Dave
Mary Jo is like any other journalist. They get their paychecks for coming up
with something different, controversial, supposedly current, and supposedly
based on "inside information" that only they know about, etc, etc.
They work on a set of odds when they make a prediction, the odds are that
they have a 50-50 chance of being right. If they aren't right, then they
have a very long list of reasons (excuses) people, entities who they will
immediately blame. If they are right, then they are a hero.
One problem is that people tend to forget, very quickly, when they are very
wrong and only remember when they happen to get it right. Another problem is
that people tend to quote a journalist based on their own beliefs, feelings,
needs, etc. It doesn't matter what it is that you want to prove, their is an
article by someone out there, somewhere that you can find and quote to
supposedly prove your point.
Have you ever noticed how every major media source always seems to post the
exact same information or story, in the same time frame? wait until this
afternoon and I'm sure you will see this same story repeated over and over
on all of the major media websites.
And then you get 1000 people who blindly blog and copy these stories without
doing even any basic research to see how true it might actually be. These
bloggers don't usually even usually even give an opinion about the story?
Why don't they just post the title with a URL?
