Sales Friendly...

Today while making deliveries between 5 and 6am at Bridgeport Plaza in Lake Oswego, I saw some news folks out in the middle of the parking lot for news channel 8 (there's an oxymoron for ya). There ain't nothin' newsworthy in the middle of a mini-mall parking lot at 5am. So, I drove over there after making my deliveries and asked what they were doing considering there wasn't anything newsworthy in a parking lot at this time of morning. They were doing a story on the "smart car."

"Smart Car? Is that like a Smart Bomb?"

"Yeah.." one of them said, kinda confused.

I asked about taking pictures, and I did. If you don't see them on this post yet, you will soon.

I just went to the KGW website and found the story with some obnoxious dude being the reporter. I didn't meet the obnoxious dude, just the lady selling the thing and some other dude. The fucking story is 10 minutes 45 seconds long.

THIS ISN'T NEWS! IT'S FREE ADVERTISING!

Let me tell you what I know about this type of news. It isn't. It is advertising.

I believe it was Normon Solomon that I learned this from: The local news is in the pockets of the local car dealerships. News is sponsored mostly by car dealerships, and if they want to keep those advertising dollars coming in, they have to give the dealerships what is called "a sales friendly news environment." Any accidental news that may get in between the advertising is just filler between ads. The rest is free advertising disguised as news.

I quit watching alleged news when I saw a 5 minute plus in depth report on hammers. That was about 10 years ago.

No impending war with Iran. No people dying because of alleged health insurance. No environmental damages from local polluters. No rampant spousal abuse. No corruption in government. Ain't nunna that shit happening. Just go buy a useless fucking car after your done watching this useless shit disguised as news.