Saturday, January 05, 2008

How to Sell Newspapers

......Not. The AJC, to no one's surprise has managed yet again to indulge in scare-mongering and illiteracy. I write illiteracy because they misunderstand or mis-state some of the provisions of the bill in question. Either they're illiterate or lying, and because I try to be charitable, I'm assuming ignorance in lieu of evil.

This is a fairly normal editorial for this crew, so of course the high level of thought and writing skill continues to pay off for them in the form of record circulation growth.

{H/T to Rob}

2 comments:

Andrew said...

What?! You expect actual news from the AJC? Since when? 'Fact-checking' is definitely not part of the editorial process there.

She also neglects to mention that Mayor Bloomberg's highly-publicized 'sting' was also highly illegal. In fact, the Mayor and his cronies are facing prosecution in federal court as a result of intentionally committing crimes in their pursuit of a political agenda.

As near as I can tell, the bill in question just clarifies some of the inconsistencies in Georgia's current law.

Anonymous said...

I was mortified at the CCW laws when I had to go up to Atlanta to visit my mom during her cancer surgery. I was so afraid that I'd walk somewhere were 3 people were having an impromptu business meeting that that I'd have crossed into a "public gathering".

I'm sure I carried into several "illegal" places.