I watched the CNN coverage. By week three, things were getting weird:

"This is CNN BREAKING NEWS"
"We interrupt our programming about the search for Flight 370 with this information just in to CNN tonight...."
"As of tonight, which is 12 hours ahead of us in the Eastern Time Zone in Australia.....Satellite photos show.....possibly SOMETHING in the water!!"
"Low flying aircraft, and ships at sea have seen..... Nothing".
"No wreckage has been found and NOBODY has any information".

"We now return to our two-hour special:
"MALAYSIA AIRLINES Flight 370: Is it using WARP DRIVE to fly to the Planet Vulcan? And If so, where did they get it?"

They had their same "experts" saying mostly the same things over-and-over for WEEKS on end! NONE of the "things" seen in satellite photos turned out to be ANYTHING, but that didn't stop them from TALKING about it. Seriously!

CNN needs to stop this insanity until someone actually picks a piece of 777 wreckage, or something from Malaysia Airlines out of the ocean.

The 24 hour news cycle has spawned whole new tribes of experts and analysts to bloviate ad nauseum about every kitten stuck in a tree in Outer Moosebutt, Minnesota. Heck, I'm even giving up on the Weather Channel. I used to watch it in the morning before heading out. Now they have some wanker called Sam Champion giving me updates on global warming and cat fashion.

Going back to the Drudge Report and my barometer. Keep your TV news.