What Would Jesus Watch?

For the last several days, I've been more than a little dismayed at the amount of time MSNBC (and many other media outlets) have dedicated to airing stories about the abducted baby in Lonedell, Mo.

Sure, it's an interesting story, but, in the news blocks I've watched, these stations haven't spent nearly as much time on either 1) The War in Iraq, including a particularly bloody day yesterday or 2) The genocide in Darfur, which in total has taken the lives, perhaps, of 400,000 people.

Good news: Although MSNBC is still airing frequent live updates from Union, Mo., it did (amazingly) do a segment on Darfur this afternoon. It was from a Today show "exclusive" with Nick Clooney, "activist and journalist," who also happens to be George Clooney's father.

Would they have given two whiffs about this story if the father of a celebrity wasn't involved? At least they are paying attention a tiny bit by re-running a report that already had aired on The Today Show. (I know MSNBC couldn't possibly actually send a reporter to Darfur, not with at least two reporters on the scene in Union.)

The segment immediately following the one on Darfur was titled "What Would Jesus Watch," complete with big screen graphic behind the anchor. It was about Christian-based films.

I'm not sure what Jesus would watch, but if he walked the earth today, I know he'd be a lot more interested in what is going on in Darfur that he would be in the type of piddle this network usually airs.

I also think he'd be a little disappointed in what certain Christian politicians do in his name.