recent oddities in the news...

so, i have come across some questionable things in the news in the past few days. i thought i would highlight a few.

first, there was a news story about russia blaming george bush for the georgian conflict. apparently, bush created this whole thing "as a plot to install John McCain as his successor." this is no joke. here is a link: http://www.aol.com.au/news/story/Putin-blames-US-for-war/916561/index.html.

i think it is interesting for several reasons.
1. i read this story on cnn, whom putin apparently enlightened and entrusted with this disturbing information. however, when i tried to find the story on cnn again today, it had mysteriously disappeared. thankfully, others saw it too and have raised questions about it. why did you get rid of it, cnn?
2. should we be wondering why putin would like us to think this? apparently he wants us all to vote for obama. i will make no further comments about this. i just think it is interesting.

next, today msnbc announced that olbermann and matthews will no longer anchor political night coverage. here is the link: http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/08/msnbc-hosts-olbermann-matthews-booted-from-political-night-duties/.

surprise, surprise. they received the lowest ratings for the political conventions because of their liberal bias. here is a little news flash to the media - we don't like your opinionated garbage. just report the news and let us make up our own minds about what we think.

more on slanted news coverage, fox news reported today that john mccain has gone ahead in the polls by 4 points, while cnn reported that mccain and obama were dead even. what? if you read the articles closely, you would see that fox news is using a gallup poll, while cnn is using their own poll. however, cnn admits that in their "poll of polls," which is an average of several polls, john mccain is up by a point. whatever. later in the day, cnn's article about mccain and obama being dead even turned into an article entitled, "why obama lost his lead." nice one!

finally, i just wanted to applaud jordin sparks for what she said at the vma awards. it is about time someone said that sex should wait until marriage and perhaps hollywood should stop patting themselves on the back for living such careless lives. you can see the article here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,418487,00.html.

that's all i have, but let this serve as a reminder that we must be careful with the information we receive from the media. as john mayer sings, "when you own the information you can bend it all you want."

cheers,
jw <><