Nursing Outrage | Tragic Comedy

Scott Hardie | September 20, 2015
Why do people have to be so outraged all the time about everything now?

For six straight days, I have seen non-stop coverage of The View bashing nurses. In the midst of international crises, a presidential election, and all sorts of actual news, this is what motivates people to get involved in the world? There are now successful petitions to drive advertisers from the show, and calls for both hosts to be fired. Really? For being too stupid to know that nurses wear stethoscopes? For being snarky about an entire profession? These are now high crimes in America?

I'm exhausted of the permanent state of outrage, and our inability to distinguish any more what's a genuine wrong inflicted on our society and what's merely an off-the-cuff remark made in poor taste and/or cluelessness. We have flown off the handle about far worse remarks. This brief bit about nursing doesn't warrant six minutes of anger, let alone six days.

Will our addiction to outrage ever get better?

Steve West | September 20, 2015
That's a completely valid question. It seems that the news agencies have devolved from "if it bleeds, it leads" to "Outrage of the Week!" This is the byproduct of the political correctness front that has shoved their need for perfection down our throats. Being stupid as a TV host is something I feel discouraged by - but not outraged. I dislike many statements by the left and right (e.g. Katie Couric and Rush Limbaugh) practically equally but have never requested either on-air personality to suffer professionally for it. Please people, let's restore a little sanity and perspective on what is and what is not important or newsworthy.