Where Do They Find These People?
Sometimes you don't know whether to laugh or cry. So you rant.
You know, I've never been one to publicly criticize my hometown newspaper. I happen to actually like The London Free Press. But I gotta tell ya, this daily Ink Blog on the editorial pages in which three regular pundits spout off about all matters inane and mundane has to be about the biggest waste of space and trees ever. Most entries are simplistic jottings in which the writer addresses an issue in 100 words by stating the obvious. They tackle real earth-shaking controversial stuff like - Drunk Driving is Just Wrong or Democracy Working Fine in Canada or It's a Holiday Weekend - Gas Prices are Up!
Overall it's pretty harmless but then you get the occassional gem by teen blogger Melinda 'Britney' Emmerson. Even at Jessica Simpson's most contrived attempts to seem an airhead, she couldn't match poor Melinda. It's hard to say if she's incredibly naive or just doesn't know any better. But that's what editors are for. The people who should really be held accountable are the editors of the Free Press. If one doesn't know any better because of youth, someone older should step in and stop them from publicly embarrassing themselves.
Until today, Melinda's greatest howler was her support for London Knights owner Mark Hunter who thought he was entitled to the right to have Rogers Television fire any hockey-game TV-announcer who wasn't a big enough cheerleader for his team. Melinda thought this to be a good idea. We should all be cheering the Knights - because they're our home-town team. Go Knights go! Irregardless of whatever boneheaded moves they make on the ice. She backed up her support for Hunter with this admission - "I've never watched a London game on television." Simply amazing.
But she's done it again. In today's LFP editorial section, she kicks off her column with this jaw-dropper, "Last year, I began seriously reading the Free Press (Note - she's had this gig for almost a year now.) I've since discovered The Londoner, and channels nine and 13. Perhaps I hadn't really noticed all these local media outlets before because of the perception that local papers and television stations don't have as much to offer as larger, national media outlets."
And this is someone the Free Press has hired to pontificate on the news - from around the corner to around the world. Shame on you, London Free Press.
The answer to the headline of this rant? Apparently when the powers-that-be decide to start a new column, they obviously just open the door and grab the first person they see walking down York Street. Not to end on a negative note but Melinda, please come back in about five years.
You know, I've never been one to publicly criticize my hometown newspaper. I happen to actually like The London Free Press. But I gotta tell ya, this daily Ink Blog on the editorial pages in which three regular pundits spout off about all matters inane and mundane has to be about the biggest waste of space and trees ever. Most entries are simplistic jottings in which the writer addresses an issue in 100 words by stating the obvious. They tackle real earth-shaking controversial stuff like - Drunk Driving is Just Wrong or Democracy Working Fine in Canada or It's a Holiday Weekend - Gas Prices are Up!
Overall it's pretty harmless but then you get the occassional gem by teen blogger Melinda 'Britney' Emmerson. Even at Jessica Simpson's most contrived attempts to seem an airhead, she couldn't match poor Melinda. It's hard to say if she's incredibly naive or just doesn't know any better. But that's what editors are for. The people who should really be held accountable are the editors of the Free Press. If one doesn't know any better because of youth, someone older should step in and stop them from publicly embarrassing themselves.
Until today, Melinda's greatest howler was her support for London Knights owner Mark Hunter who thought he was entitled to the right to have Rogers Television fire any hockey-game TV-announcer who wasn't a big enough cheerleader for his team. Melinda thought this to be a good idea. We should all be cheering the Knights - because they're our home-town team. Go Knights go! Irregardless of whatever boneheaded moves they make on the ice. She backed up her support for Hunter with this admission - "I've never watched a London game on television." Simply amazing.
But she's done it again. In today's LFP editorial section, she kicks off her column with this jaw-dropper, "Last year, I began seriously reading the Free Press (Note - she's had this gig for almost a year now.) I've since discovered The Londoner, and channels nine and 13. Perhaps I hadn't really noticed all these local media outlets before because of the perception that local papers and television stations don't have as much to offer as larger, national media outlets."
And this is someone the Free Press has hired to pontificate on the news - from around the corner to around the world. Shame on you, London Free Press.
The answer to the headline of this rant? Apparently when the powers-that-be decide to start a new column, they obviously just open the door and grab the first person they see walking down York Street. Not to end on a negative note but Melinda, please come back in about five years.
posted by Sonny Drysdale at 8:16 AM
5 Comments:
Yes, Sonny, Miranda may be green as grass but she also looks so sweet and tender.
Mighty tasty, as the old farts say at the Delaware Legion. Those asparagus shoots are eatin' material!
Pops, I know what you mean about that 'Trailer Boys' snob. Even worse, that was his lead to a review about the show and he obviously just made the whole thing up. Simply amazing.
Good thing the clown ain't writing for 'Scene' anymore.
I see that Rebecca Eckler's stock in trade has dropped considerably. Rarely see her in The National Post anymore but have noticed that she's endorsed a new line of satin butt thongs called, "Shave and Pavies."
C'mon Sonny, it's gotta be fed and it don't eat hay.
Don't forget to heat up the pan before you toss the meat in.
Geez, what frickin' world are you in, Butch? This here post is what is called a 'rant.' Sorry, but this is about as 'hard-hitting' as I get.
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