Ah that tinfoil fits nice... media fixation... Prince

[nadinbrzezinski]

every time we have a major media MY GOD, cannot walk and talk at the same time, aka fixation on a story... I always ask... so what else is going on in the world they are not telling us? (I love my foreign feeds for some of this)

Obama is in the UK, and had a press conference with PM Cameron, where he warned the Brits to stay within the EU... would be best for them...

Trump is already moving to GE mode... there was a meeting this morning with GOP brass in Florida... to be fair CNN has been treating this as a story we mention in passing.

The world is on the way to have the hottest year since records and we might have crossed the 2 degree centigrade mark... yes this could and will reinforce reverse loops. I am thinking permafrost by the way.

Yes in the Panama Papers front, about 7.8 trillion of global wealth is in things like trusts, foundations and off shore accounts. That is a SHIT LOAD OF MONEY by the way.

Of course very locally my City Council is doing all it can to prevent a substantive reform of the Citizens Review Board. Yup local media did go prince all the time last night.

From Immigration, must crossed my desk...

On May 12, 2016, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin premium processing for cap-subject H-1B petitions requesting premium processing, including petitions seeking an exemption for individuals with a U.S. master’s degree or higher. USCIS first announced in a news release that it would temporarily adjust its premium processing practice due to the historic premium processing receipt levels, combined with the possibility that the H-1B cap will be met in the first 5 business days of the filing season.

Of all of these, that one about climate change is critical for planetary survival. Nothing much after all.

Happy earth day.

Is that tin foil matching my complexion? I never know.

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. my day - no TV, no newspaper...

delivered some tomato seedlings to a local restaurant for them to grow for a future event - then to a nearby garden for demonstration...then I got to sit with some young people (as in kids!) at a library nearby and we told gardening stories for Earth Day.

And I've started discussions on a third book.

keeping it real here!

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Well I am in the nooz business

but today we even snorted coffee they are getting ghoulishly comedic.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. Yes, I know you are - sorry. the news and I no longer get along

because it is pretty much all slanted entertainment and product pushing.

So I've removed myself from the equation as best I can!

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Which is the point I was trying to make

Trust me, it is hard, because we do OLD FASHIONED news. and you know what that means. From time to time I need to do the kitty up a tree... but still

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. we are watching a new series on Netflix about history by decades

We are watching the Sixties - and it is focusing on the JFK assassination and aftermath, including so much footage I've never seen. Just watching Walter Cronkite was a breath of fresh air. The loss of he, Daniel Schorr - so, so, so sad.

And since I was only 7 when it all happened, it staggered me how much time the news spent on the Warren commission and the various controversies. Fascinating stuff - they took the audience on a ride that today's audience would never really get to experience - clearly more respect for the intellect of audiences back then.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. That has been purposeful

we are covering a local trial, that involves a local sheriff and what I think was road rage.

It is the prelim... I am actually going over what each side said, and how they are building their case.

My local ABC affiliate, three people took the stand and told the story from each point of view.

That is it. I was like, you shit me? It is a hell of a contrast. The judge read the coverage and was surprised, since that is the way courts USED to be covered.

[lunatica]

72. I'm 68 year old so I lived through it

And like you I know how the lack of truth affects those who are much younger. I include the loss of Walter Cronkite. When he finally announce the hour and the death of John Kennedy we all believed it. There was no reason to not believe that man. He was truth itself.

Sadly everything has changed so there is no inkling of what came before.

[antigop]

7. " H-1B cap will be met in the first 5 business days of the filing season. " Oh, joy.

More US jobs replaced by h-1b visaholders.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. You caught it

I should actually write a story on that. I think I will. As I said, just went though my email box.

[antigop]

9. when you work in the tech industry, you know how many of your colleagues' jobs have been lost.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Yup like Disney

best case known

[antigop]

15. IBM, Abbott Labs, Southern California Edison.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. I know

it is getting quite bad

[antigop]

17. and a lot more who can't talk about it due to severance agreements. Intel just announced

12,000 layoffs. I'll bet they are replacing some of those jobs with h-1b's.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. I am betting you are correct

But this happens becuase my good friends at CNN are not covering the visa issues, or for that matter any major media. I just did, but I am a literal drop in the damn bucket.

[antigop]

19. thanks, nadin. Glad to see someone is trying to draw attention to it. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. This is why independent media needs support

[antigop]

21. absolutely. nt

[antigop]

11. and most of them will be older workers whose jobs are replaced. Try getting a job in the tech

industry when you are past the age of 40.

FWIW -- it's not just H-1B. It's the L-1 visas as well.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. I just got THAT from Immigration

and I doubt I am the only media getting them.

[GreatGazoo]

10. maybe people who watch a lot of cable news just want to FEEL informed

actual information is very tiring

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. a lot of this is editorial

I just ran the story from H1B visas

I do not have to go ask my boss that will hire those workers for permission to run the story though.

[Dont call me Shirley]

77. The sad thing is "actual information" is very exciting, they make it sound boring intentionally so

people don't want to hear it.

[hay rick]

22. I don't know if it started with OJ...

or that's when it became really obvious. The focus on celebrities and irreconcilable disputes on social issues crowds out substantive exposition and discussion of critical issues. Popular ignorance benefits the few.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. I don't know either, but it has gotten way too obvious

infotainment or bust

[Enthusiast]

23. Kicked and recommended!

"Shit load" is an actual unit of measure. [URL=.html][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Well I could get more creative

but trillion is not something within most human's comprehension.

[Enthusiast]

50. Your creativity is more than satisfactory.

[anigbrowl]

26. It's probably the most important news that happened yesterday

amd will be remembered long after most other news of the day is forgotten. Of course, comparing episodic news like the death of one of the world's most famous artists with ongoing situation like climate change or H-1B caps being filled within days just like they are every single is completely disingenuous; the unusual news always gets higher priority because people are legitimately interested in it. But carry on patting yourself on the back, it's what you've always done best.

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. They can chew gun and walk at the same time

the death of a president is when news stopped, or used to. The death of an entertainer was not treated this way until relatively recently. Trust me, CNN-I, did not do this. Their audience is far more sophisticated and would not tolerate 24 - 7 coverage. They prove they can if you watch both channels side by side.

And by the way... climate change is far more significant than any of us. As to H1B visas, tell me when was the last time you saw that on CNN? Please do, link if possible.

[Mnpaul]

27. I drove past Prince's studio today

I swear that there were at least 20 network trucks there. It's just a block off a major highway. They had the whole side street blocked off filled with media trucks and law enforcement. I don't get it, what is the major freak out over a musicians death?

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. My more cynical side

it is very cheap to produce.

By the way, I get it, local news... good local boy makes good, dies, sure. I am betting there national and some foreign (entertainment) outlets.

[Mnpaul]

32. Coming up on local news

we speak with the guy who designed his studio.

No kidding, I'm watching the early news right now. Also talking to his 8th grade classmate.

They know Prince is popular and they are working it for ratings.

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. As I said, cheap to produce

and people reward them with high ratings. We ran the obligatory story, with a statement from NAN, but that is it. I think the other stories, such as climate change, are that far more important... as in they will affect my life.

Hell, city hall we cover it. Traffic wise is a bad decision.

One of my local studios "dressed in purple." We are not even in the same state.

[Mnpaul]

34. It's beginning to drive me nuts

Trying to find any non Prince local news has become very difficult.

Amy Klobuchar weighs in along with the governor. Another group is circulating a petition to rename the airport after Prince. Idiocracy has arrived.

[nadinbrzezinski]

35. I had CNN on as background all day

hopping they would break away from the trance... not such luck.

Someday historians will have fun writing of the rise and fall of the ro... er American empire, and our decadence.

[Mnpaul]

36. See my edit above

[nadinbrzezinski]

37. Indeed

so are they going to water the crops with gatorade

[Mnpaul]

38. Purple Gatorade

After and brief break for the weather, we are now speaking with the man who built Prince's guitar. The guitar is now in the Smithsonian. Three viewings of Purple Rain in the area this weekend.

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. GAD, did I mention we crossed the 2 degree centigrade?

https://reportingsandiego.com/2016/04/21/2016-is-expected-to-be-the-hottest-year-on-record/

Now we return you to Prince.... oy vey...

[Mnpaul]

41. and now for the 10 pm news

We are talking to fans outside First Avenue. What will happen to Prince's studio. Will they do like Graceland and open it up to the public. We take an aerial look at Prince's nearby home. Rerun the 8th grade classmate and the studio designer.

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. The producers are happy, this shit is extremely easy (and cheap) to produce

and have all kinds of eyes on screen.

[demtenjeep]

94. maybe they realize that our generation needs this tribute

to a musician that we really respected and wanted to do something nice.

no conspiracy-no cover up just a nice tribute

sometimes a flower is just ...a flower

[Initech]

30. I'll reserve judgment on conspiracy theories until Alex Jones weighs in.

Tomorrow on Infowars: The Obama administration murdered Prince! It was a false flag operation. They are coming to take your guns away!

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. Those started last night courtesy of TMZ and CNN followed right along

they sounded crestfallen when cause of death did not include usual suspects.

Granted Alex Jones will get far, far, far more creative. I might check with Beyond productions or something like that. I need the entertainment. Tough above top secret is far more fun than Alex Jones

[restorefreedom]

106. who are "the usual suspects?"

i try and stay away from msm

and what is "above top secret"? jeez am i missing something?

[Major Hogwash]

40. He was a powerful influence on the music industry, no?

I may be wrong, but spending just 1 day to remember a great man is nothing short of some display of self-respect.

[demtenjeep]

49. I think it was a great show of respect

for one of the musical genius of this generation


I would guess that John Lennon would have gotten the same type of coverage

[Melurkyoulongtime]

42. Thank you for posting real news,

Nadin. Please keep it up! Your reporting of the real news here is one of the reasons I've been lurking for quite some time (2001). I read all your stuff and will continue to do so as long as you post Now if Time for change would just change his mind and begin posting again I'd be in heaven!

[nadinbrzezinski]

44. Thanks but we actually have a local paper

so if I ever stop, that is where you can find us. (It is mostly two folks, but we really try)

[Melurkyoulongtime]

45. Yes, I've read it

before when you've linked it here though I don't recall right now which paper it is In my defense, I usually read several papers from around the globe a day as well as DU. Thanks to the internet I've become quite the news junkie in the last 15 years, lol, though the only complaint I have about that is it REALLY eats into my book reading. Thanks again for keeping me informed!

[nadinbrzezinski]

46. I know the feeling, I have to read FOREIGN MEDIA to find out

what is happening in the United States.

reporting san diego.

[Melurkyoulongtime]

47. Thanks, bookmarked

Yeah, I know the feeling. I started reading global news, jeez, just before I started coming here. I smelled a rat early, so to speak, and had been having to depend on The Daily Show, ffs, prior to getting internet service in my area. Such a shame it's come to this.

[demtenjeep]

48. its a hobby blog

but donations are accepted

[nadinbrzezinski]

51. And for some reason it still chaps your hide, that we actually RUN A PAPER

as small as it is.

And we cover NEWS.

Question oh all seeing one, What are the requirements to cover a major candidate political rally? Well CREDENTIALS. Mine are up to date with the county, are yours?

What are the requirements to be allowed to photograph and record in state court? Credentials.

What are the requirements to go behind fire lines: Credentials,

All these credentials are well MEDIA CREDENTIALS. Mine were good enough for the United States Secret Service. Mostly they were issued by the San Diego Police Department.

What is required to be in the MEDIA PIT at City Hall? CREDENTIALS.

So you have teaching credentials, do you want me to start questioning your credentials? Becuase that is exactly what you are doing. We have chosen a very difficult route money flow wise. But we are still an accredited media outlet. And for some reason that chaps your hide. At this point it is quite humorous to see you do that this often. The joke is on you. I really do not know, or for that matter give two shits about it, it really chaps your hide. But you really should stop, It really makes you look silly given what we have covered, all of which requires those silly credentials. If we were just a hobby blog, we would not be getting access into all those places.

In fact, after Sanders was done, he went to the overflow room, and many of us were filing quick and short stories from our phones, and making jokes about lack of coffee or for that matter wi fi. A bunch of reporters, no wifi or coffee... THE HORROR!

And trust me the Secret Service is pretty picky about letting people in. In case you wonder, no Cruz did not have a Secret Service detail, but he still had security CHECK CREDENTIALS and so did the campaign. People without CURENT media credentials did not get in as well MEDIA.

I mean really must chap your hide to still be in this quixotic campaign of yours. And at this point, after we have covered all that, this is just extremely humorous. You know who else does this shit? I'll tell you, Conservatives who hate media. Are you one?

[A HERETIC I AM]

52. I'm really curious.....

if you ever proof read a post or anything else you write, for that matter.

Just curious.

[nadinbrzezinski]

53. Ah nice attack

really.
Have a nice day. Another who gets his hide chapped over this I suppose. I did not know (Well I did) that DU was such a nice conservative place.

[A HERETIC I AM]

54. Madam, it's not an attack!

It's a question, OK?

I am not suggesting your information is wrong, nor am I attacking you personally.

But I do question your writing style, as someone who calls herself a "Journalist". I understand English may not be your primary language, but if you were to read what you write before you post you may often find your syntax needs work.

That's all I am suggesting. Read what you write before you post.

Have a nice day.

Thanks. You too.

Another who gets his hide chapped over this I suppose.

Why in the world would I get my "hide chapped" over anything you are involved with? Who gives a fuck if you are associated with a news outlet in San Diego? Good for you! Well done! Proof reading is important!

I did not know (Well I did) that DU was such a nice conservative place.

Suggesting someone who claims to be a journalist simply proofread before posting makes DU a conservative place?

Wow. That's a stretch of logic I haven't seen in quite a long time.

[nadinbrzezinski]

55. Three spell flames in ten minutes

must be a talking point, or just coincidence.

At this pint I take DU very seriously, really, when it comes to this shit

You must understand, after years of this shit, this is just predictable and highly amusing. The goal of driving me away almost worked. After reading into bully behavior... all this is highly predictable and funny as hell.

[A HERETIC I AM]

56. I can tell you one thing, young lady.....

Last edited Sat Apr 23, 2016, 09:03 PM - Edit history (1)

You are entirely too THIN SKINNED.

I did not comment on a spelling error. I commented on your apparent lack of proofreading.

I don't think it is out of the ordinary, nor is it unreasonable to suggest - I am MERELY suggesting - that you, as someone who touts their "credentials" as a journalist, actually do one of the most basic procedures before publishing.

If you think that is bully behavior or an attempt to run you off, then I submit you have very thin skin.

[nadinbrzezinski]

57. More BULLY BEHAVIOR

nice



Really you should try harder.

And thanks for calling me young. None has done that in years.

[A HERETIC I AM]

60. This is another of your well known characteristics.

You just can't take criticism of any kind. You reject it out of hand, and instead of taking it in the spirit in which it is intended (to hopefully make you a better writer, or at least more careful) you insist I am bullying you.

The last time you and I had an exchange was at least a couple years ago, when you answered a question about the term "Risk Free Rate" regarding investing. When I asked you to tell me what that was, you couldn't do it and when I asked you to explain a Treasury rate quote that you had brought up, instead of simply saying "I am not familiar with that" or "I am not sure how that works" you insisted you had the answer and were completely and utterly wrong! When I pointed that out to you, you essentially threw your hands up in the air, deleted all your posts in the sub-thread and buggered off, saying I was "brutal".


Nadin, I appreciate the fact that you actually go out and collect news. I appreciate the fact that you are passionate about what you do, but for you to insist you are being bullied simply because you are getting some gentle criticism, speaks volumes.

[nadinbrzezinski]

61. Are you going to continue with the bully behavior?

because it is quite adorable at this point,

Tell me more, Mr Freud

[demtenjeep]

86. very thin

sad really

[nadinbrzezinski]

100. Nah, bullies like you are entertainment to me these days

once you get the behavior it is actually hysterical.

And you have yet to address the OP, as in why media needs to do this shit... but Roman circuses were also a symptom of the decline of Rome. Go ask your friends in the social sciences about that.

[MindPilot]

58. So how many pints have you had already this morning? n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

59. Another line of attadck

the you are drunk attack, Fascinating, Tell me more.

So what else am I doing this morning. But if you must know, two cups of coffee. Thanks for caring that much

[MindPilot]

66. Absolute proof that you don't re-read your posts even when mistakes are pointed out.

You wrote: "At this pint..." which I thought was a rather amusing typo. I'm not real sure how that can be construed as an "attack", unless you perhaps consider "Absolute proof" as another thinly veiled reference to your state of inebriation.

Fact is Nadin, that especially in the context of your self-proclaimed journalistic prowess, your writing would make an English teacher cringe. Not an attack, just some--hopefully constructive--criticism.

[nadinbrzezinski]

79. More attacks.

Designated hitter.

[demtenjeep]

62. i have seen the blog

take a picture of the paper with the current date and your picture then i can believe


i don't come on here and use my teaching to make myself seem more important than i am-so you can't use that analogy




if you do run a real paper, i have offered to proof it for you

[nadinbrzezinski]

63. It still chaps your hide

why should I provide you with essentially a police issued ID? Or are you going to provide me a copy of your passport or any other ID that could be used for identity theft?

here is the evidence of what I just posted... but you will keep denying it.

https://reportingsandiego.com/2016/04/12/2000-san-diegans-attend-cruz-rally/

Media credentials required for me to get that close to Cruz

https://reportingsandiego.com/2016/03/23/13000-san-diegans-came-to-hear-senator-bernie-sanders/

Media credentials required by the Secret Service of the United States...those photos were NOT taken from the public POV, we were behind mostly the public.

https://reportingsandiego.com/2016/04/20/state-of-mind-during-the-confrontation-between-branch-and-detective-ward/

Media credentials required under CA law to take those photos.

Here you go, the actual order from the COURT. Make whatever you want about that, m'kay.

http://www.sdcourt.ca.gov/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/SDCOURT/GENERALINFORMATION/PACO2/NEWSANDMEDIA/010416-03%20-%20PHOTOGRAPHY%20AND%20BROADCASTING%20IN%20COURTHOUSE.PDF

https://reportingsandiego.com/2015/06/17/wild-fire-at-barona-reservation-at-150-acres/

Media credentials required

https://reportingsandiego.com/2015/02/10/mike-montana-surrenders-to-sdpd-swat/

Media credentials required. We were within the PD perimeter for media.

https://reportingsandiego.com/2016/01/05/fire-responds-to-reported-partial-collapse/

Media credentials required. Again we were within the perimeter set by SDFD.

https://reportingsandiego.com/2015/12/16/san-diego-city-council-passes-historic-climate-action-plan/

From the Media pit, media credentials required.

https://reportingsandiego.com/2015/02/05/environmental-impact-report-on-solar-in-boulevard-accepted-by-county/

Again, media pit, credentials required.


Keep it up, but perhaps I need to start questioning YOUR TEACHING CREDENTIALS and teaching ability on very much a lack of analytical ability.

Now the obvious question is, why do you hate independent media? This is a conservative trait I think. So why do you hate independent media?

Oh and one more thing... papers these days, recognized media outlets, are not all the time physical any longer. I know this really chaps your hide.

[mr blur]

64. What on Earth is the matter with you?!

You seem to be in danger of losing the plot. Perhaps you need to take a deep breath and dial back on the paranoia level. No-one is bullying you. One would have thought that a journalist would have a thicker skin.

By the way, regarding your comment about world news - Obama is an amiable clown and no-one here is fooled by his "special relationship" drivel. Whatever the US's reason for wanting us to stay in the EU, no-one here, apart from those desperate to stay on the right side of the neighbourhood bully, gives a fuck.

[nadinbrzezinski]

65. The matter with me?

whatever dude

Is this bully day? Was I the designated target for the day?

Funny as shit. And no, I am not paranoid at all. Take my word on this, From time to time you guys do this shit. It is hysterical at this point.

And since I think you are posting for the UK, I did not make any comment about the special relationship, I just pointed out what he did. I find the photos of him and the young Prince to be quite the propaganda coup though. And will not matter in 50 years like some here believe they will.

[demtenjeep]

68. again. a blog is not a paper

i am sad that traditional papers are drying up for this 'new-fangled' blog style. i don't like it



to me a respected journalist should have a source in the written form that one can pick up and read and smell and turn pages.




and that has absolutely nothing to do with my teaching -as again i don't come on here and tout my teaching abilities as the best and only source or how much better i am than anyone else

[nadinbrzezinski]

69. We are a media outlet

Not surprised you are still trying hard to discredit it.

[demtenjeep]

73. not discrediting anything at all but a paper is different than a hobby blog

and that is all


a paper is something tangible that you can hold, smell, turn pages

anything else is a blog


call me old fashioned but i like physical papers.

[tammywammy]

75. You could print out her blog posts

Then it's a "paper".

[demtenjeep]

95. still don't think it would be the same as a true paper

the blog is just a collections of one person's point of view of what that one person deems is news worthy like blades from wind farms bouncing miles away, or once a list of eating better that i had read on a former food blog passed off as a new rsd informational interest...



or who could forget about all that canned milk to be needed


i guess i am not into conspiracies so it doesn't make much sense...that hobby blog i tend to get my news from credible journalists

[nadinbrzezinski]

80. You might not get this

But paper is going away.

And I from now on will point out your lack of critical thinking skills. We are even. If you were teaching my kids I would remove them from your class

The attempt at discrediting is the lowest of the issues of concern

[demtenjeep]

83. THANK YOU

i would not want them

they would drive me crazy if they were anything like mama



the editing on the writing scales would be exhausting




i realize the paper is going away. i don't have to like it.

[demtenjeep]

84. oh and proves my point hobby blog is just a

hobby blog

[nadinbrzezinski]

87. And you keep trying to discredit

It must be the conservative in you

[demtenjeep]

88. hahaha that is the single most crazy thing said ever

i usually get in trouble for being absolutely democratic ...haha

thank you



i am not trying to discredit anything or any one. never have



i just point out the truth


a hobby blog does not a paper make.



and there was nothing wrong with media focusing on the death of one of the most musical genius of our time

[nadinbrzezinski]

91. Please go on

For the record, that is the least of the issues at this point. But surely this is fucking hilarious.

An inability to learn is a far more serious concern. And of course hating independent non corporate media, which As a teacher is actually minor.

Connie and I will enjoy the popcorn.



Please proceed, at this point this is performance art, bad performance art, but art nonetheless.

[nadinbrzezinski]

85. More personal attacks

[nadinbrzezinski]

89. And talking of editing

For a grammar nazi you surely meant "that paper" not "the paper." But I am sure the red pen with catch it

[demtenjeep]

90. na but thanks

oh and before you find it

my keypad is broken and some of my keys are not working



how is your baby bird- bet it is missing its sibling. hope you are doing okay. have you picked out a new one

[nadinbrzezinski]

92. Cute excuse

[demtenjeep]

98. I hope you cleaned up around those cages

moldy food, bird poop all over walls and weeks old food might not be the best environment to be bringing a new baby into the cage


have you decided on your new wing baby yet

[nadinbrzezinski]

99. :-)

Bullies gotta bully



I am sure you are an extremely good teacher that condones the class bully as well.

[demtenjeep]

101. so tell me the steps to get to be a credited media outlet

did you go to journalism school/

are there any tests to be recognized as such/

any special organizations/



or

can anyone put anything on a hobby blog and call it 'nooz' as you say/

see other professions attend a lot of schooling, take state/federal required tests and pass them before we are allowed to practice our profession

big big difference.

[nadinbrzezinski]

105. You are doing now a new form

Of discrediting. It is kind of humorous. You should try stand up.

Oh and you can research that yourself. I am sure you are capable of using the Google. SNORT!!!!!

Next time warn me though. The poor iPhone...Oy guevalt poor phone!!!

[demtenjeep]

107. oh i'm not the google queen. that be you

but thanks for proving you have no information.

have a nice day

[nadinbrzezinski]

108. Kind of funny when you continue

With this quixotic campaign of yours. My credentials are by my computer. I do this shit. I need to prove nothing to the bully. But you are adorable.

[demtenjeep]

109. well thank you

my work here is done

have a wonderful day


proceed onward

[nadinbrzezinski]

110. You mean your bullying is done?

Or your fantasy? I am still concerned about you in the classroom. A bully as a teacher is really concerning

[demtenjeep]

111. good thing i don't allow bullying in my room

but please proceed


last word...yours

[Quantess]

67. To be fair, I care more about Prince's passing of 2 days ago

than...

the birth of a "royal" baby

Ms Kaitlyn Jenner and her obnoxious Kardashian family

Benghazi Benghazi Benghazi Benghazi

[nadinbrzezinski]

74. Oh agreed

But when CNN cannot be distinguished from oh TMZ

[bigwillq]

70. I would rather see Prince on my TV instead of Trump or Hillary.

I am glad they are honoring Prince in this way. It will be over in a few days. Be patient.

[nadinbrzezinski]

82. Them having this as news sure

Just not the only news. We used to do this only for Presidents. That's the point. By the way, trump taking a dump is hardly news either

[lunatica]

71. Thank you for this

When I die there will be no offspring to follow me since my son died. I wonder many time, even in my grief, if that isn't a very good thing.

[nadinbrzezinski]

81. Hugs

[democrank]

76. This morning, while standing at the check-out in a teeny Vermont grocery store

a 60-something woman entered and asked the clerk for her saved newspaper, the Boston Globe. She told me, "I just like to hold a newspaper in my hands", which honestly made my day.

I`m truly sorry for the loss suffered by Prince`s family, friends and fans, but mainstream media should question their obsessive celebrity coverage which always sucks the time away from other (and sometimes more important) national and international news.

[nadinbrzezinski]

78. Fully agreed

TMZ. E-Tonight, I get it.

[demtenjeep]

93. i still subscribe to our local paper

i make my students do current events.

i also have a really great scavenger hunt exercise activity i lead them through so they learn how to read a newspaper-learn how to use the index and how some stories might be scattered throughout the paper

when the world goes paper free, it will be a shame

[kwassa]

96. I apologize if your priorities are not my priorities.

I will also apologize for other people who don't have the same priorities as you.

We are so sorry.

[nadinbrzezinski]

97. I guess we now have a honey pot

by the way, US media used to do this ONLY when presidents died.

And they STILL MANAGED to cover other news.

They can do it. In fact, CNN-I does regularly.

[kwassa]

102. you missed my sarcasm.

so, to spell it out clearly.

[MFM008]

103. I think by Monday

Prince will be long gone, focus back on politics.

[nadinbrzezinski]

104. That is starting