I made the mistake of listening to NPR today, and they were talking about the high winds plaguing Colorado today. After talking about the “hurricane-force winds” hitting CO (which turn out to actually be 30mph with gusts to 90), the reporterette doing the piece puts on her over-dramatic voice and comes out with this gem:
Differences in air pressure are causing these winds.
As opposed to what, phlogiston currents?
From Jurkowitz’s media log at the Phoenix:
The roster of those leaving the newsroom include Travel editor Wendy Fox, pop culture writer Renee Graham, feature writer Jack Thomas, op-ed page editor Nick King, editorial writer Susan Trausch, classical music critic Richard Dyer, New York bureau chief Tatsha Robertson, obit writer Tom Long, theater critic Ed Siegel, business writer Charlie Stein, music writer Steve Morse, sports media writer Bill Griffith, arts writer Maureen Dezell, and op-ed columnist Tom Oliphant.
While no tears at seeing Oliphant leave, how the heck can you have some of those others leave (like Graham, Stein, or Griffith) and still keep employing a bigot like Derrick Jackson?
This has been around forever, but I’ve not heard it for a while:
The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country, the Washington Post is read by the people who think they run the county, the New York Times is read by the people who think they should run the country and the Boston Globe is read by the people who used to run the country!
Though I’d say that way overstates the importance of the readers of the Globe. And speaking of the Globe, is there any paper in the country with such an inflated sense of self-importance?
This guy, who has too much time on his hands, knows. :-)