Bad day for celebrities

[Irulan]

except that was news from the day before. It got its run at the top of the headlines just because of the titillating subject. There have been more important stories hit the top since then, besides the celebrity deaths.

Brings us back to the other thread... people still say they read the "paper."

Well, it was on the front headline of the Wall Street Journal and my local paper this morning, not yesterday.

I read TWO papers every morning.

[Cataboo]

Excellent, it's sad how many print newspapers are going out of business. I used to read newspapers, but recycling them, the ads, etc got to be a pain, so now there's the internet which lets you hit multiple newspapers. Unfortunately a lot of them just repackage what comes out over the AP wire.

News comes out faster if you read off newspapers websites - it may have been I saw the headlines about the supreme court ruling yesterday morning, and it was about 7 or so last night that the headlines about Michael were all over the internet news sites.

[SadieKate]

You go, Irulan.

And why news can't be covered more than 1 day in a row is beyond me. Perhaps on the 2nd day there might be more information to offer?

I just about lost it last night when Keith O blabbered and speculated for at least 2 hours about Michael Jackson's death. Report the few facts that are known, break your normal coverage for new facts, and get back to world and national affairs (like Supreme Court rulings about strip searches of minors for unjust cause). If you want to pay homage, take 24 hours and put together a report that doesn't have the same stupid blathering talking heads and video footage re-circulating over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over ad nauseum.

[jobob]

I just about lost it last night when Keith O blabbered and speculated for at least 2 hours about Michael Jackson's death.

Thank goodness Lee & I routinely record Keith and Rachel on the DVR to watch later in the evening. I just kept the controller on fast forward through both their broadcasts, it was all MJ mourners all the time. Bleah.

Hey, I'm just a wee bit sad about his passing because his music was such a fixture in my teens and twenties, during a very formative period in my life. Not that his music had anything to do with how my life turned out, but it was there in the background. Certain music takes me back to that time, his included. His music played a pretty significant role in the culture of that era (more recently, I'd think not).

But yeah, his passing does warrant a bit of my attention for these reasons. But it's probably overblown in the media, it's what they do and they're very good at it. It'll blow over in a few days.

Hell, if it really bugs you, go take a hike in Appalachia.

[Zen]

Hell, if it really bugs you, go take a hike in Appalachia.

You mean take a hike on the Appalachian Trail?
Appalachian Trail, Appalachia. One is a trail that runs through Appalachia, the other is a geographic area.

As a person who lives in Appalachia I just wanted to clear that up. Now excuse me, I must go attend to my still in the holler.

[jobob]

Sorry, Appalachian Trail, that's what I meant.

[jobob]

Just curious, where do you folks go for "real" news - not to be confused with the ad-driven consumer oriented lowest common denominator stuff we often get ?

OK I admit this might be a loaded question, or an unanswerable question, but what the heck I've had my beer and I'm feelin' feisty.

[Zen]

Npr

[roadie gal]

Just curious, where do you folks go for "real" news - not to be confused with the ad-driven consumer oriented lowest common denominator stuff we often get ?

OK I admit this might be a loaded question, or an unanswerable question, but what the heck I've had my beer and I'm feelin' feisty.

I was much more into the news during the election than I am now, but here are some of my sites:

www.huffingtonpost.com
www.politico.com
www.rawstory.com
www.washingtonpost.com
Yahoo news
CNN in the morning
Rachel Maddow
and I read the Sierra Sun, our local biweekly paper

I almost forgot... I listen to NPR in the car and Coast To Coast AM on the way home from work because you MUST keep up on the UFO sightings.

[salsabike]

Hell, if it really bugs you, go take a hike in Appalachia.

THAT was funny. Now that's a story that really makes me want to barf. I don't have any trouble seeing the deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett as sad. But Sanford's emails are the best diet control device I've seen THIS week. Ick.

[SadieKate]

From Gail Collins yesterday:

“I spent the last five days crying in Argentina,” he said, completely ignoring all we have learned from Andrew Lloyd Webber.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/op...lins.html?_r=1

I'm still giggling thanks to a friend of jobob's. Of course, the stupid refrain is stuck in my head.

[Zen]

From Gail Collins yesterday:

“I spent the last five days crying in Argentina,” he said, completely ignoring all we have learned from Andrew Lloyd Webber.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/op...lins.html?_r=1

OMG, I can't believe I didn't think of that! Too too funny

I hope his wife takes all his money and marries the pool boy.

[SadieKate]

I hope his wife takes all his money and marries the pool boy.

It's her money already. She's part of the Skil power tool family. Just think of the possibilities . . . .

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_220506.html

[Cataboo]

I'm all over the place. New york times, financial times, bbc world, huffington post, generally if I'm reading a story about iran or whatever - go find an Iranian news paper. Get a couple different sources. Is it real then? So I end up on a lot of other news sites regularly in addition to those.

and I don't even have to get black smudges on my fingers from newsprint.

[salsabike]

I'm all over the place. New york times, financial times, bbc world, huffington post, generally if I'm reading a story about iran or whatever - go find an Iranian news paper. Get a couple different sources. Is it real then? So I end up on a lot of other news sites regularly in addition to those.

and I don't even have to get black smudges on my fingers from newsprint.

Yeah, me too. I am a total online news junkie. There used to be a Tehran Globe but my bookmark for that now does not find it. Al Jazeera English is sometimes worth a look, as is the Middle East Daily, and Malaysiakini.com is really interesting. And the Lebanon Daily Star (dailystar.com.lb).