One of my tasks seeking column material, when I’m not interrupted by pesky doctor appointments, PET scans and biopsies, is a path that routinely takes me to the Huffington Post.
Now, the HuffPo is my source of amusement and entertainment and I admire its chutzpa as a model of economic success in a media world struggling for survival. If you want political balance, HuffPo is not the place to look.
The ink in my journalistic juices is not dry and for whatever reason I felt today like Vince Lombardi standing on the sidelines when his boys were screwing up and yelling to no one in particular: “What the hell is going on out there?”
Just take a look at Friday’s HuffPo menu like I did and reference each of the headlines to the first reaction you can think of.
General: Clinton Aide Suggested Letting U.S. Plane Be Shot Down To Provoke War With Iraq
Wouldn’t be the first time some idiot offered something stupid. Nor the last.
Followed by this sidebar:
Jonathan Schwarz: ‘No Good Idea Ever Dies.’
Right. Shift stupidity to the Bush Administration.
Fox News Host: ‘All Terrorists Are Muslims’
Take that you Christian wimps. Makes one want to walk off the TV set or change channels.
From the boss lady herself:
Adrianna Huffington: Choking On Its Contrived Objectivity, The Media Refuses To Take A Stand on Sanity
Despite Ms. Huffington and comic Jon Stewart being political bedfellows, the sanity rally is a show biz put down. Get over it. Who needs MSM when we have Comedy Central?
WATCH: Dylan Ratigan BLASTS O’Reilly, ‘War On Islam’
Dylan who?
Christine O’Donnell Tells GOPers: ‘Ive Got Sean Hannity In My Back Pocket’
What else is new?
Olbermann: O’Reilly: ‘Just Another Fox News Bigot And Islamphobe’
I love both guys for no other reason than they are polysyllabic.
Did Michael Jackson Hate Oprah?
Who cares? He’s as dead as the latest Elvis sighting.
Bishop Gene Robinson: ‘How Religion Is Killing Our Most Vulnerable Youth’
I knew that.
Crashing The Tea Party Joyride
The author says they’re a sitcom. I say wait until November and see who’s laughing.
CEO Targeted By Attempted Killer Urges Advertisers To Drop Glenn Beck
They did that and he’s still on the air.
There’s more but I just cannot continue. Silly me.
I thought the Drudge Report was slanted; HuffPo is its equal. And so are almost all news sources. This is fabulous for news junkies: Spend your frigging hours clicking away at a zillion sources of misinformation.
But, oh, I don’t know, perhaps 95% of Americans don’t have time to learn anything other than drive time radio here and 15 minutes of Internet searches there and a half hour of cable or nightly news during home meals cooked in the microwave. Not to mention the late night comics. Ouch.
We Americans are not only getting less informed in the information age but becoming more politically polarized as a result.
(Cartoon courtesy of PCworld.com)
Cross posted on The Remmers Report
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Jerry Remmers worked 26 years in the newspaper business. His last 23 years was with the Evening Tribune in San Diego where assignments included reporter, assistant city editor, county and politics editor.