Note to talking heads on Judge Sotomayor’s ethnic background
Folks, while her nomination to the Supreme Court is a great accomplishment for Judge Sotomayor and the Hispanic community, hopefully she will be considered on her own merits not her background. However, if you can’t avoid talking about it at least make sure you have the geopolitical facts straight.
You edit: CNN reporter sees Russia from Alaska
CNN’s Gary Tuchman went all the way to the part of Alaska from when one can actually see Russia but the story sounds so slanted that it invites some copy-editing.
Obama, Britney and Paris are all just doing their jobs
An ad from the McCain campaing called the presumptive democratic nominee “the biggest celebrity in the world.” I’d say this is quite an exaggeration. But he is quite high up there. Campaigning politicians act their roles publicly, just as the Parises and the Britneys. That’s the way it is and–funny thing–we all play along.
Political Jibjab alert
The JibJab brothers are at it again, joining the political season with a new animated parody. And I had to find out about it nowhere other than the “old” media. Good old CNN, keeping me cool.
Take Note: your blog may go mainstream
The massive quality of the mainstream media (on-line or off-line) is still a deciding factor in the public arena, possibly even more so all media could be made into digital stucco. Attention is the hot commodity.
Thinking like Ann Coulter?
This is how I found myself suddenly thinking like Ann Coulter. Well, not along the same line of thinking… more like using a similar thought process. So I thougt of making a dramatic statement and announced to my closest circle of friends that I was considering voting for John McCain in the general election. Only later I realized with amusement that I was not the only one vowing to manifest my outrage by crossing the party line.
