All so young.

The lazy media have put a cliche spin on two of this week's saddest tragedies. While most people won't be at all bothered by their take on the stories, I find them intensely irritating. The first is the sad tale of 7-year-old Sailor Gutzler, who survived a plane crash in Western Kentucky that killed her parents, sister, and cousin. Sailor trekked three quarters of a mile in the dark through a territory of fallen trees, creeks, ditches and blackberry briars. The news spin? How wonderful that her father had taught her survival skills. My spin? Why the hell does a child need to learn survival skills unless dad who saw himself as Charles Lindbergh suspected he might crack up the plane someday? I blame him for the death of his family whatever the weather conditions. The other story? Two of America's best young skiers were killed Monday in an avalanche in the Austrian Alps. Ronnie Berlack, 20, of Franconia, N.H., and Bryce Astle, 19, of Sandy, Utah, both died in the incident near the Rettenbach glacier where they were training for an international competition.  While news agencies were solemn enough about the tragic deaths of the two young men, several uttered what I consider a ridiculous cliche, "Both died doing what they loved." What an asinine comment. As if the sudden awareness of imminent death is any way mitigated by the activity at the time of death. The news, notably tv network news, has become so lame, so amateur, so cliched, and formulaic I am stunned the anchors aren't constantly blushing.