Letters of Annoyance

Letter of Approval

The Globe & Mail
The National Post

February 26, 2001

Dear Editors,

We would like to register our considerable and growing annoyance at your exacerbation of the so-called 'economic downturn'.

Worthy journalists everywhere must realize that the market economy is driven by two basic human emotions: greed and fear. Like many other bi-polar disorders, economitisis sufferers experience a sine wave of positive and then negative moods.

We find it ironic that our political leaders have a firmer grasp of this principle than does the media. While Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge and Finance Minister Paul Martin are saying the equivalent of: "be cool man. It will be okay," the messages that fill the headlines and airwaves are tantamount to: "aiiy! We're all going to dieeeeeee!"

You can see how the latter message would feed the "fear" impulse of economitisis sufferers everywhere. In the hope of helping you prevent this, and realizing that you will have a sizable "news hole" to fill, we suggest you replace economitisis stories with the following:

editorials about cheese
chronicles of the weather . . . told with drama and heightened suspense
sensationalist muffin recipes
mind-numbing coverage of the Oscars
picture of a page three "attractive person"
jumbles
stories about Norwegians.

Yours sincerely,

Mark A. Rayner, Esq.,
On Behalf of the Emily Chesley Reading Circle


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