Aside from having to suffer the humiliation of Wolf Blitzer's ego schooling you that,
"You would know if this was your underpants",
you happen to be living in a time where society does seem to think size matters.
At the very least that convincing society that size matters must be very profitable if my email is any indication. (Maybe I, a 50+ year old woman do need a bigger penis?
How could I ever know?)
Anyway, I digress.
Mr. Weiner, I feel for you. Given today's world, where we have sunk so low that a picture of a man's privates in underpants for God's sake, with no other possible way to identify him can lead to all this is just plain pathetic.
Not to mention, again, given the pervasive social climate, I can't think of any man, of any age, that I know who would be willing to publically admit or deny that that particular picture was of him because the very idea of Wolf Blitzer's next questions would be just too repulsive.
"How do we know you are telling the truth? Would you be willing to step behind the screen we've just thrown together here on the CNN set and let me verify so that our viewers will know for sure? We are "The Best Political Team on Television"!
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
A Call To Action From My Dead Dad
I read the following Tweet this morning:
Chrysler pays back it's auto industry loan+company is back on track+thousands of jobs saved+GOP was wrong on this=little media coverage.
My Dad was a journalist, more importantly, he was a journalist with integrity. He got his facts, not from the internet but from actual people. He didn't just assume what he was told was true, he checked, double checked, triple checked and then verified it again, all before he put his fingers to the typewriter.
He started as a cub reporter on the police beat and moved on to general interest and finally found his niche in reporting on what politicians and other groups were doing that affected all residents presenting both the good and the bad.
It's hard to imagine what he would think of today's journalistic integrity of the mainstream media. I think he would be disgusted by how truth has taken a back seat to profit and advertising revenue streams.
Often when I think about him, I don't so much think of what he achieved and did with his life so much as I hear his voice in my head.
This morning when I read that Tweet and agreed with it, my Dad immediately piped up and starkly asked,
"So what can you do about it? Do you think that this will change with no encouragement from you? Why would they want to change the current status quo! Fight back! Quit whining and use your head and that internet you are so fond of! Start something!"
Well alrighty Dad, I will. I'm going to start by calling out the media when they do things like this because you're right, they really have no idea how unhappy I am with them lately, even though I do whine about it plenty.
For starters, I'm going to let them know. In the time it takes me to sit in my chair and talk back to the television (for example), I probably could have picked up the phone and called them and let them know and been done before the commercials were over.
I also encourage others to do the same thing. To make it easier, here's a list of some media outlets where we can voice our opinions. I have decided not to show email addresses, it's too easy to delete an email or pretend you never got it. A letter someone actually took the time to write or actually interacting with a live person is a little harder to ignore:
ABC News
147 Columbus Ave., New York, NY 10023
Phone: 212-456-7777
CBS News
524 W. 57 St., New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-975-4321
Fax: 212-975-1893
CNBC
900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
Phone: (201) 735-2622
Fax: (201) 583-5453
CNN
One CNN Center, Box 105366, Atlanta, GA 30303-5366
Phone: 404-827-1500
Fax: 404-827-1784
Fox News Channel
1211 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 301-3000
Fax: (212) 301-4229
MSNBC/NBC
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112
Phone: (212) 664-4444
Fax: (212) 664-4426
PBS
2100 Crystal Drive, Arlington VA 22202
Phone: 703-739-5000
Fax: 703-739-5777
The Los Angeles Times
202 West First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: 800-528-4637 or 213-237-5000
Fax: 213-237-4712
The New York Times
620 8th Ave., New York, NY 10018
Phone: 212-556-1234
D.C. Bureau phone: 202-862-0300
Fax: 212-556-3690
USA Today
7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA 22108
Phone: 703-854-3400
Fax: 703-854-2078
The Wall Street Journal
1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-416-2000
Fax: 212-416-2658
The Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW, Washington, DC 20071
Phone: 202-334-6000
Fax: 202-334-5075
For People in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area:
Channel 2:
Twin Cities Public Television, Inc.
172 East 4th Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Front Desk: (651) 222-1717
Fax: (651) 229-1282
Channel 4:
WCCO-TV
90 S. 11th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Main Number: (612) 339-4444 or 1-800-444-WCCO
Fax: (612) 333-2767
Channel 5:
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS/KSTP-TV
3415 University Ave.
Saint Paul, MN 55114-2099
Switchboard: (651) 646-5555
Newsroom phone: (612) 5TV-NEWS (612-588-6397)
Newsroom fax: (651) 642-4409
Channel 9:
KMSP-TV
11358 Viking Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
952-946-5767
Channel 11:
KARE 11
8811 Olson Memorial Hwy.
Minneapolis, MN 55427
763-593-1111
StarTribune
425 Portland Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55488
Main number: (612) 673-4000
St Paul Pioneer Press
345 Cedar Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
General Information — 651-222-1111
Newsroom Reader Advocate — 651-228-5446
Let's start fighting back everyone!
Chrysler pays back it's auto industry loan+company is back on track+thousands of jobs saved+GOP was wrong on this=little media coverage.
My Dad was a journalist, more importantly, he was a journalist with integrity. He got his facts, not from the internet but from actual people. He didn't just assume what he was told was true, he checked, double checked, triple checked and then verified it again, all before he put his fingers to the typewriter.
He started as a cub reporter on the police beat and moved on to general interest and finally found his niche in reporting on what politicians and other groups were doing that affected all residents presenting both the good and the bad.
It's hard to imagine what he would think of today's journalistic integrity of the mainstream media. I think he would be disgusted by how truth has taken a back seat to profit and advertising revenue streams.
Often when I think about him, I don't so much think of what he achieved and did with his life so much as I hear his voice in my head.
This morning when I read that Tweet and agreed with it, my Dad immediately piped up and starkly asked,
"So what can you do about it? Do you think that this will change with no encouragement from you? Why would they want to change the current status quo! Fight back! Quit whining and use your head and that internet you are so fond of! Start something!"
Well alrighty Dad, I will. I'm going to start by calling out the media when they do things like this because you're right, they really have no idea how unhappy I am with them lately, even though I do whine about it plenty.
For starters, I'm going to let them know. In the time it takes me to sit in my chair and talk back to the television (for example), I probably could have picked up the phone and called them and let them know and been done before the commercials were over.
I also encourage others to do the same thing. To make it easier, here's a list of some media outlets where we can voice our opinions. I have decided not to show email addresses, it's too easy to delete an email or pretend you never got it. A letter someone actually took the time to write or actually interacting with a live person is a little harder to ignore:
ABC News
147 Columbus Ave., New York, NY 10023
Phone: 212-456-7777
CBS News
524 W. 57 St., New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-975-4321
Fax: 212-975-1893
CNBC
900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
Phone: (201) 735-2622
Fax: (201) 583-5453
CNN
One CNN Center, Box 105366, Atlanta, GA 30303-5366
Phone: 404-827-1500
Fax: 404-827-1784
Fox News Channel
1211 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 301-3000
Fax: (212) 301-4229
MSNBC/NBC
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112
Phone: (212) 664-4444
Fax: (212) 664-4426
PBS
2100 Crystal Drive, Arlington VA 22202
Phone: 703-739-5000
Fax: 703-739-5777
The Los Angeles Times
202 West First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: 800-528-4637 or 213-237-5000
Fax: 213-237-4712
The New York Times
620 8th Ave., New York, NY 10018
Phone: 212-556-1234
D.C. Bureau phone: 202-862-0300
Fax: 212-556-3690
USA Today
7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA 22108
Phone: 703-854-3400
Fax: 703-854-2078
The Wall Street Journal
1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-416-2000
Fax: 212-416-2658
The Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW, Washington, DC 20071
Phone: 202-334-6000
Fax: 202-334-5075
For People in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area:
Channel 2:
Twin Cities Public Television, Inc.
172 East 4th Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Front Desk: (651) 222-1717
Fax: (651) 229-1282
Channel 4:
WCCO-TV
90 S. 11th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Main Number: (612) 339-4444 or 1-800-444-WCCO
Fax: (612) 333-2767
Channel 5:
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS/KSTP-TV
3415 University Ave.
Saint Paul, MN 55114-2099
Switchboard: (651) 646-5555
Newsroom phone: (612) 5TV-NEWS (612-588-6397)
Newsroom fax: (651) 642-4409
Channel 9:
KMSP-TV
11358 Viking Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
952-946-5767
Channel 11:
KARE 11
8811 Olson Memorial Hwy.
Minneapolis, MN 55427
763-593-1111
StarTribune
425 Portland Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55488
Main number: (612) 673-4000
St Paul Pioneer Press
345 Cedar Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
General Information — 651-222-1111
Newsroom Reader Advocate — 651-228-5446
Let's start fighting back everyone!
Friday, September 10, 2010
My Response to Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington went on CNN yesterday and compared the media coverage of the Reverend Terry Jones and his planned burning of the Quran to the "balloon boy" incident earlier this year.
"It's a little bit like watching events unfold in an alternate universe that has nothing to do with what is really happening in this country, with the plight of the jobless, the people losing their homes," she said, comparing the situation to "balloon boy" Falcon Heene."
You can see the video here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-tv/arianna-quran-burning-coverage-balloon-boy_b_711413.html
Unlike a lot of the commenter's over there at the Huffington Post who agree with her position on this, I'd like to take issue with it.
The Reverend Terry Jones wanting to burn the Quran is nothing like the balloon boy story and here's why.
When I first heard about the "Balloon Boy" it was while reading the Huffington Post. I believe it was at the top of your web page Arianna. I quickly ditched the computer and turned on the television where I sat glued to my seat, flipping between the news channels to watch the coverage.
I remember while watching, that it was ironically enough, Shepard Smith on FOX (FOX!!!) who raised the possibility that there was no child in that soaring contraption and he speculated that maybe the kid released the tethers that were keeping that thing tied to the earth and the kid was now hiding as kids have been known to do when they know they are going to be in big trouble.
As the story played out, Mr Smith came pretty close to the truth (it was the parents who it turned out that had played us all not Falcon Heene).
I choose to believe that we were all relieved that Falcon was not on board when that thing came crashing back to earth. but the story changed in record time. It became more of a story about the victimization of the media and how the media had been duped.
That would include you Arianna. A young child, as you proved with your comment on CNN became a grudge for you to hold. Well okay, maybe not a grudge but perhaps a standard that you now measure other stories against in an effort not to get sucked into over the top reporting of something that has no basis in reality.
I get that. I really do. As a news and politics junkie, I actually appreciate it. A loud mouth like myself has learned over time a little self filtering can be a good thing.
The balloon boys story came about because his eccentric father wanted a reality show (not unexpected given that your own Huffington Post and other media outlets have redefined success by giving so many narcissistic people who are willing to be famous anything and will do whatever it takes for themselves to remain that way).
Reverend Terry Jones is a completely different kettle of fish that should get media coverage. When you say his story has, "nothing to do with what is really happening in this country, with the plight of the jobless, the people losing their homes", I say baloney.
It has everything to do with it.
People are not getting jobs and losing their homes and all the other ills of our society is because the hatred in this country is rampant. The battle has become more important than whatever the goal was.
The haves hate the have not's. Politics, while always rough and tumble has become a blood sport turning neighbor against neighbor as the right hates the left. The employed hate the unemployed. Everybody it seems, hates the government and Wall Street overlooking that in our society both a necessary. I could go on and on but you get the idea.
The Reverend Terry Jones want to burn the Quaran for God's sake. The holiest of text to millions of people. Disgusting.
Reverend Jones stands for nothing more than pure hatred and he needs to have the media glare on him, exposing him as the skittering cockroach he is as he changes directions in an effort to avoid the light. Will he or won't he seems to be the question today.
More importantly, for our standing in the world, the media's light needs to be shone on all of us who don't agree with him. That he does not represent America.
That's the story that needs to be told over and over again if for no other reason than positive reinforcement for the masses.
But that probably wouldn't pay the bills would it Arianna?
"It's a little bit like watching events unfold in an alternate universe that has nothing to do with what is really happening in this country, with the plight of the jobless, the people losing their homes," she said, comparing the situation to "balloon boy" Falcon Heene."
You can see the video here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-tv/arianna-quran-burning-coverage-balloon-boy_b_711413.html
Unlike a lot of the commenter's over there at the Huffington Post who agree with her position on this, I'd like to take issue with it.
The Reverend Terry Jones wanting to burn the Quran is nothing like the balloon boy story and here's why.
When I first heard about the "Balloon Boy" it was while reading the Huffington Post. I believe it was at the top of your web page Arianna. I quickly ditched the computer and turned on the television where I sat glued to my seat, flipping between the news channels to watch the coverage.
I remember while watching, that it was ironically enough, Shepard Smith on FOX (FOX!!!) who raised the possibility that there was no child in that soaring contraption and he speculated that maybe the kid released the tethers that were keeping that thing tied to the earth and the kid was now hiding as kids have been known to do when they know they are going to be in big trouble.
As the story played out, Mr Smith came pretty close to the truth (it was the parents who it turned out that had played us all not Falcon Heene).
I choose to believe that we were all relieved that Falcon was not on board when that thing came crashing back to earth. but the story changed in record time. It became more of a story about the victimization of the media and how the media had been duped.
That would include you Arianna. A young child, as you proved with your comment on CNN became a grudge for you to hold. Well okay, maybe not a grudge but perhaps a standard that you now measure other stories against in an effort not to get sucked into over the top reporting of something that has no basis in reality.
I get that. I really do. As a news and politics junkie, I actually appreciate it. A loud mouth like myself has learned over time a little self filtering can be a good thing.
The balloon boys story came about because his eccentric father wanted a reality show (not unexpected given that your own Huffington Post and other media outlets have redefined success by giving so many narcissistic people who are willing to be famous anything and will do whatever it takes for themselves to remain that way).
Reverend Terry Jones is a completely different kettle of fish that should get media coverage. When you say his story has, "nothing to do with what is really happening in this country, with the plight of the jobless, the people losing their homes", I say baloney.
It has everything to do with it.
People are not getting jobs and losing their homes and all the other ills of our society is because the hatred in this country is rampant. The battle has become more important than whatever the goal was.
The haves hate the have not's. Politics, while always rough and tumble has become a blood sport turning neighbor against neighbor as the right hates the left. The employed hate the unemployed. Everybody it seems, hates the government and Wall Street overlooking that in our society both a necessary. I could go on and on but you get the idea.
The Reverend Terry Jones want to burn the Quaran for God's sake. The holiest of text to millions of people. Disgusting.
Reverend Jones stands for nothing more than pure hatred and he needs to have the media glare on him, exposing him as the skittering cockroach he is as he changes directions in an effort to avoid the light. Will he or won't he seems to be the question today.
More importantly, for our standing in the world, the media's light needs to be shone on all of us who don't agree with him. That he does not represent America.
That's the story that needs to be told over and over again if for no other reason than positive reinforcement for the masses.
But that probably wouldn't pay the bills would it Arianna?
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