Skatterbrainz World » Media http://skatterbrainz.com God almighty. If you’re reading this, you might as well jump off a bridge. I typically discuss software technology and business and legal implications of technology and marketing (or the failures thereof). Sound interesting? You need help. Seriously. Fri, 20 May 2011 03:01:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Local News Sucks…. http://skatterbrainz.com/2009/11/02/local-news-sucks/ http://skatterbrainz.com/2009/11/02/local-news-sucks/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:56:15 +0000 Staff on CrAck http://skatterbrainz.com/?p=673 All through game 5 of the World Series, the local Fox station FOX 43, kept teasing about urgent news of a major beef recall. Apparently it isn’t that urgent of a recall.

Before fox 43 decided to give the urgent news of a major beef recall, they told us of:

1. Election Day weather.
2. Last Minute campaigning by the candidates
3. WHat polling places are doing to alleviate the spread of the flu
4. Pedestrian signs on Shore Drive
5. A whole bunch of commercials
6. How the light rail construction is impacting small businesses near the construction
And then the urgent news of the Beef recall…

And people wonder why I don’t watch the crap known as the local news….

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You have to go here to see how those stories were slated negatively against McCain, something like 57% negative to 14% positive, where Obama numbers were 29% negative and 36% positive.

The other thing I thought was interesting is that it seems that the Washington Post doesn’t think they are a left leaning newspaper, which is about as stupid as believing that Fox News is “Fair and Balanced” 

I guess that is the Washington Post’s new tag line could be “Fair and Balanced about Obama”

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