short shrift – NOUN: 1. Summary, careless treatment; scant attention: These annoying memos will get short shrift from the boss. 2. Quick work.
I couldn’t help but notice the short shrift given to certain Council at-Large seat candidates in the latest Gambit article by Allen Johnson Jr. After including large images and multiple paragraphs for Diana Bajoie (six paragraphs, 1 picture), Virginia Boulet (5 paragraphs, 1 picture), Jackie Clarkson (6 paragraphs, 1 picture), Cynthia Willard-Lewis (6 paragraphs, 1 picture), Tommie A. Vassel (6 paragraphs, 1 picture), Kaare Johnson (3 paragraphs), Thomas L. Lewis (4 paragraphs, 1 picture), Malcolm Suber (4 paragraphs, 1 picture) the article rounded out the remaing candidates with this…
Former Clerk of Criminal Court Kimberly Williamson-Butler received 1 percent of the vote in her race for mayor last year. Butler, Nagin’s former CAO, now seems to be running to clear her name, reminding voters that a grand jury last year exonerated her of criminal malfeasance charges. She says the allegations were politically motivated.
Rounding out the field are: Joe Jones, a cable television producer; political newcomer Gail Masters Reimonenq; Dyan ‘Mama D” French, who refers voters to mentions of her in Douglas Brinkley’s book, The Great Deluge; and Quentin Brown, a self-employed landscaper.
I guess there is no such thing as an equal ink law.
Apparently they’re on the “B” List….lol.
Short and SQUAT shrift…
That’s the “Mama D” list.
The Mama D list! LOL!
That’s what’s called freedom of the press. Fairness ain’t got nothing to do with it. You don’t like it? You can print your own rag or distribute a newsletter or flyers if that floats your boat.
Now let’s talk broadcasters. TV and radio stations do not own the airwaves. They are licensed to broadcast in the public interest. Yeah, we let them sell advertising and it’s good if they keep a few bucks, but in the end, they exist not for profit, but for public service. Thus, broadcasters are required to be fair and balanced.
Well, they used to be. Until Ronald Reagan. Until 1987 when the fairness rules were tossed out.
Now this sucks because is I don’t like what the radio and TV folks are putting out, I cannot just go and open my own TV station. I cannot just start broadcasting a new radio station. That’s what sets it apart from the print guys, the “real” press.
Peace,
Tim
There is always YouTube. And Podcasts.
How about all the debates and forums for the candidates running for governor? According the the Secretary of State website there are 13 people who qualified. You’d never know that watching TV when all you ever see are the Big 4 (and then Jindal’s usually a no-show).