Barbie, Liars, and Newspapers Circling the Drain
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57 responses to “Barbie, Liars, and Newspapers Circling the Drain”
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I recently got a notice that the cost of my digital subscription to the Pilot will increase by 70% at the end of this month. However, it will be ad-free. I called to cancel. Predictably, the representative offered to bargain. I ended up getting my subscription extended for six months at a monthly rate significantly lower than the one I have now. I don’t understand this business model.
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I have ALWAYS said that those silly CBBT signs with the seagull on them were too small.
Hope it was a bunion or smaller.
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Did the “vehicle” drive itself?
Was it an autonomous Tesla? Or a human driving the “vehicle?” A drunk human?
Really pitiful.
And one day all the Lefties out there suffering from TDS might lament the banana republic they are creating with lawfare…If they had any integrity (I know, another hypothetical), they would be protesting like crazy, but they don’t…
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Drunk, suicidal, and/or a teenager trying to disprove something they saw in a Marvel movie.
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Did the “vehicle” drive itself?
Was it an autonomous Tesla? Or a human driving the “vehicle?” A drunk human?
Really pitiful.
And one day all the Lefties out there suffering from TDS might lament the banana republic they are creating with lawfare…If they had any integrity (I know, another hypothetical), they would be protesting like crazy, but they don’t…
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I wonder what Kerry thinks about Facebook “news” for things like this… oh wait… she’s probably the admin for that group!
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Vehicle is an terrible, colorless, bland, useless word. This was a car. A car drove off the pier.
“A grizzled copy editor – even one reeking of whiskey –” would know that the car did not drive off the pier – the car was driven off the pier.
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I guess it would depend if it was a Tesla on autopilot or not.
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Even better wording: a car plunged off the end of the pier.
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Vehicle is perfect if you’re not sure, but want to get the first iteration published. If you aren’t sure what kind of vehicle it was, it’s possible it wasn’t driven by someone or something. Tesla comes to mind.
But even if the reporter knew every minutia, vehicle is perfect for the headline. It draws the reader in.
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I guess it would depend if it was a Tesla on autopilot or not.
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Does the “pilot” part of autopilot mean the vehicle thinks it can fly or float? Asking for an AI friend.
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It was clearly identifying as both items, when it took to the air before submerging under the water 🙂
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Interesting that it can do both for brief periods. Think Tesla charges a premium for those features?
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Perhaps, but perhaps it’s reached autonomy and we are witnessing the birth of Skynet.
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Even better wording: a car plunged off the end of the pier.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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or “was plunged”, again the issue of causation. Was the car depressed, or just it’s accelerator pedal?
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Vehicle is perfect if you’re not sure, but want to get the first iteration published. If you aren’t sure what kind of vehicle it was, it’s possible it wasn’t driven by someone or something. Tesla comes to mind.
But even if the reporter knew every minutia, vehicle is perfect for the headline. It draws the reader in.
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A “self-driven” Tesla would not run through a vertical barrier. It probably wouldn’t even drive on a narrow pier. It’s “self-driving” mode would need to be manually over-ridden.
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A “self-driven” Tesla would not run through a vertical barrier. It probably wouldn’t even drive on a narrow pier. It’s “self-driving” mode would need to be manually over-ridden.
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Would you bet your life on that? I have Eyesight on my cars. I used it once just to be sure it “worked”. Scared the stuff out of me.
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I would never let a car take over my driving duties at all.
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I would never let a car take over my driving duties at all.
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I would never let a car take over my driving duties at all.
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I’ll set speed control for couple of minutes to shake feet, but in 40 years I can confidently say the total time is less than an hour.
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Jeez, cruise control is the reason I’ve kept a driver’s license since I got the first car that had one about 40 years ago. That’s for the better part of 2M miles over 25 years.
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Passive voice? Now I know why the editor drinks.
I recently got a notice that the cost of my digital subscription to the Pilot will increase by 70% at the end of this month. However, it will be ad-free. I called to cancel. Predictably, the representative offered to bargain. I ended up getting my subscription extended for six months at a monthly rate significantly lower than the one I have now. I don’t understand this business model.
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RTD playing the same game… $16.00 a month..and not even a yearly rate.
Yes.. I would not call this a “business model” at all but hey… the entertainment industry in general seems sure they can sell folks low-ball streaming apps ….
I think Dick, that there is a younger demographic that’s gotten into marketing these days and yep, they know their demographic but not the older one nor care.
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It’s simple, you paid too much the last time you renewed. The 70% increase was in hopes you’d do it again. (We already got this one hooked, reel him in.)
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Same with all subscriptions. Complain, and get a 50% reduction. The simple act of singing Steely Dan’s “FM” to the Sirius XM rep got me another 10%.
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The simple act of singing Steely Dan’s “FM” to the Sirius XM rep got me another 10%.
To convince you to stop?
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Until now, that hadn’t occurred to me.
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Hopefully not hooked on Howard Stern or similar…
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Deep Tracks — all the songs you never heard or forgotten by the groups you liked.
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not the Blend or Bridge or 60’s hits? geeze…
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That’s the wife’s car. Volume 8. No touch.
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can’t understand why you have to pay extra to get Howard Stern… oughta be a discount!
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You like the new business model better – where local partisan “investigative journalists” FOIA their way into a perceived violation and sue for punitive damages to fund their occupation – banking on that sweet, taxpayer-funded, legal settlement payout…?
You like the new business model better – where local partisan “investigative journalists” FOIA their way into a perceived violation and sue for punitive damages to fund their occupation – banking on that sweet, taxpayer-funded, legal settlement payout…?
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Yow! Yep!
I have ALWAYS said that those silly CBBT signs with the seagull on them were too small.
Hope it was a bunion or smaller.
Kerry is right about the faux Barbie outrage. Margot Robbie was cheated out of an Oscar, by the White supremacist patriarchy.
Ok, cool.
Who did get nominated for the Best Actress award?
Emma Stone (for “Poor Things”), Carey Mulligan (“Maestro”), Annette Bening (“Nyad”), Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”) and Sandra Hüller (“Anatomy of a Fall”).
So, the White supremacist patriarchy skipped over Margo Robbie so they could nominate 5 other women?
Meanwhile, the best director nominees included Justine Triet for “Anatomy of a Fall.”
Besides that – who are the White supremacist, misogynists who make these decisions? A group of good old boys wearing MAGA hats sitting around the campfire after a long day of hunting rabbits?
No …
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) votes on the Academy Awards. Members include actors, writers, directors, costume designers, makeup artists, producers and other film industry professionals.
10,000 liberal fops and dandies.
Hey there, Barbie – let’s go party.
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Emma Stone (for “Poor Things”), Carey Mulligan (“Maestro”), Annette Bening (“Nyad”), Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”) and Sandra Hüller (“Anatomy of a Fall”).
So you’re saying they already had their quota of “White” best actress nominees?…
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To be fair, the category is actress and the people voting on nominations and awards would fit in st fine among BRs regular crowd. They, like Trump, are wealthy not good and decent.
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Even the irregular crowd that shows up isn’t good and decent.
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True.
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What can you say about a doll toy that treated Ken as a type of accessory for decades?
Don’t watch WHSV TV news then, it’s another marxist station.
“Vehicle” is a terrible, colorless, bland, useless word. This was a car. A car drove off the pier.
If Kerry’s going to complain about “vehicle”, I’d argue that “car” is not much better. Terrible, colorless, bland, useless word. This was a sedan. A sedan drove off the pier.
Or [year, make, model] drove off the pier
Or [color, year, make, model, condition] drove off the pier
This could go on and on. What a silly thing to get upset about.
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And it was probably an SUV, anyway…
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And it was probably an SUV, anyway…
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A sports utility vehicle? Why not an SUC (sports utility car)?
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“ I usually don’t say much about Donald Trump, but I am furious about this $83 million jury defamation verdict against him. Who in the world waits to come forward with allegations of rape 20 years old and only after the guy is running for office.”
First, that was only worth $5M. He just wouldn’t stop. That’s what netted him the remaining $78M. Plus, we needn’t mention the others.
As for 20 years, Karen, how long did the woman who accused Al Franken wait? And she had THE Polaroid photographic evidence.
Gotta love the fact that more and more journalists who think the most important thing is to share their views on news rather than report what happened where and when, are getting pink slips. Suicide by ideology.
I still recall with considerable pleasure watching CNN Europe a couple years ago. No opining journalists. No self-appointed experts. Just a few people telling the audience what happened around the world.
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