Truest statement of the week

When I watch the show business-like broadcasts of the news, I'm aware of a deliberate manipulation of the stories in service to higher ratings. At least Rupert Murdoch admits it. But the difference between any foreign news programs and ours is striking. We are not global thinkers. We are globally oriented only in the sense of caring about an international event in light of how it relates to us.

-- Shirley MacLaine, I'm Over All That And Other Confessions.