Your Favorite Weekly Paper Sucks
What’s The Stranger doing when it’s not calling me a society matron? Well, it’s opening a MAJOR ETHICAL INVESTIGATION INTO ITSELF!!!!!!! because A SALES PERSON!!!! was ALLOWED!!! to WRITE ARTICLES ABOUT BANDS FOR LINEOUT!!!!!!!!!! OMGWTF IT’S STEPHEN GLASS ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!
Meanwhile, has it clarified its posts and stories about Hugh Foskett? Has it noted that the pictures it acquired from Facebook violated the terms of services? Have they pointed out that their proof of Foskett being gay is as valid as me saying that Dan Savage is bi-on-the-side because I’ve seen him in photos with women? Have they even noticed that it’s Dr. Pepper in the photos? And have they even, in the least, explained why all that is even germane, considering the kid was only going to win this election if everyone but him all went on vacation and forgot to vote absentee?
If they were truly ethical, they would run a frikkin’ correction on page 3 saying that their article clearly mischaracterized the readily apparent facts and they regret making these mistakes. But, you know, what do you expect from a newspaper run by a doorknobslobberer who is setting himself up as the Bizzaro Ann Coulter?
The two major weeklies in this city have reached a point where they’re worse than the Seattle Times. One is editorially slipshod and so yellow that William Randolph Hearst is applauding in his grave. The other fired all their good writers and are now ranked in editorial quality several steps below a high school newspaper. They were barely useful for fishwrap to begin with — who buys a salmon that small? — although I’m sure it’s the right size for a birdcage.
Society matrons, my ass. I’m proud to be one of Seattle’s “society matrons.” Especially if it implies that my “problem” is that I hate slipshod, sensationalist, poorly written yellow journalism done by J-school dropouts and gay guys who secretly wish they were frat boys and enjoy dancing around the line between news and libel.
uh oh. someone slipped a little extra fire into dylan’s pumpkin spice latte.
This is your best rant ever, Dylan.
no, tell us what you _really_ think.
It’s tough watching someone that you know going through a nervous breakdown. Seek help, man.
How dare The Stranger insinuate that a College Republican might be a sodomite dope fiend!
I for one don’t think you sound ridiculous at all Mr. Dylan W.
Damn.
They violated terms of service for FACE BOOK?!?! Can somebody please call the INTERNET POLICE!!!!
PS Joking that somebody is gay is a major SERIOUS LAWBREAK!!!!! CALL 911 HURRY
My, but you’re shrill.
People are just now noticing that the Stranger doesn’t have the vaguest idea of the difference between journalism and fiction? OK.
The Weakly probably knows the difference, but would never admit it because that might make it look uncool.