Daily Archives: 12/13/2004

Peterson Done; Let’s Move Along

Scott Peterson got death. He’s in California, which means he will probably never die, at least not by the hand of the state. Think about it: who was the last person executed in California? Next!

Val’s getting famous; Ché is still dead.

We’re trying to keep up with Val Prieto as he runs point on the anti-Ché clothing drive at America’s retailers. Last week, Val was interviewed for a story about the clothing in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, although according to Val’s latest update, they put his picture in the hard copy edition available way south of [...]

James Bond’s 007 Attache Case: When Christmas Toys Mattered

In 1965, nobody was as cool as James Bond, even to a bunch of fifth graders. The Beatles, the Stones, the Kinks, the Motown artists and all that other great pop music was cool, of course. We were still a year away from The Monkees and Batman on television. But spies and secret agents were [...]

More Media Inaccuracy

If you want a great example of how the public is misinformed by the media, you couldn’t find a better example than this AP story I found on Yahoo’s news site. First, there’s a problem with the headline (Gary Webb, Reporter Who Exposed CIA, Dies). If you take it at face value, it states that [...]