hour.

As Bill Maher said on Real Time, "they're calling him Balloon Boy, which is so stupid, because the one thing we know about this kid, is that he was not in a balloon."

I find the media's obsession with these non-stories especially galling when they lead to endless agonizing over the welfare of a child -- agonizing that is sorely missing when there isn't a hot air balloon or inner tube in shark-infested waters involved.

So now that we know that Falcon is safe, how about repurposing some of that concern for, say:

-- the over 1.5 million children who are homeless.
-- the 42 percent of homeless children who are under the age of 6.
-- the one in six homeless children who suffers from an emotional problem.

It doesn't have to be wall-to-wall coverage, but how about some coverage of the 75 to 100 percent increase in the number of children who are newly homeless because of the foreclosure crisis? Or the 13 million American children living in poverty?

Not going to happen, you say? What if we built a giant balloon, put all 13 million of them in it, and just let it float away? Even better, let's just say that we did. It'll be a win-win-win. The news producers will have a giant balloon to shoot, the news anchors will have a fresh outlet for all that concern, and millions of kids in desperate need of some concern, attention, and time in the media spotlight will finally get it.by Arianna Huffington No matter what happens in the unfolding legal saga of the... more