The TSA

A Washington Post editorial decrying the TSA pat-downs as unconstitutional

You know what? I am sick and tired of hearing about the TSA. This is a pretty clear example of the feeding frenzy concept. The media at large has latched onto a few isolated incidents and made it seem like everyone and their grandmothers are being violated on their way through security checkpoints. This is just simply not true. I don't like going through airline security, either--but this narrative is getting extremely tired very quickly. I think the media is latching on to this because everyone despises how ridiculous airline security has become in our post-9/11 world. It reminds me a lot of a third-rate comedian trying to rail on airline food. The major news networks need to give this one a rest. The fact that President Obama went and spoke on this matter is utterly absurd.

People like Rush Limbaugh think this is a media conspiracy to steer people away from the human pat-downs and towards the screening machines. I don't know if I buy that—and furthermore, I don't think I care.

I just want to stop hearing about this. I understand the tendency of the mass media to beat issues into the ground, and it's not like this is something that they haven't done before. However, I don't know how much more of this I can take.