Pajama Pundits

Says a Clear Channel Billboard near Glasgow, Scotland.



AuntyPatience reminisces about some ads that Clear Channel refused to run vs. what they will. Supposedly this is a campaign for a UK television series and is supposed to be followed up by "Who says nothing good ever came out of America?"

As dear Aunty said, "Clear Channel, apparently."

The Anchoress got invited to be the Outside Voice on the CBS News blog, Public Eye.

Recalling that I had long-ago declared “a pox on all televised news that is not breaking,” I emailed them back and said, “so…that means I actually have to watch some broadcasts, eh?”

Like the Anchoress, I seldom watch television news unless it's breaking news. They can do that like no other medium, though the coverage of the recent hurricanes has proven they can screw that up too.

Long before blogs were part of my daily routine, I preferred print news - on pulp or the internet - better because I can read faster than any reporter can talk. (I only wish I could type as fast...)

It's not possible to get 'the whole story' from any one medium or source. Because of the ability to link, trackback, comment, and have archives easily available the internet comes closest, but readers still have to dig.

One of my first jobs was as a typesetter at a locally owned, small town newspaper. Once, while setting a story about the previous night's school board meeting which I had attended, I wondered if the reporter had actually been there. I asked the editor about it and was told that I didn't understand the purpose of their coverage, the reality, that there were bigger fish to fry than just reporting what happened... and to not question, just type.

Since then, all news reporting has been suspect. No matter what the source, I end up wondering what really happened.