March 18, 2007
Andy's View Of The News
Andy Rooney Tackles The Problem Of Getting Too Many Papers
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Play CBS Video Video Rooney On Newspapers "60 Minutes" gets newspapers from around the country on a regular basis and Andy Rooney often reads parts of them. He takes a look at some headlines and critiques them.
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Andy Rooney (CBS)
60 Minutes gets a lot of out-of-town newspapers and I often read parts of five or six of them. It would take me two weeks to read some of these Sunday papers.
The Hartford Courant says electric cars may be the thing of the future. Well, electric cars have always been the thing of the future in newspaper feature sections.
USA Today says more Americans are using public transportation than they used to. That's about the best news I’ve read all year. We all ought to stop driving so much and take the bus or the train. Call me when you get to the office.
The Miami Herald called one of its editions "Final Edition." Sounds as though they’re going out of business doesn’t it? I looked at the previous day's edition though and that was called "Final," too.
The Houston Chronicle had a headline that said "Change Could Cause Travel Woes."
I wonder if the editor has traveled lately. Forget "change" causing travel woes. Everything causes travel woes. Flying is always an unpleasant experience. You wait an hour for every ten minutes you actually spend getting anywhere.
There's usually just one airline that flies between two cities but when you get on, they always say "Thank you for flying Delta" – you know, as if you had a choice.
A man known as "Scooter" Libby is prominent in the paper these days. Mr. Libby's real name is Irving Libby but he signs things "I. Lewis Libby." He’s known best of course as "Scooter." He seems a little old for "Scooter." I can understand the other kids in school calling him "Scooter" but not the other kids at The White House.
There is The Christian Science Monitor. It has a good reputation. It's a lot smaller than it used to be, I think. I don’t know much about Christian Science as a religion. It always sounded like a contradiction in terms.
The big story on page one of The Chicago Tribune one day was that tea sales are catching up with coffee sales in this country. It must have been a slow day for news in Chicago.
The Los Angeles Times has a good story on bike riding along the Pacific Coast Highway. The paper has a picture of a bike they say cost $8,000. That's more than I paid for most of the cars I’ve bought.
I don’t like to miss any good stories in the paper but often I don’t have time to read the whole thing. I have a great idea for a newspaper. I’d call it Readers' Digest.
Written By Andy Rooney
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Thank you for your kind comment about The Christian Science Monitor this past Sunday -- and for your ever-keen observations about the times in which we live. I rarely think about something in quite the same way after it's caught your attention.
This was true as ever on Sunday night, when you mentioned that Christian Science struck you as a "contradiction in terms." I understand that. As one who has practiced Christian Science for many years, I would explain it in this way. Christian Science is Christian in that it is based on the compassionate teachings and healings of Jesus which many refer to as miracles. We see these as laws of God.
And that%u2019s where the %u201CScience%u201D comes in. Christian Science is the practical application of spiritual laws to our daily experience, which results in transformed lives, including physical healing.
I hope you find this brief description helpful. We do have a web site to help provide answers for the media at: http://www.tfccs.com/media.
I%u2019m glad to have this opportunity to be in touch.
Sincerely,
Phil Davis,
Manager of Committees on Publication
The First Church of Christ, Scientist
I learned something about Christian Science from your responses...you ahve not sense of humor. What will you do when the Salvation Army attacks? (that was a joke too, I know you won't get it, but it was)
Just saw your piece on newspapers.
I have the perfect solution for you. There is a publication called "The Week" It has the best of US and International Media in one magazine. Much better than "Readers Digest".
Let me know how you like it.
:)
I would like to use this quote on my website, describing LeviCar, a proposed new transportation system. May I?
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