From Murdoch to strikes, to sea ice and crime, the news is much better in rhyme.
Murdoch’s Company Still Has a License
Murdoch is not quite legit
For hacking they would not acquit
The license they’ll get
Although scandal beset
Britain says BskyB’s fit
NYTimes
Abuse In Tribes To Be Addressed
The Sioux have abuse you can’t see
It occurs in the tribe quietly
The tribe did not catch
The crimes they did hatch
It’s a sign that the tribes need to see
NYTimes
Hey! Everyone’s Poor!
The census has data that’s for
Knowing what you can’t ignore
The money is gone
The wealth has withdrawn
It’s now more likely you’re poor
NPR
Arctic Ice Levels Really Low
The water’s not something we’ll drink
Global warming is what people think
The arctic’s now warm
The earth will transform
The sea ice continues to shrink
Al Jazeera
India Protests Chain Retailers
The neighborhood shops people like
To chains they say go take a hike
It’s Wal-Mart they fear
In capitalism’s frontier
Shopkeepers in India strike
Al Jazeera
2 replies on “News Appetizers: The Rhymes Make It Better”
No, not even the rhymes can make this better. The ice level thing ..I’m genuinely afraid. We don’t need that extra water, animals need that ice.
The ice story has been making me sad for weeks. It should be cold enough for it to start re-freezing pretty much any day now, but it’s still scary that so much disappeared this year.