What’s Gotta Go

The top headline on CNN today made me feel the need to revisit my comments about how statistics are creatively used, primarily in popular news reporting.
First, I need to ask you to put aside your feelings about the war in Iraq - this is not a discussion on whether we should be there or whether [...]

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I have often wondered how many people who watch the Superbowl really do watch for the commercials. I doubt all that many, but it is part of the experience that is looked forward to. I have to confess, I didn’t watch the “big game” this year, but I did record it and will [...]

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During my morning online reading ritual I came across what I thought fell under the classification of “stupid news.”  Most sites call it “offbeat” or something of that nature, but in this case it just came under the health warning over at CNN.  Yes, I know many posts ago I swore off CNN, but even [...]

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Sorry, I just had to poke fun at New York with this recent news coverage.  CNN is reporting “Mystery smell settles over Manhattan” due to a recent strong odor that they cannot find a source of.  I spent most of my childhood and teenage years growing up in the great, wonderful state of Washington.  The [...]

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I recently came across this article on Yahoo News. It is titled “Woman puts baby through airport x-ray“.  I am not sure this needs much more explanation, but then that wouldn’t be all that fun now would it?

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What is it lately about about Rosie making the news so much.  Who is she that whatever she seems to comment on recent situation gets deemed headline news?  I have to admit, I have been checking CNN.com again lately, despite my previous rants.  Perhaps it is because they seem to be such good fodder for [...]

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I can just hear a few reader’s now saying, uhhh…ok, it’s alright for you to hate trolls. They’re mythical and therefore not real, but if it floats your boat, you go right ahead and hate them. No, actually I’m pretty sure that most everyone reading this blog participates or at least reads some [...]

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Since when did an actor, or actress for that matter, become news. It has become so commonplace in Hollywood for actors that I didn’t realize it was a big deal. Since this site is all about opinions, and I already revealed myself to be a conservative, I think it is a bunch of [...]

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Whatever happened to objective, credible reporting? Ok, for the most part it has likely never really existed. But that doesn’t stop me from getting peeved by “articles” that could just have easily been written as a marketing department release by as by a so called reporter.

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