No news is good news

I haven't seen TV news in years - unless you count a few episodes of The Daily Show swiped from the internet (you shouldn't). This is on purpose. I didn't have any high hopes going into the 60 Minutes episode about Google... Especially considering no one has referred to it as anything other than a "fluff piece". So why watch? Because it's 20 minutes devoted to the place I work. I can't not be curious. And I really wanted to try and read Shellen's lips ^* while he was onscreen chatting up Goldman.

It was still bad. Great for Google... But bad for journalism. I don't have a problem with "Getting to know you" type pieces. They don't need to disguise someone as a tragic hotdog clown and infiltrate the Google campus to make me happy. But a big benefit in getting to know any corporation is in learning about some of the issues they face that effect society as a whole. The close-up sidewise glance hard hitting follow-up "But that's not what Bill Gates thinks?" zinger question - That wasn't answered and never would be. Come on. How about more discussion of the morality issue? ...Something beyond how dare Google be full of negative comments about 60 Minutes. The moral role of Google is a fascinating topic. How about a follow up question there? Or maybe even a real question to start? Sure it's a big topic. I'm not asking for it to be thoroughly vetted. Just that you bring it up. Then give it a little context, so people can discuss it on their own.

Unless of course Leslie Stahl is really an alien sent to this planet to slowly destroy us through her mysterious powers of inflection. In which case, do carry on.

^* Spoiler: He was saying "Dan Rather ate my balls".