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Wednesday, April 13, 2005

The State Tortures Its Readers

It takes a special kind of masochist to read The State every day. (As a public service, I do it so you don't have to.)

One of the consistently lousy features of this consistently lousy paper is their insistence on stuffing the inside of the front page with mindless tripe about the lives of celebrities. (Did you know that Silver Spoons actor Rick Schroder turned 35 today?) Of course, maybe we shouldn't blame them—none of the stuff is originally reported; it's all from wire reports.

Today, they supplement the fluff-fest with a special treat on the Op-Ed page. Why, it's none other than Los Angeles Times Editor and über-nerd Michael Kinsley talking about the latest royal wedding.

Way to go, State, for keeping up with what's important to South Carolinians and what's important to the world.

Posted by Bill Smith at 10:39 AM | 2 comments

Comments:
Gee, "Mr. Bill." This, your latest post has been out almost 12 hours, and I'm the first to respond.

I'm honored, and I'm lonely out here all by myself.

I just did an analysis of your posts to date. Thought both of your readers would like a summary of what you've written so far.

Here are the sour slurs you've written about The State. They must be doing something right to get you soooo upset:

...masochist, lousy, mindless tripe, fluff-fest, über-nerd (fancy one), worst, alarmed, shoddy, gaping holes, biased, trashy, horrible, utterly miserable, klunker, odious, hackwork, cribbed, horrific, trolls…

“sheer, unadulterated ecstasy”
(a little kinky, “Bill”?)

…blathers, worst newspaper, bias, "reporter" (sarcastic quotes?), awful, less awful, lies...

...allergic to accuracy, scare quotes, lazy, stupid or biased, distortion, biases, insufferable, jihad…

“…selective, second-rate, semi-literate, substance-free, bloviating, biased, nonsense reporting…"

Boom, blam, blammy...
...way to get’em Batman!
(yawn)

...outsized ego, whining, chicken little-ism...
...juvenile name-calling...
Bill, for you to accuse The State of name calling is pretty sad, dude.

Good night, going back to the BatCave.
Signed,
The Midnight Stalker
# posted by Midnight Stalker Returns : 4/13/2005 10:37:00 PM
 
"Mr. Bill,"

I kinda like your style, dude. Your posts are less than professional, but we all know you have a target audience.

Like Lewis Grizzard said, "Shoot Low Boys, They're Riding Shetland Ponys."

But, I still kinda like your style.

So, in an effort to help get your "hit count" up (technical term), here is a link both of your readers may enjoy...

http://yagoohoogle.com/

Try it and enjoy. If you like it, encourage me, and I'll send you and both of your readers more.

I close with this classic from TV Land:
"...out of the night, when the moon is bright, rides a horseman named Zorro...
Zorro...Zorro."

I'm heading back to the Bat Cave, again.

Maybe "Momma" will let me in this time.
Keep your fingers crossed for me. ;)

Signed,
The Midnight Stalker
# posted by Son of Zorro : 4/13/2005 11:13:00 PM
 
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