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Today's Mark Foley Update
Oct. 6th, 2006 09:03 amToday’s Mark Foley Update: Nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
Not a thing.
There will be no announcements. No news. No nothing. Democrats won’t be saying anything. Republicans won’t be saying anything. Hester won’t make any announcements nor will Bush, Jr.
Today is Friday. Nobody watches the Friday evening news and nobody reads the Saturday morning newspaper. It isn’t worth anyone’s time to say anything on a Friday.
Reagan pardoned Ollie North on a Friday after he was found GUILTY by a Federal court the previous Friday. As a result, ask the average American and they’ll say he wasn’t found guilty; and if you tell them he was they won’t believe you when you say Reagan pardoned him for funding terrorists using money made by selling illegal drugs as part of a program to fund things that Congress said shouldn’t be funded; all the while the Republicans knew and encouraged him.
There will be no news today. The “real reporters” are packing their bags for their weekend mini-vacations. The second string reporters are warming up to spend the weekend covering state fairs, marathons to cure socially acceptable diseases, and mall openings. They pray every night that something exciting will happen over the weekend, but it won’t. Congress is closed on the weekend; in most state capitols the state-house only schedules votes on Tuesday, Wed, and Thursday. Diplomats go home. There will be nothing to report.
The weekend reporters know that if anything actually does happen on a weekend it is a rare opportunity to do something that will make them stand out, get noticed, and position them for a big promotion. A promotion to the weekday slots where things actually happen.
Katrina happened on a weekend... that was their last opportunity to take a shot at the big time. They covered every detail. If Katrina had happened on a Tuesday it wouldn’t have been more than a tiny mention on the 6pm news, by the corporate newswhores that are so afraid of their jobs that they can’t take a stand. But it didn’t happen on a Tuesday. It happened on a weekend and dozens of hungry journalists desperate for a promotion covered the story and revealed that Bush, Jr.’s administration is all smoke and mirrors.
There will be, however, discussion on the blogs. The blogs don’t shut down on the weekend. In fact, they might be even busier. “The age of the hack” is upon us where uncivilized, uneducated, unethical, immature malcontents in their underwear sit at their computer and write nasty attacks on the political party they hate. Rumors will be spawned, and if they catch hold it doesn’t matter if they are true.
When the hate-filled rantings of 24-hour news channels made it impossible for legitimate news reporters to be heard any more, nobody thought it could ever be topped. However, these people hadn’t experienced the gutter that is Usenet alt.flame; and when Usenet died, those people, and more importantly that attitude, created blogs. These blogs truly are 24-by-7, revealing that the FOX claim of “24-by-7 news” is a lie; because it’s just one hour of news, produced four days a week... they just repeat the newest hour 24-by-7.
And blogs, more desperate for something to write, more desperate to be seen or heard than the weekend reporters of cable news, create stories. In a loud crowd, only the loudest is heard. They know this, so they seek to be louder than the loudest. The only way to do that is to report stories that are larger than life, bigger than reality, more crazy than physics permits. They invent rumor and call it “news.” They validate each other’s rumors until non-bloggers start to believe the fiction. They take “perception is reality” to a new level.
But actual news? There will be none today. None tomorrow. A recap on Sunday. There isn’t any actual news until Monday.
Absolutely nothing.
Not a thing.
There will be no announcements. No news. No nothing. Democrats won’t be saying anything. Republicans won’t be saying anything. Hester won’t make any announcements nor will Bush, Jr.
Today is Friday. Nobody watches the Friday evening news and nobody reads the Saturday morning newspaper. It isn’t worth anyone’s time to say anything on a Friday.
Reagan pardoned Ollie North on a Friday after he was found GUILTY by a Federal court the previous Friday. As a result, ask the average American and they’ll say he wasn’t found guilty; and if you tell them he was they won’t believe you when you say Reagan pardoned him for funding terrorists using money made by selling illegal drugs as part of a program to fund things that Congress said shouldn’t be funded; all the while the Republicans knew and encouraged him.
There will be no news today. The “real reporters” are packing their bags for their weekend mini-vacations. The second string reporters are warming up to spend the weekend covering state fairs, marathons to cure socially acceptable diseases, and mall openings. They pray every night that something exciting will happen over the weekend, but it won’t. Congress is closed on the weekend; in most state capitols the state-house only schedules votes on Tuesday, Wed, and Thursday. Diplomats go home. There will be nothing to report.
The weekend reporters know that if anything actually does happen on a weekend it is a rare opportunity to do something that will make them stand out, get noticed, and position them for a big promotion. A promotion to the weekday slots where things actually happen.
Katrina happened on a weekend... that was their last opportunity to take a shot at the big time. They covered every detail. If Katrina had happened on a Tuesday it wouldn’t have been more than a tiny mention on the 6pm news, by the corporate newswhores that are so afraid of their jobs that they can’t take a stand. But it didn’t happen on a Tuesday. It happened on a weekend and dozens of hungry journalists desperate for a promotion covered the story and revealed that Bush, Jr.’s administration is all smoke and mirrors.
There will be, however, discussion on the blogs. The blogs don’t shut down on the weekend. In fact, they might be even busier. “The age of the hack” is upon us where uncivilized, uneducated, unethical, immature malcontents in their underwear sit at their computer and write nasty attacks on the political party they hate. Rumors will be spawned, and if they catch hold it doesn’t matter if they are true.
When the hate-filled rantings of 24-hour news channels made it impossible for legitimate news reporters to be heard any more, nobody thought it could ever be topped. However, these people hadn’t experienced the gutter that is Usenet alt.flame; and when Usenet died, those people, and more importantly that attitude, created blogs. These blogs truly are 24-by-7, revealing that the FOX claim of “24-by-7 news” is a lie; because it’s just one hour of news, produced four days a week... they just repeat the newest hour 24-by-7.
And blogs, more desperate for something to write, more desperate to be seen or heard than the weekend reporters of cable news, create stories. In a loud crowd, only the loudest is heard. They know this, so they seek to be louder than the loudest. The only way to do that is to report stories that are larger than life, bigger than reality, more crazy than physics permits. They invent rumor and call it “news.” They validate each other’s rumors until non-bloggers start to believe the fiction. They take “perception is reality” to a new level.
But actual news? There will be none today. None tomorrow. A recap on Sunday. There isn’t any actual news until Monday.
