In our local mullet-wrap, The News & Observer, they have been running profile pieces on the Democrats to mitigate the damage of healthcare reform. Things like reporting on rallies that they neglect to mention were filled with screened, hand-picked participants. Some of my Rush-Belt friends may think Southern newspapers reflect the community. Not at all. Following the example of Dr. Geobbels (“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it"), the Southern press is closely controled and monitored by liberals, and has been for as long as I've been alive. I suspect it's a Reconstruction thing. But I do my part to fight the power. I harass the N&O's chief propagandist Rob Christenson to the limits of legality. But I will give him this, I can call him an asshole in the most eloquent and elegant language, and he still replies with his ridiculous rationalizations. I begrudgingly give him credit for that. But as I've told him, enjoy it while you can, before long he'll be writing for one of those free hippie rags you see in front of college bars and head shops.
In our local mullet-wrap, The News & Observer, they have been running profile pieces on the Democrats to mitigate the damage of healthcare reform. Things like reporting on rallies that they neglect to mention were filled with screened, hand-picked participants.
ReplyDeleteSome of my Rush-Belt friends may think Southern newspapers reflect the community. Not at all. Following the example of Dr. Geobbels (“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it"), the Southern press is closely controled and monitored by liberals, and has been for as long as I've been alive. I suspect it's a Reconstruction thing.
But I do my part to fight the power. I harass the N&O's chief propagandist Rob Christenson to the limits of legality. But I will give him this, I can call him an asshole in the most eloquent and elegant language, and he still replies with his ridiculous rationalizations. I begrudgingly give him credit for that. But as I've told him, enjoy it while you can, before long he'll be writing for one of those free hippie rags you see in front of college bars and head shops.