Sunday, November 07, 2010

A note to our readers

Hey --
Incredibly late.

Thank you to all who worked on this edition which includes Dallas and the following:

The Third Estate Sunday Review's Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, and Ava,
Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude,
Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man,
C.I. of The Common Ills and The Third Estate Sunday Review,
Kat of Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills),
Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix,
Mike of Mikey Likes It!,
Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz),
Ruth of Ruth's Report,
Wally of The Daily Jot,
Trina of Trina's Kitchen,
Marcia of SICKOFITRDLZ,
Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends,
Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts,
and Ann of Ann's Mega Dub.

Thanks to Betty's kids and thanks to Isaiah for their work on illustrations.

New content?

Ava, C.I. and Isaiah brought this one in. We applaud it.
John Halle's gotten "truest" before and will again. We're not sure on this -- there was disagreement about which passage was the truest -- so read the whole thing if you haven't already.


Following the roundtable, Kat pointed out that this statement should just be the editorial. We didn't do it this week, we added a little detail. If it's still being ignored next week, Crowley's statement will be the full editorial. Thank you to Betty's kids who did the illustration.

Ava and C.I. This wasn't even what they planned to tackle. They were prepping to do a piece on network coverage of the mid-terms; however, a friend phoned and alerted them to a trainwreck in progress and, like the excellent reporters that they are, the two of them were immediately on the scene. I (Jim) had the hardest time headlining this article. Finally Dona said we should use a line at the end of the piece of the headline. She was correct.

They all dream of a sugar daddy or mommy to rescue them -- as C.I. just said, "Who would have ever thought independent media suffered from a Sleeping Beauty complex?" If she'd said that even ten minutes earlier, we'd be working that into a piece. What have they accomplished? When some of them want to trash third parties, maybe they need to be asked to show their own cards? Isaiah drew the illustration and Betty's kids painted it.

We roundtable the mid-terms.

Isaiah drew this illustration and Betty's oldest son said he (and only he) was going to paint it. They both did a wonderful job. Peterson says Barack has to have a second term -- or it will be a betrayal.

When your reporters are covering the actions of a news outlet to discipline someone for breaking ethical guidelines and your reporters appear to struggle grasping the issues at stake? It's time to sit down with them. You call that a red flag. Thanks to Isaiah for allowing us to use his comic.

From ETAN.
Mike, Elaine, Wally, Cedric, Ann, Stan, Marcia, Rebecca, Ruth, Betty and Kat wrote this and we thank them for it.

And now we're done.

We'll see you next weekend. Peace.

-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.
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