Kobe died. It's sad. Made sadder by him being with his daughter. Okay. I don't know anything about Kobe, other than he played basketball and I saw him as a ball hog. Didn't much care for him personally.
And of course there was the rape allegations. And the affair. But that's it. People say he was "great" in ways. I wouldn't know. I know nothing else about him.
And maybe he did some of the good things they say about him. I wouldn't know, and not to be callous, but I don't care, either.
Every single day, good people die. Some do more than we will ever know. Some of them are public about it, and never get credit.
But here's Kobe now on his 4th day(!) of coverage. It's just too much.
But this is what happens with our reality tv nation. Somehow "we" think we know the guy, and mourn him.
He's another human whose life ended too soon. That's sad, sure, but why does he get wall-to-wall coverage?
And weirder still is the fact that in every huge news story, there are ALWAYS detractors. People who offer (an often ludicrous) differing point of view.
Where are they this time? Why does this story only talk about him in glowing terms?
Is this what we're doing now?
I find this all vexing and frustrating. Isn't there anything else we can talk about?
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