[Erik Olson]

Modern News Crews on US Television

All foxy, young, (most blond) take up
The talking chairs. With thicker makeup,
With skirts cut high, and liberal views
Of thighs between now low cut news;
Nothing so much improved a rating,
Or drew more glimpse from queued folks waiting.

Red faced or blue, each analyst
Out-shouts, not wits, a panel pissed.
I flipped it to the latest news talk
So lit and glossed, you'd swear a catwalk.
I overheard a loud mudslinger—
Fox News mistook for Jerry Springer.
As stuffed as Fox proved CNN
With Barbie-belles and anchor-Ken.
Those only air news monologues
With looks to match ad catalogs.

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