They just get worse and worse

[Soen Eber]

OH GOD YES. That is my number one complaint with most news articles; 2 paragraphs of content stretched out over 3-10 pages, sometimes more. Many waste a few paragraphs "setting the scene" then repeat the same information in multiple different LONG winded ways. I really value concise, compact documentation.

...related... I've had to read a few books for work on "leadership" type topics... they are even worse at this... Most non fiction books could have been a pamphlet..

If you read news articles on the same (non-popular) subject, you'll see they all follow either the original breaking story, or the AP story, with just enough edits to avoid plagerism. Really, it's just a slightly higher level of copy/paste. The editor might assign a word count for the story, which usually leads to padding and restatement if high. Rarely, the journalist will get some quotes from a local source to pad it out, but with the deadline pressure most journalists are under it's no wonder that ad copy is more thought-out than any journalistic output.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

If you read news articles on the same (non-popular) subject, you'll see they all follow either the original breaking story, or the AP story, with just enough edits to avoid plagerism. Really, it's just a slightly higher level of copy/paste. The editor might assign a word count for the story, which usually leads to padding and restatement if high. Rarely, the journalist will get some quotes from a local source to pad it out, but with the deadline pressure most journalists are under it's no wonder that ad copy is more thought-out than any journalistic output.

but if deadline pressure is a big thing, then I'd really think the easiest way to copy the original story is to condense it a lot.... I could write a 2 paragraph summary of a long story much faster than to rework the original 4 pages...

 

[Free]

Police 'asked to assist' after Cruz clashes with Montana airport staff

A law enforcement officer was called step in Sunday after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) got into a heated argument with airline attendees at an airport in Bozeman, Mont., on Sunday, The Daily Mail reported.

A video posted to Reddit shows the senator engaged in conversation with two representatives at the United Airlines desk after he reportedly missed the check-in window for his flight.

Ted Cruz in Montana during Spring Break. Ewww.

 

[Chalice Yao]

Ted Cruz in Montana during Spring Break.

That sounds like the worst version of Clue ever.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

ETA Original clip (which I accidentally posted in two threads but it deserves the coverage) was deleted

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

[Essence Lumin]

OH GOD YES. That is my number one complaint with most news articles; 2 paragraphs of content stretched out over 3-10 pages, sometimes more. Many waste a few paragraphs "setting the scene" then repeat the same information in multiple different LONG winded ways. I really value concise, compact documentation.

There's a writer's suggestion that you are probably not a fan of, "Tell them what you're going to tell them, tell them, tell them what you told them".

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Thread about the pipeline from angry about a parking ticket to Holocaust never happened.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Thread:

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Thread:

Don't just make a judgement based on the title, read the thread.. .it's worth it!

 

[Free]

Asshole criminal becomes truth teller.

MSN

Representative Madison Cawthorn, a North Carolina Republican, said in a recent interview that leaders that he "looked up to" in Washington, DC, have invited him to an "orgy" and did cocaine in front him.

Cawthorn, 26, is a freshman congressman and is currently the youngest member of Congress. He has drawn criticism and backlash from Democrats and Republicans alike for some of his controversial views during his tenure serving the people of North Carolina. The staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump made the remarks about the "orgy" and drug use during an interview-first broadcast on Thursday with Warrior Poet Society hosted by John Lovell.

Leaders he "looked up to." So, no Democrats then.

 

[WolfEyes]

Asshole criminal becomes truth teller.

MSN

Leaders he "looked up to." So, no Democrats then.

Probably not even Americans.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Probably not even Americans.

Or it was Gaetz

 

[WolfEyes]

Or it was Gaetz

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Asshole criminal becomes truth teller.

MSN

Leaders he "looked up to." So, no Democrats then.

Them Ruskies are known for their wild, cocaine-filled orgies.

 

[Free]

Them Ruskies are known for their wild, cocaine-filled orgies.

They're apparently big with illegal gambling. So I wouldn't doubt it.

Or do we need to bring up Trump and his penchant for weird bed-based showers in Moscow once more?

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

But they aren't the traitors in this country, just ask them

 

[Free]

Another real piece of shit work.

Former Mississippi GOP Lawmaker Doubles Down on Unhinged Call for Transgender Allies to Face 'Firing Squad'

Robert Foster, a Republican former Mississippi state representative and failed gubernatorial candidate Friday night launched an unhinged assault on transgender allies, calling for their death by firing squad. After online outrage, he doubled down Saturday morning. The Mississippi Free Press...

www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

Robert Foster, a Republican former Mississippi state representative and failed gubernatorial candidate Friday night launched an unhinged assault on transgender allies, calling for their death by firing squad. After online outrage, he doubled down Saturday morning.

The Mississippi Free Press reports Foster is “using his social-media platform to call for the execution of political foes who support the rights of transgender people.”

Friday night Foster tweeted: “Some of y’all still want to try and find political compromise with those that want to groom our school aged children and pretend men are women, etc. I think they need to be lined up against wall [sic] before a firing squad to be sent to an early judgment.”

Any bets on when this guy comes out of this particularly well-locked closet?

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Another real piece of shit work.

Former Mississippi GOP Lawmaker Doubles Down on Unhinged Call for Transgender Allies to Face 'Firing Squad'

Robert Foster, a Republican former Mississippi state representative and failed gubernatorial candidate Friday night launched an unhinged assault on transgender allies, calling for their death by firing squad. After online outrage, he doubled down Saturday morning. The Mississippi Free Press...

www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

Any bets on when this guy comes out of this particularly well-locked closet?

Saw this elsewhere today and for some reason, when I saw him, my first thought was, "this is the kind of guy that would wipe out his own family then himself. Just something about him, perhaps his bloodlust or that he likely is the kind of guy to consider his wife and children his property, as well, often leading to the thought process of someone who would do something like that.

If he is openly calling for the murder of innocents, I can't imagine how he is at home.