Comments on: Today’s links, part 2

By: Billy Dennis

Billy Dennis — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:49:11 +0000

Lack of institutional memory DOES tend to weaken the old bullshit detector.

By: Sam Bush

Sam Bush — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:11:40 +0000

“She was featured in an Easter story in which she described in detail a past of victimization, homelessness and despair followed by recovery and repair.

We have since learned that a number of the details in that story were inaccurate.”
I suspect stuff like this is more common than you would think in newspapers. Reporters tend not to check sources like this out when they fit into the niche of the “downtrodden.” A couple of years ago the Journal Star’s “daily wretch” Chistmas Fund story featured an angelic grandmother struggling to buy Christmas gifts for her daughter’s numerous illigitimate children. Turns out she was a long-time Peoria madam who operated under the street name of “Dolly Madison.” The editors who would have made the connection had long since taken the money and run.

By: VONSTER

VONSTER — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:07:16 +0000

Aw geez, Chris.

By: C. J. Summers

C. J. Summers — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:46:28 +0000

Wal-Mart is evil.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:10:36 +0000

I don’t think anyone needs to apologize for shopping Wal-mart … I just think they should understand the consequences of doing so.

By: postsimian

postsimian — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:15:37 +0000

Dang, now that IS an apology.

By: mcsey

mcsey — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:13:53 +0000

And your experience with both knowing Margaret Cho and having been to Tibet makes you qualified to judge this because…

Oh yes, you are a vapid twit who comments on things.

/touche Bill

By: Emtronics

Emtronics — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:48:33 +0000

Ouch! That hurt.

Randall