Switzer rounds up some stuff

First of all, throw some love to Darcy Burner and Peter Goldmark. Heck, since Bruce Guthrie's selfish $1.2 million dollar King 5 debate entry fee has triggered the millionaire's exemption for Mike McGavick but not for Maria, throw Maria some turkee as well. Add $.37 to your contribution so they know it came from Switzerblog, mmkay?

Don't forget Darcy's debate tomorrow - we'll see "experience" vs. intelligence - I'm looking forward to Darcy debating the hair! See ya at Meydenbauer Center at 6:30!

Next, but no less important - kudos to Lowell Ericsson and Precinct M-I 41-0786! Lowell was elected Democratic PCO with 42 votes, outdistancing evil sloppy datacruncher Lori (Fibby) Sotelo by 15 votes in her Republican PCO election! Keep whippin' Lori by 20%, Lowell, and the 41st can stay blue!

Lastly, what's up with sloppy reporting? I've gotten so sick of misspellings, inaccuracies and just plain ol' sloppiness in the media, I can barely stand to read some websites (King 5 is one of the worst offenders, CNN not far behind).

Check out this article about the Foley affair at the LA Times, normally a bastion of good reporting. Wally Roche writes:

The Times agreed not to publish the year of his page class to protect his identity.

This is exactly as it should be - don't let people do the math and track this poor kid down. Except, several paragraphs later...

The former page, who served during Foley's xxxxx term, said that he believed Foley became bolder in his behavior during his decade in Congress.

I deleted the term reference so as to not repeat Wally's mistake. Anyone with Google and 30 seconds to spare could do the math and figure out this kid's page class. This is something they should have caught - this scandal is going to do some serious damage to some young men who did nothing worse than try to take part in our country's government, and the media has a responsibility to be double-damn sure they protect these people. I've send the LA Times and Wally my concerns, and await an answer.

And that's the news from Switzer.