Newsflash: It's Cold!

Last week, the media was in a frenzy over the flu epidemic, and now the frigid temperatures have them all in a tizzy.  It's January.  It's winter.  It's cold.  Why is this news?  I have Channel 2 on now and the opening story at 6:00 was about the weather.  It's not even snowing!!!  It's just cold!!!  Why is this breaking news???  Maybe I'm de-sensitized about cold weather because I'm from Michigan, but it seems ridiculous to have reporters on the street interviewing folks just because it's cold outside.  And it's January.  And it's winter.  I suppose next week there will be something else to whip people into a frenzy about.