Journalism is Fun!

I admit that the Idaho State Journal isn't exactly the pinnacle of journalism. I doubt it's the pinnacle of anything.

But they still had a sentence that hopefully doesn't even meet their not-so-lofty standards. The article discusses a local weatherman who quit is weathermanning job to pursue his theories. Theories that hurriane Katrina (and, one is left to assume, Rita, and all of the duds L through P since there is no Q for some reason) formed, and I quote from the article here because of my incredible journalistic integrity, not to mention the incredible humor value of quoting this directly, when "Yakuza Mafia used a Russian-made electromagnetic generator to cause Hurricane Katrina in a bid to avenge the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima."

Fair enough. He quit his job because he's a lunatic. But then the authors of the story throw in this little gem. "Although the theories espoused by Stevens - scalar weapons, global dimming - are definitely on the scientific fringe today, there are thousands of Web sites that mention such phenomena."

I love it. I plan to quit my job to become a reporter so I can write stupid stories about stupid people and use that wonderful journalism contruct.

"Bob Smith thinks George Bush is an alien. Although the theories espoused by Smith- presidential robots, motorized hydraulic lips - are definitely on the scientific fringe today, there are hundreds of Web sites that mention such phenomena."

Hey, this is fun!