The Best Reason To Not Watch TV On 9/11

If you are not already suffering 9/11-itis, you will after reading this. A game-show winner has been invited to sing the national anthem at the Lincoln Memorial tribute.

I was in the Balkans when the WTC attack happened last year, so I’m less emotionally invested in its anniversary than my New York friends. At the risk of sounding unpatriotic, which I believe I’m not, I think the media is going overboard in its coverage. Surprising? Not at all. But the game-show ridiculousness at the Lincoln Memorial is just one indicator of many that the remembrance of a tragedy is being turned into a promotional farce. September 12 cannot arrive soon enough.