Yet another reader letter in the Gainesville Sun today referenced the “conservative-controlled media”.
The Gainesville Sun? Conservative? I hardly think so. I worked there for a number of years, and come election time we tended to cluster around the few televisions in partisan groups. (I was a Perot supporter; we didn’t have our own TV but the conservatives allowed us to share.)
The liberal crowd around the information udder was always much bigger (and more smug) than the conservative one.
Not convinced? Let’s take a quick look at today’s banner.
If GOP loses, what’s ahead?
- Congress up for grabs on Nov. 7
- White House’s agenda faltering
Who’s been talking about the GOP losing? This is a nice piece of work. Subtle. It brings up an unlikely eventuality and makes it a possibility in people’s minds.
This illustrates my point: this headline isn’t the product of a “conservative-controlled media”. If it were, it would probably give more useful information:
If GOP loses, what’s ahead?
- Lowest airfares to Canada
- How to build your own gas mask
On a totally unrelated topic: can an engine sing? I could swear I heard the Beemer this morning singing, in a thick Bavarian accent, something like, “I love cold weather, autobahn autobahn autobahn autobahn”.
From the snap in the air, I may wish I had remembered my gloves come quittin’ time, but this morning, I wanted to ride.