Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Believe It?
Newsweek said prison guards were flushing copies of the Koran down a toilet. Not true.
CBS said they had obtained copies of internal memos from Lt. Col. Jerry Killian, President Bush’s wing commander in the National Guard. Not true.
Jason Leopold said by this weekend past, Karl Rove would be indicted. Not true.
USA Today said the NSA had been obtaining phone records of tens of millions of Americans through Bellsouth, Verizon and AT&T. Two-thirds not true, and the remaining third is highly suspect. Helen Thomas further alleged that these millions of Americans were subject to “wiretaps.” Don’t know where she got that one. Not true.
I don’t watch television. None at all. I get news off the computer, where I can select exactly who is to provide it, and I believe about a quarter of what I read. And I get it out of the printed paper, in which case I believe about a tenth of what I read.
Now I understand a lot of people out there think of television as something like air, food or water, and can’t consider going without it. And then, of course a lot of people choose to believe everything they see. I can’t begrudge them this. But I have to ask the question, isn’t it just about time to re-think the way we get news now?
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