> There was more coverage of the pope than coverage of Monica's
> knee pads. NPR story today: some bar hag in the south has a tattoo of
> his popeness on her leg. "Her priest approves," the npr presenter
> gushed. It would be news if he burned it off with a blowtorch. But for
> npr it's just more of a constant stream of religion. What ever happened
> to "fact based" journalism?
NPR News hit a new low this morning during one of their hourly updates when they reported on some guy who had modified a piece of toast to look like the "runaway bride" and was offering it on EBay.
Talk about a non story that has no relationship to the lives of 260 million Americans.
Chuck