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…should learn to proofread better…”Sad day for newspapers” post should be dated “Friday, May 25, 2012!

Friday, May 25, 2012

This morning, I am sad on several fronts. First there is the discontinuing of the daily newspaper in New Orleans and three other cities in Alabama. What a loss. The Times-Picayune was a 175 year old daily newspaper. The statement said that lack of ad revenue was the main culprit. However, could it be possible that the readership just got tired of the media’s liberal bias and slant to the left? Yellow Journalism wins or maybe it does in fact lose.

Here on the “left coast”, we experience much the same situation as the entire country does…only worse; a print media that leans politically to the Looney Liberal side way too much. Thus readers mostly over 50, get tired of reading the radical left slanted news…and yes, even the news that comes from the aged Associated Press. Don’t believe me, read three “AP” created news articles and tell me what side of the isle the writer is on. Used to be that was a “no-no” in journalism; the news must be reported accurately with researched and substantiated fact and no opinions. That is difficult to find these days.

There are other ways to tell that failure is an option with daily newspapers. The subtleties are right there in front if you know what to look at. Headlines are much of the time, are re-written by the local editor. The resulting headline of an article may have little to do with the reality of the news being reported. But most editors know that many readers just read the headline and much of the time just the first or second paragraph.

Then look at where the “news” articles appears; above or below the fold, on a jump page on a left or right page; next to a specific advertiser known to be liberal or conservative. Then in particular, look at the selection of political news photos…look closely now. What most readers don’t know is that AP and the other news services submit dozens of photos of a particular event; the local “editor” has a choice of the ones he or she want to use that will accompany the article. A bad or stupid looking shot, may well be used when the “editor” has a politically opposite viewpoint.

The news story itself is quite often shortened due to space restrictions or more accurately (the real reality), edited to emphasize specific content. The “editor” has license to alter the content of these news service articles and most of the time ignores the obligation to be as “fair and balanced” as possible to the readers.

All this is the media’s attempt to slant the news to their usually “Looney Left” side; not the brightest of strategies. Just look at how successful Liberal Talk Radio is or ever has been…NOT! One would have thought…and there still may be time to do this in some markets, make the correction…not to the right, but to a position of fairly reporting the news making every attempt to become really “fair and balanced”.

Ok…I have really been away a long time this time. That’s mostly due to my expending a lot of effort with the local conservative group. Up to this point, I feel I have done a pretty good job in helping this group gain a voice in the community; although not without some pain. And that is what brings me to my decision to throttle back on my efforts and concentrate my energy on the personal areas of my life as well as this blog. As of this moment, I will leave the everyday struggles of the group to those that can work in what has become a strange, mostly unstructured environment.

So, here we go… Reading my local news-rag this morning, once again the “Looney Left” writers who dominate this newspaper, strike again. I found this rather confusing piece on the inside of the very last page of the paper on page 13B…”Romney flawed like The Bard’s Cprop;amis?” would be my guess that the placement reflects just how proud management is of Staff Writer Richard Bammer…sorry to say, as of 0900 to day, Bammer’s piece was not posted on their web site…emphasizing just how much they value his opinions. I don’t even want to discuss it here…just get a printed edition and read it for yourself!

Did you buy any FaceBook stock? If it isn’t obvious, THAT’S A JOKE! What a scam on American investors! According to most analysis’s, most “retail” investors are currently holding their money out of the market and have been for some time. NASDAQ as well as the FaceBook underwriters and FB’s 41 year old CFO David Ebersman! At this time, there are probably lots of lawsuits being readied…ahhhh, the smell of money in the morning!

More opinion…I am getting close once again, to not listening or watching CNBC. Simon Hobbs is THE worst anchor this mixed up business news channel has ever brought up from the “ranks”. There are some talented news announcers who are the “faces” of CNBC who should use one of them to start the day on Squawk Box…say Rick Santelli for one! Be back in a few days with more!

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