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So while scrolling through my RSS feed viewer, I happened across this entry:

Until I clicked on it and saw the football entry I honestly thought it was a newsfeed to a story about “beware Obama”. Perhaps its just unfortunate that Alabama’s nickname is so close to a presidential candidate. On the other hand, maybe the writer knew that none of the other newspapers or feeds that carried the story would bother to change the headline…
Click here to see a Google Search for that headline.

Even with the whole unfortunate nickname thing aside, this points out a real issue with news today: There are only a few sources of stories for all newspapers. Maybe newspapers should stop sending me free copies of their birdcage liner and actually hire some researchers and reporters?

Do you hear that newspapers? I don’t want more copies of your paper that I wont read. I want independent research and assurance that I wont find a better (or the same) article on the opening page of google news. Until then: Fuck the corporate media. There is no ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative’ media conspiracy, there is simply a ‘corporate’ media conspiracy.

I wonder how long it will take until no one knows what the phrase ‘above the fold’ means?