In an effort to produce more content, I'd like to start a new segment called Why is This News. Thus anytime I hear about something that doesn't deserve media coverage, I have a place to go and add to that white noise, even if it's only to express how nonplussed I am that the topic is even worthy of news coverage.
Today on Why is This New: Nancy Pelosi and the mask debacle. I recognize that her position in Congress makes her a national public figure, but I fail to see the reason that a local newspaper in Western Pennsylvania thinks it's worth their time to post an article about the congresswoman from California not wearing a mask while visiting a salon in California. Honestly, I barely get why anyone cares, but I certainly don't understand why anyone outside of California would care.
Here in Western PA, I can't vote for her. There's a chance that someone I vote for will lead to the Democrats losing the house, and thus Pelosi losing her spot as Speaker, but she'll still be the minority leader unless people in California vote her out.
Mask mandates are not national. PA has a mask mandate, but I have literally no idea what the regulations are in CA. I haven't been there in years, and I don't talk to anyone who lives there on a regular enough basis to know what the rules are these days in regards to masks. Thus, what right do I have to be outraged over something that I know nothing about, and doesn't affect me?
Finally, and most importantly in my opinion, if Congresswoman Pelosi is adult enough to make a decision about whether she wants to wear a mask while getting a haircut (which I've done, and it's actually a giant pain to deal with and one of the reasons I've been avoiding getting another one), and the salon owner is adult enough to decide whether she wants to accept patrons who are not wearing masks, I don't understand how this is anybody else's business. It's certainly not my business. If a mask was not worn in California in a salon, the odds of my getting COVID due to that one encounter are zero. Thus this event has zero bearing on my life, and I'm guessing it has zero bearing on the lives of just about everyone. So why is this national news?
And, worst of all, why are so many people clicking the articles and paying these so called "news" organizations to read this garbage. There are more important things we should be focusing on, but we're all so busy being outraged that Nancy Pelosi didn't wear a mask to get her hair cut that we're ignoring everything else.
End rant.
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