I woke up Thanksgiving morning to some tragic news: Robert Barnes, member of a family I’ve gotten to know over the better part of the past decade, died. His passing comes nearly eight months after a group of adults and kids…
Tag: horrible journalism
Holy Shit: Fox29 Did A Story On The Booming ‘Black Market Business’ Of Nitrous Balloons Outside Concerts
ICYMI: People huff nitrous oxide out of balloons in, among many places, concert parking lots. Fox29 brought you a HUGE BREAKING NOBODY-EVER-KNEW-ABOUT-THIS story the other night on this very topic. It’s as batshit cray as you’d imagine. The fucking Nitrous…
Hey Look, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Endorses Fleeing The Scene Of A Fatal Accident
A 2-year-old Milwaukee toddler ran into a Milwaukee street on Sunday night and was fatally struck by a van, which remained at the scene. There, the 41-year-old driver was fatally shot, as was, mysteriously, a 15-year-old. Horribly tragic all around.…
At Least The Daily News Waited A Few Hours To Highlight Dead Hit-And-Run Victim’s “Hired Eye-Candy” Side Job, Right?
The Philadelphia Daily News ran a story by Dana DiFilippo and Vinny Vella, about the hit-and-run death of 22-year-old Polina Kadiyska today. Taking journalism to new depths, it relied on a post on the dead girl’s Facebook page to make…