A Story About Beyonce As a National Distraction From Recent Troubles?

AFTER BEYONCE SHOWED off her belly at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, letting people know she's pregnant, people tweeted at a rate of 8,868 tweets per second, a record for the social media service.



The story above says that people needed Beyonce and her news in the wake of recent national issues - bad economy, earthquake, hurricanes, etc.



Is that true? Or were the news folks just looking for an excuse to talk about Beyonce, and try to draw those viewers in?



Is her pregnancy news?

BE AFRAID! THERE'S A HURRICANE COMING!

WAS THE HURRICANE coverage responsible?



Did your local newscasts in the Philadelphia region do a fine job of keeping people aware of the storm and potential dangers?



Or did they primarily build fear with their 36 hours of non-stop storm coverage (most of the local stations ran live, local news from early Saturday through Sunday afternoon).



And what about the video above? Is that news?