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Sunday, September 03, 2006

All the "News" We See Fit to Print

It's time to play everyone's favorite game, "The State vs. Real Newspapers."

[Cue Theme Music, Applause, Chuck Woolery.]

Is everyone ready to play? Good, let's introduce our contestants.

Our first contestant, hailing from the Low Country, is The Post and Courier. Known for its provocative opinion page, lively recipe section, and awe-inspiring Spoleto coverage, the
P and C has developed large, loyal readership through the years.

Our second contestant, joining us from the Upstate, is The Greenville News. Known for its probing coverage of local government, sterling business reporting, and amusing political cartoons,
The Greenville News is widely read by our state's mountain people—and that's saying something; these people have standards.

And, as always, we have The State. Known for reporters who fall asleep on the job (when they're sober enough to actually try to cover the news), copious errors in factual accuracy, and bias so blatant it would make Bull Connor blush, The State is the reason we play the game. So let's get started.

Item 1

A number of citizen and small business groups from around South Carolina have formed a coalition to fight against runaway spending, exploding tax rates, and government waste. How will our contestants deal with the issue? Let's look at their first paragraph.

The Post and Courier

COLUMBIA - Tax and business groups have formed a new coalition that will push the Legislature for caps on local government spending.

The Greenville News

COLUMBIA -- A coalition of business and taxpayer groups today called on lawmakers to impose caps on local government spending, arguing fees and increases in millage are costing the state its competitive edge.

The State

[The State
failed to cover the story. Apparently, the
Voltron-like uniting of the state's major pro-business and pro-taxpayer groups into a coalition to fight back against expensive government is not worthy of being covered. Or maybe Aaron Gould Sheinin was fighting off a hangover? Who can know? What we do know is that, having failed to answer the bell, The State loses. Again. The State: Run by losers, read by the Midlands.]

UPDATE: It looks as though The State did publish a version of this story in the local section. Now, why they would publish a story about state government and state policy, that effects all of the state's taxpayers, businesses, services, and it quality of life in the local section is beyond me. It's either gross negligence or extreme partisanship. Is The State run by Fools or Knaves? Take your pick...

Posted by Bill Smith at 9:28 AM | 15 comments

Comments:
The State has seen through the anti-tax scam organizations. None of them are "grassroots." They are organized and funded by hard-right extemist political action "committees" whose only concern is to rob from the poor to feed the rich.
# posted by Anonymous : 9/03/2006 10:34:00 AM
 
The only interesting this here is that Bill-Fritz-Jake-the-Fake claims he was sober enough to read the news after a big Saturday night.
# posted by Anonymous : 9/03/2006 10:49:00 AM
 
Through his beer goggles Bill-Fritz-Jake-the-Fake probably missed the grammar error above until he re-read it three tymes. It says a lot about his (lack of) character when he makes personal attacks against people he does not even know.
# posted by Anonymous : 9/03/2006 11:10:00 AM
 
Pretty soon the crackpot host of this site will use the word bloviate in one of his posts. It is a word he picked up from one of the talking heads on TV. A brainless head. That is where most of his dimestore words come from. His other dimestore words come from his masters at SCRG. So, to keep this topical we need to point out that nothing posted by the Fake is anything by canned rhetoric from his political masters.
# posted by Anonymous : 9/03/2006 11:20:00 AM
 
Good to see that Brad and Cindi commented above. The State spiked a story that every reputable news organization in South Carolina reported -- because it is important news. The State is a joke and nothing more than a propaganda mill for the More Governemnt, More Taxes, More Control crowd.
# posted by Anonymous : 9/03/2006 10:15:00 PM
 
It is not news when the same old tired politically motivated group of crackpots create still another fake front organization to free us all from the burden of taxes. It is kind of like Bill-Fritz-Jake-the-Fake posting here as if he is three or more people.

Jake, taxes are not evil. They fund essential services. You know, like free and reduced dog bones for the poor dogs in our community. And Jake you sure are a poor excuse for a dog.

Three cheers for The State in recognizing another fake organization. Hey did you hear that Mike C. is now running one of those fake organizations?
# posted by Anonymous : 9/04/2006 12:42:00 AM
 
Democrats will retake the U.S. House this election, and things will start to get better again. It is only a matter of time.
# posted by Anonymous : 9/04/2006 12:55:00 AM
 
Wow. When Democrats do take back the US House this fall don't you know the crackpot here will go crazy.
# posted by Anonymous : 9/04/2006 01:14:00 AM
 
He's probably working for this newest "grass roots" organization. It sure smells fishy when so many of these new so called grass roots groups pop left and right. He probably sent The State a "press release" about it, and The State refused to take the bait.

That's probably why he is so upset about someting so unimportant.
# posted by Anonymous : 9/04/2006 10:49:00 AM
 
What idiots run this site? The State posted this story August 30, 2006.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/15399340.htm

A "new coalition" my flannel pajamas. This is not a "new coalition." It is just front man Don Weaver, dead fish salesman Tom Swatzel and a few other of the same tired old third world propaganda ministers creating a new name for themselves. There is no news here.

They create and recreate bogus "coalitions" every now and then for publicity. See page 29 of The Sleezy Political Consultant Manual. Right after the section on snding fake letters to the editor. Visit SCRG web site for proof of the connection with this silly blog. You jerks hide in plain site.

"Voltron-like"? Bill-Fritz-Jake-the-Fake spends too much time watching bad old cartoons. No one trusts you when you watch too many old bad cartoons and when you consistently do not tell the truth. We wait for Bill-the-Fake and SCRG to correct their latest misinformation.
# posted by Anonymous : 9/04/2006 01:09:00 PM
 
You seem to have infuriated one of your commenters. Does this happen a lot?
# posted by Anonymous : 9/04/2006 02:33:00 PM
 
I have one commenter who, having appeared unbidden, haunts this site like white on rice or ignorance on Jakie Knotts.

He's a persistent little feller with lots of free time. Still, I must say that I'm flattered by all of his attention. I know married men who receive less concern from their wives.

I think I know who the guy is (it's one person posing as many, natch) and his background and even his taste in barbecue.

Anyway, he thinks he's being a vicious and cowardly nuiscance but I thoroughly enjoy his presence. That's the thing about paranoid delusionals: they're not boring.
# posted by Bill Smith : 9/05/2006 08:08:00 AM
 
I wanted to publish this update at the bottom of the post but blogger wouldn't cooperate. So it goes here:

UPDATE: It looks as though The State did publish a version of this story in the local section. Now, why they would publish a story about state government and state policy, that effects all of the state's taxpayers, businesses, services, and it quality of life in the local section is beyond me. It's either gross negligence or extreme partisanship. Is The State run by Fools or Knaves? Take your pick...
# posted by Bill Smith : 9/07/2006 09:14:00 AM
 
I pick knaves
# posted by Anonymous : 9/07/2006 01:46:00 PM
 
Do you think democrats will actually regain control of anything this fall? Scary thought...of course republicans haven't really done much to sweep true conservatives off their feet either. It's gonna be an interesting dogfight...wonder who'll git bit?
# posted by Anonymous : 9/07/2006 04:01:00 PM
 
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