The Princess and the Terrorists

 So Andrea and I were out to dinner Friday and on one of the TV's over the nearby bar, the CBS Evening News was on.

The lead story: Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, has cancer. 

Now Kate has been the subject of much speculation about why one of the most photographed women in the world had not been seen in public for weeks, months even. 

It didn't help matters that the family photo released for the United Kingdom's Mother's Day 2 weeks ago was Photoshopped.  

There was a lot of wild speculation on what happened to Kate Middleton. The whole world became armchair detectives in "The Mystery of the Missing Princess".  

A lot of the theories were silly and boy ain't we got fun. 

Then in video shot at BBC Studios, Kate Middleton explained, “In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London and at the time, it was thought that my condition was noncancerous. The surgery was successful. However, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and I am now in the early stages of that treatment."  

Well, I guess it's not so funny now.  

Look I know there are those out there who do not give a rat's ass about the Royal Family but much like her husband's mother, the late Princess Diana, Kate wasn't born into this mess and deserves better than a life lived in pain. I hope her treatments go well and she makes a full recovery.

Now back to the CBS Evening News.

The second story of the broadcast: terrorists attack a concert in Moscow leaving a lot of people dead and wounded. 

Gunmen burst into a large concert hall, killing over 60* people and injuring more than 100 more and the set fire to the building. 

*The death count has increase to over 130.  

This story came in 2nd on the news.  

I get that Kate Middleton's disappearance has been big news for weeks and her video released today that explains that she has cancer is a bit of a bombshell announcement and all.  

But it pushed a deadly terrorist attack to the 2nd slot on the evening news? Really? 

But maybe CBS didn't want to repeat the same misstep it took in August 1977. When Elvis Presley died, NBC and ABC lead off  their evening newscasts with the story of his death. CBS did not as it was determined that the passing of a washed up has been hillbilly rock star was not "real" news.   

So to sum up the news from Friday:

• Kate Middleton is sick. Get well soon! 
• Terrorists** kill a lot of people people. I hope they are consigned to their corner of hell soon! 

Your order may vary.

**The Islamic State (what you know as ISIS) took  "credit" for the attack on Moscow. Vladimir Putin is still trying to pin this on Ukraine. 

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In other news, today is the deadline for Donald Trump to cough up nearly half a billion in legal penalties and fines for the business fraud case he lost. 

More on that in another post on Wednesday.