Compare and Contrast

Compare this ad for Barack Obama to the snarky little celebrity ad from the McCain camp. So much better!

*snicker*

Check that and then read this link for my opinions on the concept of God as a jerk.

John Edwards – Stupid, Stupid Man…

Look, John, it’s one thing to have an affair. We’re human. People let their passions get the better of them. We all make mistakes. It’s another thing to lie about it.

It’s amazing. Every politician knows it’s not the act that’s the big problem, it’s the cover-up. Yet they all still cover-up things like this.

Frankly, Mr Edwards, I expected better. Wave bye-bye to your possible cabinet post!

Mass-Media Nonsense! – A G-G-G-Ghost!

First, check out this link. It’s a CNN video from station WSPA in South Carolina. It shows a mysterious shape in front of a security camera! Is it a g-g-g-ghost?!

You know, I like CNN. I really do. When they cover actual, you know, news, they tend to do a fairly good job of it. This, however, isn’t news. It’s bullshit of the first order. There’s no effort at actually explaining what people are seeing on the screen; it’s just presented as “Oh, look at this thing that no one can explain!”

Well, someone can. Have a look at the video below:

CNN is really disapointing me with this crap. It mean, it’s not like there was anything important going on today that needed to be covered (or even stuff that’s just more interesting). No, it’s perfectly fine for them to waste time showing shit like this.

CNN has, sadly, become one of the largest distributors of this kind of bullshit this side of Oprah. Larry King alone does all sorts of programs on UFOs, talking to the dead, ESP and crap like that. None of it has any proof to it. All of it is crap. None of it belongs on CNN, unless they’re debunking it.

I wish I could say I was surprised, but when a network like CNN devotes much time to covering a local news story like a missing little girl, I’m really not surprised. I am, however, very disapointed. I can’t even say I expected better, cause sadly I didn’t. This is par for the course.

I’ve bitched about this before, of course, but it remains ever more true. The job of the media is to inform us, not entertain us. They need to be telling us things we should know, not lazy crap like this (and don’t even get me started on the coverage of the so-called Montauk Monster. For a real explaination of it, click here. It’s much more informative than any of the news networks I saw who didn’t even try to look into what it might be).

As I said, it’s the job the media to tell us what we need to know. For what we want to know, we can turn to the tabloids (print, internet and TV versions), and entertainment programs, like Entertainment Tonight. Let them do the crap. The other media needs to do the news.