August 26, 2004
History Repeating Itself All Over Again
By Jim Dallas
Let's face it, these have been incredibly slow news weeks. True, the Olympics are fascinating, we had a hurricane hit Florida, and there has been serious news abroad (in Iraq and Russia). These are all very serious for the people involved. But they're not really moving "stories" that capture the attention of the whole country.
The Campaign Desk hits political journalists for focusing so heavily on the Swifties, which is only a notch above Kobe Bryant, and various human interest stories.
Three years ago, I was working down in The Daily Texan basement, and I got a great kick out of reading a comic strip that was tacked up on the wall bemoaning the lack of real news the summer before (it was all shark bite stories and bear maulings, if I remember correctly). It was funny because it was true. Nothing really "big" had happened.
This was two days before 9/11.
Normalcy doesn't last long. I start to get skittish when the CJR starts bemoaning the reportage of silly stories like the Swifties, because it's usually not too long before the press corps have real news to report.
Posted by Jim Dallas at August 26, 2004 01:59 AM
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i would like you to know i respect everyones' political opinion, but i don't know if everyone knows the fact about Kerry.
1. he is divorced, how can he kepp a country togeher if he can't keep his family together. And his wife divorced him for cheeting.
2. He claims to mak us less dependent on oil, but yet he voted more than once for no drilling off the coast of the east.
These are just two reasons of many.
i would like you to know i respect everyones' political opinion, but i don't know if everyone knows the fact about Kerry.
1. he is divorced, how can he kepp a country togeher if he can't keep his family together. And his wife divorced him for cheeting.
2. He claims to mak us less dependent on oil, but yet he voted more than once for no drilling off the coast of the east.
These are just two reasons of many.
i would like you to know i respect everyones' political opinion, but i don't know if everyone knows the fact about Kerry.
1. he is divorced, how can he kepp a country togeher if he can't keep his family together. And his wife divorced him for cheeting.
2. He claims to mak us less dependent on oil, but yet he voted more than once for no drilling off the coast of the east.
These are just two reasons of many.
i would like you to know i respect everyones' political opinion, but i don't know if everyone knows the fact about Kerry.
1. he is divorced, how can he kepp a country togeher if he can't keep his family together. And his wife divorced him for cheeting.
2. He claims to mak us less dependent on oil, but yet he voted more than once for no drilling off the coast of the east.
These are just two reasons of many.
