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Day: October 20, 2004

Riding (or Reading) in Style

Most of the political news I digest comes from the Internet. I get additional information (or, misinformation) from my free subscriptions to Newsweak and Time. When I partake of their wisdom, I usually do so while riding the porcelain bus (aka, the toilet). I’ve often wondered if my mind would be more open to the persuasion of these magazines if only I had a more comfortable “throne” on which to ponder. The one I have is completely typical…much like the one you probably have in your home. Now, I’m a little bigger than most people. I’ve never found the “American Standard” brand to be very comfortable at all. As such, my political reading is often times hindered by its “one-size fits all” design. Well, I think I’ve finally found the solution. Now, if I can come up with an extra $5K, my desire might become a reality. Perhaps I could build my audience to a point where I can collect blogad money and purchase my way to political reading nirvana? Wishful thinking…maybe I should stick to eBay?

One can only dream.

UPDATE: Or, perhaps I’ll just spring $250 on this number.

Give the Man a Cookie for His Effort

Hey, at least someone in the MSM is owning up to what we’ve known for decades…Peter Jennings admits that the media is less than objective.

“I’m a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective,” Jennings said.

Jennings said that everyone — even journalists — have points of view through which they filter their perception of the news. It could be race, sex or income. But, he said, reporters are ideally trained to be as objective as possible.

“And when we don’t think we can be fully objective, to be fair,” the anchorman said.

Huh? So, if the media is going to be biased, they need to be biased both ways? Obviously, Peter still has a ways to go.

The full story is here.