I swear, when I read this story about Beef Products, Inc. suing ABC News for “defamation, product and food disparagement, and tortious interference with business relationships,” I hearkened back to my high school days when, on several occasions, lunchtime featured “Mystery Meat,” which could have been the precursor to what is commonly known as “Pink Slime.” I also encountered the stuff in Jack In The Box Tacos when I lived out in Arizona. EEEEWWWWWW!
Thank goodness it isn’t Soylent Pink. Discuss the lawsuit if you wish, but this is the Overnight Open Thread!
Posts Tagged ‘ABC News’
Mystery Meat OOT
by Deplorable Macker ( 15 Comments › )Filed under Food and Drink, Open thread at September 14th, 2012 - 11:00 pm
Obama leads Romney 49%-46% in the ABC/Washington Post poll that has a 22% Republican sample
by Phantom Ace ( 2 Comments › )Filed under Barack Obama, Elections 2012, Headlines, Republican Party at May 22nd, 2012 - 10:49 am
New Washington Post Poll has Obama leading Romney 49% to 46%. Not bad since its a dead heat against an incumbent Presdient. But here’s the kicker its a poll of adults and has only a 22% sample of Republicans.
After months of aggressive campaigning on jobs and the economy, President Obama and Mitt Romney, his likely Republican challenger, are locked in a dead heat over who could fix the problem foremost on voters’ minds, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
The parity on economic issues foreshadows what probably will continue to be a tough and negative campaign. Overall, voters would be split 49 percent for Obama and 46 percent for Romney if the November election were held now. On handling the economy, they are tied at 47 percent.
The media is trying anything to prop up their beloved Pharaoh. If this poll reflected reality Romney would probably be ahead.
Christiane Amanpour Accepts 2011 Cronkite Award at ASU
by Deplorable Macker ( 10 Comments › )Filed under Academia, Education, Headlines, Media at November 20th, 2011 - 11:17 am
The weather two days ago was rather pissant and shitty:
Award-winning journalist Christiane Amanpour called journalism worldwide a “sacred endeavor” as she accepted the 2011 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism at Arizona State University.
“We have so much power for good, and also for bad when we don’t act,” Amanpour said at the Nov. 17 award event. “To speak truth to power is an incredible thing.”
ASU President Michael Crow presented Amanpour with the 28th annual award, given each year by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication to recognize a distinguished journalist who embodies the values of the school’s namesake – excellence, integrity, accuracy, fairness and objectivity.
Amanpour was honored at a luncheon attended by more than 1,100 students, media leaders, business executives, civic leaders and Cronkite School supporters at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel.
During her two-day visit to the school, Amanpour watched a broadcast of Cronkite NewsWatch, the school’s award-winning student-produced newscast. At the luncheon, she praised Cronkite students for living up to the legacy of Walter Cronkite.
“It gives me a huge amount of hope and faith in the future of this great profession,” she said.
Read the rest…if you can stomach it, that is.
