You’ll hear me often speak of the misinformation and sensationalism that characterizes the mainstream press. I just encountered such a blatant example that I had to post it. AOL News had a news link to a story by the online news service Huffington Post that read,” Warm Weather Threatens Food Supply.” Thinking this could be something noteworthy, I clicked through to the article. That headline read, “Maple Syrup Winter 2012: Producers say Mild Weather Could Hurt Output.” It’s so ridiculous that it’s difficult to know how to respond. Sure, the writer should be fired….or is it the readership?
I recently submitted an emailed guest inquiry for an interview to FATE Radio, which is an offshoot of the famous FATE Magazine, FATE was well known for being on the leading edge of all things supernatural and strange. Not any more. The radio show’s host, Hilly Rose, informed me that FATE is now only interested in sensational stories and accounts, not in anything about theories. He first responded that he didn’t even understand my original inquiry letter, requiring me to write back explaining it to him, after which I received the aforementioned rejection. So sad. No wonder so many people don’t know who the Vice-President is, or where any particular state might be, or believe that discovery of the ‘God particle’ (the Higgs boson) will prove the existence of God. But is it the news media’s fault, or our own?
And That’s the News….such as it is.
I recently submitted an emailed guest inquiry for an interview to FATE Radio, which is an offshoot of the famous FATE Magazine, FATE was well known for being on the leading edge of all things supernatural and strange. Not any more. The radio show’s host, Hilly Rose, informed me that FATE is now only interested in sensational stories and accounts, not in anything about theories. He first responded that he didn’t even understand my original inquiry letter, requiring me to write back explaining it to him, after which I received the aforementioned rejection. So sad. No wonder so many people don’t know who the Vice-President is, or where any particular state might be, or believe that discovery of the ‘God particle’ (the Higgs boson) will prove the existence of God. But is it the news media’s fault, or our own?
And That’s the News….such as it is.
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