Tuesday, 15 June 2010

The Press

Oh, so THAT’S why...


R.S. McCain makes a point that may explain the Wall Street Journal’s new obsession with the World Cup:

In an American context, avid soccer fandom is almost exclusively located among two groups of people (a) foreigners — God bless ‘em — and (b) pretentious yuppie snobs.
Let’s see: Mr.Murdoch in column A, most of the staff in column B... yeah, it fits.

Elsewhere:

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[1] UPDATE, (per Curmudgeon):
In fairness, this wasn't NPR. It was the utterly wretched and still pro-Communist Nation, which is even more nauseating than Mother Jones, if that's possible.

But that NPR finds it worth repeating says all you need to know about NPR.

Will a real GOP congress finally de-fund this monstrosity?

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