Wild Card, Is That a Fish or Are You Just Happy To See Me? (Is Humor in News Important?)

  My sense if humor isn't what you would called sophisticated to say the least. A lot of people get bent out of shape when people start making jokes because you're always at risk of offending someone. This translates into news and how it should be presented. Some stories are funny, should they be aired just because they aren't always the most important or informative, yes they should. A fine example is a story that broke globally of phallic shaped fish being blown about by a recent storm on a California beach. 

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  These fat innkeeper worms (called this because other animals tend to live in the burrows they make), also know as "penis fish", generally live under the sand and aren't seen by many beach goers. The recent storm brought massive waves that washed away many layers of sand, thus revealing the strange creatures. Of course the internet had a good laugh at what seemed to be a beach covered in inappropriately shaped animals. Many jokes ensued, one person even dubbed the beach a total "sausage fest"

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Obviously to someone with the mind of a middle school student these animals are quite comical. The question is, does news like this still need to be reported. I feel like there needs to be an odd story tossed in every once in a while just to keep things shaken up. I'm not a fan of serious news stories they tend to be depressing and only be centered around injury or strife. Politics, forget them. Give me a story about penis fish any day. At least I can get a proper chuckle out of the jokes being slung. "Does size really matter?". "Give them a break it was cold outside.". Lastly I would just like to address that another type of "penis fish" is a delicacy in Korea. Yes, they eat them. I'm pretty adventurous culinary wise but I believe I would have to pass on this one.

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