Southpaw Jones

Welcome to the biggest day of primaries in American history. Election year is always a good time to examine the power of our fickle, varied media. Watch out! The tone of headline has undeniable influence, and I have come up with a few examples of vastly different reactions to the same event:

• Fact: Hillary Clinton tears up during a Q&A.
• Objective Headline: Hillary Clinton Talks Issues, Shows Emotion
• Pro-Hillary Headline: Hillary Displays Humanity, Grace Under Pressure
• Anti-Hillary Headline: Clinton Shows Strain, Cracks Under Pressure
• Rush Limbaugh: Ugly Thing Leaks

• Fact: Obama is rising in the polls.
• Objective Headline: Obama Polling Well Ahead of Super Tuesday
• Pro-Obama Headline: Obama Seemingly Unstoppable
• Anti-Obama Headline: Nation Loses Faith in Polling
• Rush Limbaugh: Articulate Black Man Charms Commies

• Fact: Super Tuesday could seal McCain’s Nomination.
• Objective Headline: Republicans May Secure Nominee Tuesday
• Pro-McCain Headline: Republicans Seek Slow Dance with Miracle McComeback
• Anti-McCain Headline: Republicans Could Redefine Party, Snub True Conservatives
• Rush Limbaugh: McAmnesty Sneaks into Jeb’s Spot

as reported in The New York Times

ICE TRUST MEN BEGIN JAIL TERMS
First in the United States to be Imprisoned Under Anti-Trust Law. NO CHANCE FOR RELEASE The Law of Ohio Does Not Provide for Parole of the Prisoners Nor for a Pardon.
February 5, 1908
TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 4. — Roland Beard and Compton Lemman of the Hygeia Ice Company and Joseph Miller, manager of the Toledo Ice and Coal Company, are prisoners in the county jail, and the first men convicted in the United States of violating the anti-trust laws to serve sentence.

One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:

When Americans vote, we look at the results as if we’re seeing our nation’s face in a mirror. On the big day in November, what will we see in our…

Highlight here for answer: [election reflection]


Wild Animals by Kent Rogowski
[stuffed animals inside out]

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.
Charles Bukowski

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Rob’s Super Bowl leftovers, February 3, 2008.