Is it just me or has the Charlie Sheen story jumped the shark?  Coming from someone who typically can’t get enough of entertainment news, I find myself desperately channel (and web) surfing to find out about the power struggle in Egypt or how the current crisis in Libya is unfolding.  At first, I found Charlie Sheen’s rants amusing, borderline psychotic (ok, perhaps full on psychosis) but, most recently with a current custody battle involved, disturbing.  It’s a train wreck and I want to look away which leads me to my question of the day – has news become entertainment or is entertainment news?

I can’t argue that Charlie Sheen is not news, but when my news programs devote more time and space to Warner Brother’s firing of Charlie Sheen versus the innocent civilians fighting for democracy and losing their lives in Libya, I question the state of news in America.  I am not sure the media is “#winning.”

Joanne

I had a PR professor in college that once told my class that spelling to a PR practitioner is the same as math to an accountant.  If you mess up the math, you deserve to be fired.  If you misspell a word, the same should hold true for a PR practitioner.  So, as an honorary Irishwoman on St. Patrick’s Day, I thought that I would honor my adopted brethren of Ireland and correct one of the more common spelling mistakes on this side of the Atlantic.  The correct spelling for the abbreviated name of St. Patrick’s Day is St. Paddy’s Day.  Patty is a nickname for Patricia and Paddy is short for for Padraig, the Gaelic form of Patrick.  And, if anyone tells you differently, tell them they are full of blarney.  Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Joanne