February 27, 2005

The New Journalism

We sure hope that some others will come to the same realization that we have of late: the true journalists are no longer a part of the mainstream media (MSM). If you haven't been paying attention, or been looking for some semblance of investigative reporting to show up on the Conservative New Network, Faux Snooze, or any of the regular broadcast networks, we think you should consider checking out some of the more obscure sources of information available to you these days. It seems improbable to us, but people like Molly Ivins are no longer heard, or their voices are minimalized, in the MSM when they have something to say. In one days' worth of blog posts over at Suburban Guerrilla, we found numerous posts about things ignored or downplayed by the MSM. And we haven't even linked to half of the real stories* Susie pointed out. In one day.

Plus, we are still amazed at the one story she actually broke - the number of dead American soldiers in Operation Iraqi Liberation is actually about four times higher than the official count. Funny how that little factoid is being scrupulously (cough) downplayed by the MSM. Or is it?

This is just one of the worthies we consider to have more journalistic chops than most of the illicitly government funded rich corporate shills who parade the latest Republic propaganda throughout most of the media outlets available to the average infotainment consumer. Can you imagine what a dozen of these people could do if they received a fraction of the MSM money being handed over to the vile Pigboy? Or Spammity? Or the Coulterbeast?

It's thoughts like that, running through our crazy head, that manage to keep us hoping against all odds that somehow the Giggling Murderer, along with the brain dead hordes who think he's the model citizen that we should all hope to be like someday**, will find their just reward.

* - not counting all of the little inside gags, kewl web toys, and cross-links to other blogs who are infotaining to her (and probably would be to you, too!).that she posted about on Friday. Granted, the day in question is a little, um, excessive, as far as her regular bloggy goodness goes. But there's still more real news pointed to here than you would get in twelve hours of watching Faux Snooze...

** - not to bring up any lying, thieving whores, or the a$$holes they married, or anything like that...

Posted by (: Tom :) at February 27, 2005 08:20 AM