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wrog ([personal profile] wrog) wrote2006-02-16 06:27 pm

make that impending lamitude

Followup to my brush with reportage. It turns out that this week's "Speaking out around the Island" topic is...

get ready for it

Who's your favorite president?


No, I'm not making this up; it really is that lame.

This smells of editorial clampdown, as in heaven forbid we actually ask an interesting, provocative question and actually risk offending people. And, of course, three of the six answers are "Ronald Reagan".

So what was that about liberal media bias, again?

[identity profile] firni.livejournal.com 2006-02-17 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
So what was that about liberal media bias, again?

(upper-crust accent): Not on MERCER ISLAND, silly fellow. What say we gather Biff and Muffy and go play some golf?

[identity profile] emmacrew.livejournal.com 2006-02-17 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
But they would have been asking people for THIS issue LAST week. Because it comes out on Wednesdays.