UPDATE: It was brought to my attention yesterday that the main reason the city is nervous about the elimination of the food tax is it will affect their bond rating which will hamper the city’s ability to bond for play palaces. While this should be concerning to the citizens because it will also affect borrowing for stuff we need like sewer plants, it is really about the bonding companies, or should we say the ONLY bonding company in SD, losing revenue, and they are doing summer salts trying to stop this.
ALSO, a local seasoned journalist reached out to me after reading this post and AGREED that most of the supposed journalists in town are out to lunch.
One of my favorite things to do is to post something that I know the local media doesn’t have a clue about then wait about 12-24 hours while the media crafts a story around one of my blog posts. Which I updated yesterday at 2 PM but was originally posted late Tuesday night. My first comment was Wednesday morning at 8 AM, long before our local MSM even gets out of bed.
I do always check the local MSM sites to see if any of them have reported it, and if so, HOW? Half the time they beat me to the punch, but leave out important details.
I also ‘LIFT’ from the local media, but NOT to get the news story, just to editorialize it, so THANK YOU.
I want you to know, this ain’t hard hitting journalism, I am an editorial blogger and could care less who covers what. I simply dropped a text to a councilor and they told me what was going on, heck, I even sent the text while riding bike.
What I find ironic is our lazy butt journalists in this town will IGNORE my leads or go TATTLE TALE to the administration and help them cover something up, like perjured campaign forms at the School District, then wait for Detroit to post something then try to create their own BS story around my blog post. Just look at KELOLAND’s story, I might as well have wrote it for them!
Here are some more ‘LIFTS’.
I think it is sad that three of the largest media groups in SF decided just to wait while that Toad at DaCola posts something. How do I know they are ‘lifting’? Because I have gotten texts within minutes of a post from some local journalists asking me questions.
So while I am a whiner, it also seems I am a pretty good source for your drivel.
Next time you want to ‘lift’ something from me, why not drop me a line and find out what I ‘really’ know. I often tell folks about 75% of my leads never get posted because I can’t get the local media to help me dig around.
Do you guys get paychecks? It makes me wonder sometime if these folks are volunteers because they ain’t working real hard.
Typed like a true narcissist.
They are known as the “Fourth Estate”, but often they just work for the estate.
( and Woodstock adds: “Say, is there any chance we could place tracers on the local medias’ cell phones?…. Because, that way we would know which food trucks are the best to eat at….” 🙂 )
Bill, I would agree if it wasn’t happening constantly and I have had it.
Constant narcissism is the worst. I prefer, however, sporadic narcissism, which is more maniac and acts as a catalyst to democratic debate and action. You just never know when it is going to show-up, but when it does it can be refreshing for some but not for others, which is the genius of a democratic society and its operative capabilities.
Don’t break your arm patting yourself on your back.
Steve, all I am asking is that they communicate with me. If they see something of interest, email me, call me, text me, message me! They all have my horn. Instead they ‘lift’ then act like they broke the story. I just want the citizens of this town to get information, I’m not looking to make a buck.
bill brasky was best man at my wedding!
Homelessness is growing. We don’t want homelessness. We tax food. Somehow this is not going to end good.
No tax on food is relief from this inflation dollar deflated economy. The city will never tire from dumb development and best buddies TIF’s. Less tax revenue will force them to focus on infrastructure and bond debt. The mayor is forced to acknowledge the middle class needs help. His stance on keeping food tax is but another cruel punishment from his ‘bag of tricks’.
It would seem all elements of news media and blogs steal from one another. It’s how freedom of speech develops into a semblance of truth. What is disgusting is FOX favoring Trump and other networks steering toward one political party. I favor PBS for world news and News Nation for facts I can sort for an independent opinion. As an older person I recall when the FCC reprimanded media for not being impartial. You know, back when there was democracy.