tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post4575144946713597164..comments2024-03-28T22:08:48.577-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: What Is News?OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52209813256172552472017-04-13T19:55:06.262-07:002017-04-13T19:55:06.262-07:00Juvat - Shack.Juvat - Shack.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20229260715777532282017-04-13T19:54:49.416-07:002017-04-13T19:54:49.416-07:00Tuna - Shack.Tuna - Shack.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-60015016518083289002017-04-13T18:44:54.607-07:002017-04-13T18:44:54.607-07:00Tuna, I don't think you are the only one in th...Tuna, I don't think you are the only one in the "less and less" mode. The second Tuesay in November being a good example of that. The more of us coming and staying with that realization, the better off the Country will be. "Never give up, Never surrender!" (Stupid movie, great line!)juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82264895383674828582017-04-13T18:03:08.903-07:002017-04-13T18:03:08.903-07:00I hate that the libs have such a stranglehold on m...I hate that the libs have such a stranglehold on most media, and they don't even try hide their biases anymore. It has caused almost every story regarding politics to have the slant about why this decision is bad, how it hurts poorminoritygreenwimmenkidsgaytranslibdogscats etc. Even the story today about using the MOAB to strike ISIS asked if it did any good or was done to deflect attention from Spicer's Holocaust gaff. I used to read the paper religiously, but I was finding less and less time to read them so I only get the Sunday one, mainly for the funnies and coupons.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23189597620074381312017-04-13T11:38:10.980-07:002017-04-13T11:38:10.980-07:00Ooh, disgruntled readers!Ooh, disgruntled readers!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36501445771055758472017-04-13T11:21:31.985-07:002017-04-13T11:21:31.985-07:00There's a lot of grumbling going on, and there...There's a lot of grumbling going on, and there is a backlash in the letters to the editor section. We'll see.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74876645346705242682017-04-13T11:21:00.023-07:002017-04-13T11:21:00.023-07:00Well, in your defense, you were ten.
:)Well, in your defense, you were ten.<br /><br />:)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41568101378102429152017-04-13T11:06:02.055-07:002017-04-13T11:06:02.055-07:00I think I still thought we were fighting the Germa...I think I still thought we were fighting the Germans and Japanese in Vietnam at the time. I knew every detail of Apollo but was a little fuzzy on most other real-world stuff.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55945150556539550452017-04-13T07:57:54.627-07:002017-04-13T07:57:54.627-07:00There are times I get the urge to grab a Sunday pa...There are times I get the urge to grab a Sunday paper and relive the days of my youth. Devouring the comics, the sports, the main news stories, and sometimes the editorials, were all things I used to enjoy on a Sunday.<br /><br />I do like the stupid crooks page, also the local rag has the police blotter, you can see who in town has been up to no good, allegedly of course.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88304113637156814572017-04-13T07:44:27.602-07:002017-04-13T07:44:27.602-07:00Every Sunday for years I used to buy the NYT and h...Every Sunday for years I used to buy the NYT and head to a great coffee place in Del Mar where I would spend the whole morning reading the entire paper. I knew it was crap but there is nothing to beat Sunday morning swilling endless coffee on a patio high atop a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean and reading about the world, new books, and the ever amusing opinion pages. Then I got married and that stopped. I read the WSJ instead, at home. Still made it out every weekend to read the local beach community weeklies because they had the Stupid Crooks page and interesting news about developments in Solana Beach, Del Mar, Cardiff and Encinitas. HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37328468297796477432017-04-13T07:43:53.938-07:002017-04-13T07:43:53.938-07:00Heady times for a 16 year old as well. Of course, ...Heady times for a 16 year old as well. Of course, that whole Vietnam thing loomed on the horizon.<br /><br />"Gee, we landed on the moon, awesome. I wonder if I'm going to have to go to Vietnam in two years?"<br /><br />Exciting in good ways, and in bad. We lived in interesting times...<br /><br />(And still do.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49087430620175482352017-04-13T07:41:38.887-07:002017-04-13T07:41:38.887-07:00Good points WSF. Online has made huge inroads into...Good points WSF. Online has made huge inroads into traditional advertising. (And is starting to do the same to the MSM, we can now check their "facts.")OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46547395196525570802017-04-13T07:02:50.651-07:002017-04-13T07:02:50.651-07:00As a reporter and commentator for a weekly ag-orie...As a reporter and commentator for a weekly ag-oriented newspaper and former editor of my home town weekly, I can tell you that from top to bottom it's worse than you imagine.<br /><br />That girl in the picture reminds me of me back in July, 1969. Except I of course was infected by the dreaded y chromosome. It was a good time to be 10!PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-76998704205718703492017-04-13T06:50:50.245-07:002017-04-13T06:50:50.245-07:00Sound advice.Sound advice.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90909762571006304042017-04-13T06:50:15.559-07:002017-04-13T06:50:15.559-07:00Juvat, regarding your local newspaper. What sustai...Juvat, regarding your local newspaper. What sustained small town newspapers were the classified ads. Craigslist on Facebook buy/sell groups has impacted that tremendously. That leaves local business advertising and local businesses have alternatives. What do you thin the over/under is for the new owners going broke and selling out (at a loss)?Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-12970576483342901502017-04-13T06:39:48.621-07:002017-04-13T06:39:48.621-07:00In my life, I've only read two stories in the ...In my life, I've only read two stories in the news where I had first hand knowledge or expertise (a very tiny window) in both cases the news had the facts and the conclusions wrong. I keep that in mind when I read or hear any reporting.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70056232696371492902017-04-13T06:15:49.207-07:002017-04-13T06:15:49.207-07:00We have a weekly paper here. I used to read it whe...We have a weekly paper here. I used to read it when we first moved here just to get a feel for the town.<br /><br />I got to know the place, realized the local weekly didn't add anything I couldn't get elsewhere.<br /><br />As to the big newspaper in Little Rhody? A fine waste of ink and cheap paper.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-16329265632655632372017-04-13T06:02:37.254-07:002017-04-13T06:02:37.254-07:00I have been reading the bi-weekly local fish wrap ...I have been reading the bi-weekly local fish wrap since I moved.<br />I am reserving judgement about them for the moment.<br />Otherwise, the news either gives me a headache or puts me to sleep. (not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38646261655941107802017-04-13T05:55:01.387-07:002017-04-13T05:55:01.387-07:00Hahaha. (I'm laughing on the outside, crying o...Hahaha. (I'm laughing on the outside, crying on the inside.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19956116182679037652017-04-13T05:22:46.683-07:002017-04-13T05:22:46.683-07:00Im in agreement, John. Our local privately owned ...Im in agreement, John. Our local privately owned weekly newspaper's local owners retired recently. It was common knowledge they liked asses instead of elephants, but the stories in the paper usually reflected both sides well. The paper was bought by a transplant from a state out west (I won't say which one but it has a coastline and begins with C).<br />Since then, the asses can do no wrong and the elephant is the sign of the devil. Since their readership overwhelmingly votes R, they're shooting themselves in the foot. But their reporting has gotten so biased, I check a second source to confirm the final score of the high school football games. juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73443858754065926492017-04-13T05:19:52.165-07:002017-04-13T05:19:52.165-07:00Not a bad policy John.Not a bad policy John.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55245526046644113462017-04-13T04:57:10.109-07:002017-04-13T04:57:10.109-07:00After reading or watching the media report on work...After reading or watching the media report on work incidents, I have changed the dial position from "a grain of salt" to "they are lying until proven otherwise".<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.com