October 22, 2004
Weekly Reader Goes A'Lynching
I first took note of the ChannelOne election results over at LGF. Quite pleased I am with America's teens: Bush wins 55% of the popular vote and 393 electors, Kerry wins 40% of the popular vote and 145 electors. A much larger than expected third party turnout (2.7% in Mississippi to 10.8% in Alaska) probably helped GWB immensely. Is the large third party vote a harbinger of things to come in November? Here is the electoral map from Channel One:
Proceeding to the comments Tim McNabb pointed out something I find extremely troubling. He went over to Weekly Reader (you remember Weekly Reader, waiting in the dentist's office as a kid trying to find the hidden lollipops and umbrellas in the drawing?) to see their election coverage and found this icon pointing to their "Convention Roundup":
Yes, you are seeing correctly: there is a hangman's noose hanging over the very Republican elephant. You "round up the dogies" with a lasso or lariat, not a noose. On top of that, the actual URL that the icon points to is:
http://www.weeklyreader.com/election/dnc.asp
Convention roundup points to a file named "dnc.asp".
I wrote the following email to pr@weeklyreader.com:
Dear Sir/Madam:
What in God's name is a noose hanging over the Republican elephant on your icon pointing to "Convention Roundup" on your election coverage page? And why does it point to a file named "dnc.asp"? Is this your best shot at subliminal suggestion to America's youth? Be like Avis: try harder.
Who knew that something as innocent as Weekly Reader was part of Liberal Media cabal?