Beer Commissioner Speaks on Media Bias
I am quite fed up with media bias. Why can't "journalists" fairly and accurately report the news?
I'm talking of course, about Iowa. Yes, Iowa. The perpetual hotbed of juicy news stories.
As many of you know, Iowa is under water. Not one little town, but pretty much the entire state. Also, as many of you know, my hometown, New Orleans, had a little atmospheric event a couple of years back, whereby a good portion of the city was underwater.
I watch the news pretty faithfully. I'm quite certain I have seen more news coverage in the past two weeks of the untimely deaths of Tim Russert and George Carlin, than I have about the flooding in Iowa.
Anderson Cooper was in New Orleans doing so much reporting, he probably had a legitimate squatters claim to the corner of Iberville and Bourbon Streets.
I have yet to see a single news story of the rampant looting in Iowa. I have yet to see Oprah show up at the local sports venue to comfort the stranded and now homeless victims. I have yet to so see Sean Penn cruising around Iowa in a bass boat to rescue people. I have yet to see Spike Lee start filming his documentary on how the government blew up the levees of Iowa. I have yet to see all of the elected officials in Iowa losing their collective minds on Larry King. I have yet to see footage of millions of FEMA trailers being driven to Iowa. I have yet to see the Governor of Iowa go to Congress and ask for $256 billion dollars. I have yet to see the news stories of the horrific spike in the crime rate of Nebraska for housing the neighboring victims of the Iowa floods.
CNN had these stories on a 24 hour loop during our event. Why are they not reporting it now?
I'm talking of course, about Iowa. Yes, Iowa. The perpetual hotbed of juicy news stories.
As many of you know, Iowa is under water. Not one little town, but pretty much the entire state. Also, as many of you know, my hometown, New Orleans, had a little atmospheric event a couple of years back, whereby a good portion of the city was underwater.
I watch the news pretty faithfully. I'm quite certain I have seen more news coverage in the past two weeks of the untimely deaths of Tim Russert and George Carlin, than I have about the flooding in Iowa.
Anderson Cooper was in New Orleans doing so much reporting, he probably had a legitimate squatters claim to the corner of Iberville and Bourbon Streets.
I have yet to see a single news story of the rampant looting in Iowa. I have yet to see Oprah show up at the local sports venue to comfort the stranded and now homeless victims. I have yet to so see Sean Penn cruising around Iowa in a bass boat to rescue people. I have yet to see Spike Lee start filming his documentary on how the government blew up the levees of Iowa. I have yet to see all of the elected officials in Iowa losing their collective minds on Larry King. I have yet to see footage of millions of FEMA trailers being driven to Iowa. I have yet to see the Governor of Iowa go to Congress and ask for $256 billion dollars. I have yet to see the news stories of the horrific spike in the crime rate of Nebraska for housing the neighboring victims of the Iowa floods.
CNN had these stories on a 24 hour loop during our event. Why are they not reporting it now?
I'm guessing it has a lot to do with the fact that the people in Iowa are, by and large, not infected with the welfare-leech mentality that's been bred in N.O. for decades. The people in Iowa probably don't think the world, or, more specifically, the taxpayers, owe them (or their many illegitimate offspring) a living.
In short, they get out and do for themselves and don't expect others to shoulder their burdens.
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