According To NewZoid The World Is Deteriorating + Promotional Message

Approximately one year ago the following were the NewZoid Headlines that received the most votes from visitors to the site:

NewZoid Best of Day Headlines for 1/15/2002 ***

Mobs Strip Women Naked Over the Thames
U.S. Jets to Guard Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil
Study Is Good for a Man's Heart, Study Says
Rosa to Test Cannabis Use for U.S. Blacks
Science Panel Uses Sewers to Make Bank Break-In
Pregnant Woman Sparks European Food Alert
Girl Bugs May Cause Stomach Cancer - Study
Two Hefty Asteroids Try to Make Friends
Justice Official Nabbed with Herbals
Russia's Putin Committed to Mental Hospital
U.S., Russia Still at Odds on Bush Pretzel Incident
Colombian Rebels, Government Resign After Being Punished for Older Bones
U.S. Taliban Fell Unexpectedly in Total Viewers
Rumsfeld Marooned in Philippines
Supreme Court Kills 21 in December
Many U.S. Adults at Risk of Compromise
ABC Show Teaches British Humor to New Nurses
U.S. Defends Paying for Bin Laden, Omar
More Than 1,000 Elephant Tusks Surviving After Getting Impaled
Male Hospital May Boost Mood in Mother, Fetus


Approximately one year later the results were as follows:

*** NewZoid Best of Day Headlines for 1/14/2003 ***

U.S. To Ensure Safety Of Killing Civilians
North Korean Leader Shoulders No Problem For Accused Canadian Serial Killer
Virgin Mary Revising Script For Miniseries On Iraq
Removed Tree-sitter Jailed For Entering Hong Kong In Porn Probe
Dell Kills 2 In A Suitcase
Once-Reviled Fergie Reinvents Self In Eastern Afghanistan
White House Revises Script For Miniseries On Child Porn
North Korea To Buy Rest Of U.N. Human Rights Panel
Two Palestinians Inching Closer To Rodeo Dream
German Prosecutors Encounter Difficulties In Shushed And Not Banned, New York Mayor Says
Poison, Explosions Plan Caribbean Resort
Gene Therapy To Embed Electronic ID Tags In The Persian Gulf
NBA To Send Envoy to Al-Qaida
Pam Anderson And Tommy Lee Resume Discussions On Banana
U.S. Asia Allies Cautious On Child Porn
Supreme Court Frame Father's Tattooed Skin
North Korea Found Dead In Beirut
Israeli Forces Tour Violent Mexico City
Eminem Won't Seek Another Term
North Korea Takes 3-0 Lead

Based on a comparison of these two lists I conclude that the world has deteriorated by 3% in the last year. This is only a rough calculation because the voted headlines represent only a small fraction of the tens of thousands of artificial headlines produced each day by NewZoid. Also, demented visitors sometimes stuff the ballots for headlines that are personal favorites but do not have the highest and most representative quality.

Those who wish to follow the world as reflected in NewZoid now have three choices (aside from its archive.)

1. NewZoid is now streaming its false news headlines at http://newzoid.com/java/nzstreamer.html. This is intended to resemble the LED news tickers seen on the outside of buildings or on the bottom of television screens. It is the most meditative of the forms, guaranteed to misinform, enlighten and tranquilize at the same time.

2. NewZoid headlines are also available in a pure form at http://newzoid.com/nzheadlinepure.asp. This is a straight list of twenty at a time. It has become the most popular over the last few months, averaging about 2000 hits a day. It suits the needs of busy artists and executives.

3. NewZoid headlines are also available, twenty at a time, in the original form (with voting and visitor participation in headline writing) at http://newzoid.com/nzheadlinecombo.asp. This is the form for those are in a more playful and exploratory mode.

Hopefully, the world according to NewZoid will improve in the coming year. Perhaps the new and improved Rhizome will help reverse the trend.

Best Wishes,
Daniel Young