Better Late Than Never
First of all, we know that the “FITS” arrow in the picture above is pointing to a horse’s ass.
We call things like we see them around here, even if we’re being introspective.
Of course, the fact that we’re horse’s asses does nothing to diminish the growing gap between us and the rest of the S.C. media – particularly La Socialista (a.k.a. The State newspaper).
Take the scandal surrounding Clemson University’s bureaucratic boondoggling, which finally broke in La Socialista today – a month after we first reported on it.
What took them so long?
We’re not sure, exactly, although we do think it’s curious that the paper waited until after the legislature’s first draft of the state budget was completed before they decided to bring all this exorbitant bureaucratic excess to light.
It’s also funny how they worked the University of South Carolina into the story headline, but then spent 90% of their ink on Clemson.
Nothing like home-cookin’ if you’re USC, right?
It’s pathetic, but predictible.
The paper also bemoans the fact that Palmetto colleges and universities are facing the “largest drop in state support for higher education in the nation,” which sounds awful until you recognize that all of these college and university budgets are going up, and that we already spend 17% of our state appropriations on higher ed compared to the national average of 10%.
Of course that’s not information La Socialista wants out there.
Bottom line? No matter what that geezer Bob McAlister tells you, La Socialista is every bit as “unfair and imbalanced” in its reporting as we are in ours.
The only difference is that a) we admit it, and b) our bias is focused on letting you keep more of your tax dollars, not letting these bureaucrats continue to bend you over.
Oh, and thanks for the story credit, assholes …
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Comments
By Silent DoRight on March 15th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Don’t worry Sic, Socialista will be out of business soon. Keep on rocking sir.
By Mike on March 15th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
I know this piece is primarily about the Clemson story, but it really shows that the old school MSM (especially newspapers) just flat refuses to recognize that the world has changed around them. How could they *possibly* ignore (and fail to mention even in passing) the massive amount of exposure this story’s enjoyed on the web for weeks and weeks, primarily generated by FITS. The answer, I think, is obvious: Hubris on a grand scale (that is, an inability to admit publicly that the likes of Sic and crew would dare compete with — read, “trouce” — La Socialista, and an absolute refusal to acknowledge that old school journalism is in fact dying a not-so-slow death at the hands of the web. Here’s a great piece on the future of news coverage (from a lib writer, no less) who actually admits that the changes might not be so bad after all:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10196386-93.html?tag=mncol;posts
Don’t feel sorry for La Socialista; they’re killing themsleves…
By rrrrrrr on March 15th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
The State is too entangled with the news ‘makers’ to be a timely source of news.
Why even bother with this story now? Maybe it’s safe since FITS has already stuck its neck out on it. Or its ass, rather!
I’m guessing you take pride in knowing how significantly you factor in on the reason we have more horses’ asses than horses around here.
;)
By BIN News Editorial Staff on March 15th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
sic(k) willie, you “ignorant slut.” :) There, we said it again!
The difference is The State publishes news while you “dig gold” over the grave of a “poor little black girl,” and pooh about a Midlands’ elected official you once claimed has a Strom problem and then come up with a wacko allegation of a SLED “beat down squad.” Can you give us facts?
No. You can’t. Like a horse’s @ss, you are full of pooh.
sic(k) willie, all you will ever be is a purveyor of slime and rumor.
Sometimes you pick up on a thread of truth. So do janitors at the State House. Are they your anonymous sources?
Could be. No one else will go on record with you.
BIN News Editorial Staff
Flair and Balanced
By Todd on March 15th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
BIN. Janitors and other looked over employees in many state buildings are often times the best and most accurate sources of information. When the Kings and Queens of our political system begin to believe they are so important, they tend to talk with others of a status they assume as equal to their own as if the “staff” is invisible and not there. Guess you were not in history or political science class that day.
By reggie on March 15th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
hahahahahahah. i enjoy watching this war.
By BIN News Editorial Staff on March 15th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Todd must be sic(k) willie’s inside source at the State House. Todd, make sure you don’t let the gub’ner run out of toilet paper. He needs all he can get.
By Reader on March 15th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
BIN NEWS, is it too much to hope for that you would go away WITH Brad Warthen?
By James the Foot Soldeir on March 15th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Reader, BIN”s a harmless lil fluffball – no one takes him/her/it seriously – how are those hemoroids BIN?
By Brian on March 16th, 2009 at 10:11 am
I take BIN very seriously and find his comments accurate and insightful. Mark my words, Sic Willy will be behind bars (seriously) before the 2010 Goverenor’s election. He drives to close to the edge of the cliff and is going to go off.
By fitsnews on March 16th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Brian-
Behind bars? Really? Why whatever for?
-FITS
By Mike on March 16th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Another one bites the dust– cue Queen soundtrack…
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2009/03/reuters_us_hearst_seattlepost
PS- If being a horse’s ass is outlawed, I’ll have to move to Antigua (or some similarly warm, non-extradition locale along with Sic).