I make it a point to not purchase my local newspaper. This is because it is poorly written, poorly edited, and pretty much a joke in the local community--especially for those of us who have lived somewhere else and realize what an asset a decent newspaper can be to a community. On top of this, the very wealthy family who own not only the local newspaper, but the local television station as well (and maybe a radio station or two?) are decidedly "right" in their politics. The newspaper is something of a print version of "Faux" News--pretty much unfair and unbalanced. I see no reason to give these people a dime.
Nevertheless, I do "read" their online version occasionally. You have to pay them to read the full stories...they have a paid online subscription, which I don't pay. Mostly I just a glance at the headlines to see if there is something of stunning importance locally I need to know. The irony here is that if there were, this newspaper probably wouldn't carry it, or would get the facts wrong.
One day a couple of months ago I did buy a newstand copy out of boredom while I was waiting for T1 and T2 at school. That particular day the editorial "opinion" was that global warming was a vast conspiracy made up by thousands of scientists and Al Gore, and that they (the editors) chose to believe the one "NASA" scientist* who says it is not only all a bunch of hoopla, but if we try to fight it we could actually make things worse. Kid ya not. I could literally feel the veins in my brain starting to snap and fizzle reading this editorial.
So in the last couple of days in my early morning checking of my online papers (I check three or four different newspapers online each morning) I noticed that the banner advertisement at the top of the local paper's website is a "fight global warming..learn how" ad. What the? Huh? I thought that was all a bunch of made up stuff? It is a legit ad...sponsored by the AdCouncil and the Environmental Defense Fund. So the message here is that even though your editors don't "believe" in global warming, they'll take money from an advertiser who is trying to prevent it?
I have a word for them, and it sort of rhymes with "mustard."
* The "NASA" scientist quoted in their editorial has ties to the oil industry. I guess they didn't bother to google him before they got all lathered up about how informed his opinion was.
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Sounds like the truth-tellers had the last laugh here!
I clipped and posted the article from last week headlined Gov.: Polls are wrong.
See, the ratbag governor of the Commonwealth was convicted, along with a lot of his cronies, of questionable hiring practices. He pardoned everyone but himself.
He had been 10-20 points behind the Democratic candidate for a while. In the article, Ernie claims the polls that show him 24 points behind were conducted by news organizations such as the Lousiville Courier-Journal and the Lexington Herald-Leader that have a liberal viewpoint and endorsed his opponent.
"The real poll is on Tuesday, and I think the results will be much different than the polls of media organizations that are far to the left of my views."
He also claimed that a better reflection of voter views is from a mock election with 10,000 elementary, middle and high school students. He won by 54 - 46%, where other Republicans were favored as well.
Nice predictions there, Nostradomus. Suck it.
Go, get 'em, Reenactor!
I love reading the "Moon" especially the editorials and the letters to the editor. Why? you may ask. Because the only other way to get my heart pumping that fast is to exercise.
BTW- check out today's editorial. The last paragraph is in typical "Moon" fashion of conclusion not logically flowing from the arguement.
Oh yeah, I read it. Basically they are telling us that because they control the local media, they can say any damn thing they want as long as they perceive it is "in our best interest." The reason they don't want to start a trend of publishing opinions without names attached to them is they are all collectively too chicen-**** to put such garbage in print with any one name attached to it.
The Moon indeed. I love it. I also love my favorite beverage store, The Ceiling Siblings.
Well crap....shows you what happens when I type while angry...I meant to say, "they don't want to start a trend of publishing opinions WITH their names attached...."
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