CNN has never showed any interest in soccer, until the day it was disclosed that the IRS had targeted a Republican Senator. Then soccer became their lead story.
The Washington Post has weighed in on this matter with their usual complete failure of logic.
The World Cup happens every four years, and the US press has never had any interest in it. Soccer fans like myself don’t go to CNN to get soccer news. The problem isn’t the World Cup distracting people – rather the problem is slimy left-wing journalists using the World Cup to avoid reporting on Obama scandals.
The match yesterday was incredibly dull. It was raining, Germany didn’t care and the US was tired from Sunday’s match. Had the match gone on for six more hours I doubt the US team would have found the back of the net.
The standard left-wing journalism approach has become to try to marginalize people through completely fake straw man arguments.
“Bread and”, well, “circuses”.
A figure of speech for a superficial means of appeasement generally applied in politics. The phrase is used to describe the creation of public approval, not through exemplary or excellent public service or public policy, but through diversion and distraction, or the mere satisfaction of the immediate, shallow requirements of a populace, as an offered “palliative” (a distraction from the *real pain* or problem without dealing with the underlying root cause or causes, e.g. economic conditions, or the idiocy of a country’s leadership.) It should be decried a simplistic motivation of common people, as the phrase also implies the erosion (or ignorance) of civic duty among the concerns of the ‘commoner’.
h/t to wiki for the basic def.
Not sure how true this is. CEO’s of major TV networks have spouses and siblings working in the White House?
Pretty big conflict of interest, when reporting on political events.
http://m.newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/05/11/fox-abc-and-cbs-news-presidents-have-siblings-working-white-house-tie
It’s the political equivalent of incest. And yes, it does ultimately breed idiots into the two blood lines …
If you live in Columbia you better get used to the fact that there are a lot of people around DC Metro who think the taste of Washington Post pink Kool-ade is the greatest
“The standard left-wing journalism approach has become to try to marginalize people through completely fake straw man arguments.”
Concur.
I’ve noticed this trend intensify in recent years, and draw a couple of conclusions: Progressives know they are arguing from a position of weakness, and they cannot argue on the merits.
Clinton started it. The “no attack ever fed a hungry child” was embraced by the legacy press. Politicians could see that they didn’t have to argue merits anymore, they could just make emotional pleas. After 20 years, the Libtards ability to argue has atrophied. They have no intellect. The President is just a teleprompter reader.
It appears FIFA is using the NASCAR scoring system now. USA loses to Germany, and ADVANCES. WTF?
When is the next USA match?
I didn’t realize that round-robin scoring was such a difficult concept to grasp; but I’ve heard this same sentiment expressed… well, a lot.
The World Cup has two stages: Group play, and the Knockout rounds. Group play splits all of the teams into groups of four, who face each other in round robin format. In a round robin format, all teams play each other. So, in a 4-team group, each team will have 3 games. Each of those games is scored accordingly:
Win = 3 points
Tie = 1 point
Loss = 0 points
The top two teams advance to the Knockout rounds.
Germany: 2 wins, 1 tie = 7 points
USA: 1 win, 1 tie, 1 loss = 4 points
Portugal: 1 win, 1 tie, 1 loss = 4 points
Ghana: 1 tie, 2 losses = 1 point
Germany advances, with the most points. Second-most points is a tie between the US and Portugal. The first tiebreaker is goal differential.
US: 4 goals for, 4 goals against = net 0
Portugal: 4 goals 4, 7 goals against = net -3
US advances by virtue of better goal differential.
Okay, makes sense, Chip. But I preferred thinking they were fouled up.
The Washington Post is owned by a rich billionaire who lives in California and who is not ‘left’ or ‘right’ but rather is an elitist oligarch. These creatures rule many countries, by the way, and are greedy and self-centered and don’t give a fig about left or right, they are for ‘rich’ and that is the end of the story.
Time to realize the truth. Don’t fall for the stories herding you all into hating ‘the other’.
+1
Luckily more and more people are beginning to figure that out.
How the regulating class is using bogus claims about climate change to entrench and extend their economic privileges and political control.
America’s Ruling Class
And on the liberal side: Quislings, Propaganda and the Big Lie: Climate Change!!!
I drive _Jim nuts because I take my news from a wide variety of sources. NO ONE has a monopoly on truth… except me of course (snicker)
Gail, we don’t really want to get started down the road of listing shortcomings or failings on either side. We will ‘debate’ on these various topical items as they arise, however.
re: emsnews June 28, 2014 at 11:15 am
The Washington Post is owned by a rich billionaire who lives in California …
One wonders if you are familiar with the term ‘fact checking’.
The Washington Post was bought by Jeff Bezos last year … did you forget this? It was in the news for awhile. Geesh. You wonder why some of us ‘beat’ on you? This is why …
“Jeffrey Bezos, Washington Post’s next owner, aims for a new ‘golden era’ at the newspaper” – Link
From wiki:
On August 5, 2013, Jeff Bezos agreed to purchase the newspaper for $250 million in cash, completing the transaction on October 1, 2013. The newspaper is owned by Nash Holdings LLC, a holding company created for the acquisition and controlled by Bezos.
BTW, here is where Jeff ‘resides’ (hint: it’s NOT California):
Jeff Bezos property
Jeff Bezos. Net worth: $19.1 billion. Annual property taxes on his home in Medina, Wash: $233,475. The photo is of the boathouse on his property on Lake Washington. Part of main house is visible at the upper left.
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mmk45fgld/jeff-bezos-property/
Geesh.
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“…completely fake straw man arguments”
I call them blatant lies.
I think in the US, the World Cup is a much bigger deal than any during the past, if for no other reason that the US is still alive. That plus the incredible invasion of foreigners. This is the first time that our local sports radio stations have devoted significant time to soccer.
i’m a very new soccer fan. I lost a two Guinness bet (I’m working in Ireland this summer) because I could tell neither team was trying and thought it would end in a 0-0 tie.
Never bet against Germany. #1 rule of soccer wagers.