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And this is News…?

June 6th, 2012

This is why I abhor reading news online. All I wanted to do was see the primary election results. Instead:

SFGate.com - news 6/6/2012

Mind you, I’m all for human interest, but do we really have to wade through genitalia dismembering morons?

A Pot-Smoking Pig…
Pot-smoking pig

Pot-smoking pig

It wouldn’t be right to rag on the SF Chron when the Huffpost so clearly deserves a smidgeon of disdain for their Column 3. Yes, I know what’s going on: Column 1 is an endless array of opinions – bloggers lined up in stack. Real news is in Column 2, although its ‘realness’ (ie, its meaningfulness) peters out pretty quickly as you scroll down. Column 3 is the corridor of shame – all the useless, sad or soppy stories that nobody cares about yet everyone seems to read.

Joanie’s Probably Hating on Chachi Right Now

As I learned from a misguided foray onto HuffPost, poor Erin Moran is living in a trailer park with her husband and in-laws, waiting for a $250-500k payout from a lawsuit that will go…how far does a quarter mil go these days? (Answer: not very.) Despite her valiant efforts, she appears to have reaped the curse of childhood celebrity: a living room with four wheels and a parking brake. Scott Baio, on the other hand, got lucky with Charles In Charge. Guess which one loses benefit of the W tax cuts for the rich.

Ain’t Hollywood a prick.

Huffingtonpost.com 6/6/2012

Huffingtonpost.com 6/6/2012

 

Is this really news? Really? I mean - really?!
Begs the Question, Doesn’t It…

During my foray into the wanton fields of pseudo-news, I stumbled across a couple other front-pagers – right smack on the home page. Both of which beg the painful question…

Why?

Why why why…?

(Here’s a hint: Nero wasn’t fiddling while Rome burned, he was masturbating.)


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