Fox News

I'm sure that I have mentioned this before, but I read all the mainstream news sites as well as some that are not so mainstream in order to get a clear picture of what each is reporting. Media with a liberal bias is no better than media with a conservative bias, and I find both extremes reprehensible. So, in order to formulate an opinion that isn't tainted by the spin, I take everything in and draw my own conclusions. I say this because I am about to pick on Fox News, and I don't want to give anyone the impression that I roll my eyes at them any more or less than I would "It's not news, it's CNN..."

On Feminism...

If you go to this link, you will find a vintage photo of a young woman in a bathing suit on a playground swing. The caption will read: "Women: The most beautiful thing in the universe". If you go into the comment section, you will find a great debate between a group of radical feminists, and well...everyone else.  I realize that not everyone has time to read the 119 comments, so I will try to establish both positions as briefly as I can before I go on my little rant about how radical feminism has it all wrong. And yes, even I jumped into the fray. Guess who I am.

It's Not Just Fox Commenters Anymore

If you go to the Fox news website and click on any article not related to politics, read the comment section for a laugh. Guaranteed, somewhere along the line, usually within the first ten comments, you will find a reference to Obama or politics in general. This article could be about archaeologists finding a random tooth in Eastern Europe, but some dumb ass is bound to make a political comment thinking that they are being clever.

Website Editors Have a Keen Sense of the Obvious

On NPR today, there was an enlightening (that is sarcasm) article regarding the move by many websites to introduce tougher moderation on the comment sections. Apparently, website editors have developed a keen sense of the obvious and have discovered something that anyone that's ever been on the internet has always known - comment sections are asshole magnets.

It's Not Your Womb, Bitches

One of my favorite websites is Dlisted, run by the funniest guy on the internet, Michael K. I usually don't care about half the people he talks about, but he's just that funny that I read his every post. Today, he posted that Rihanna, singer and former punching bag for Chris Brown, is wary of having babies because she is afraid of giving birth. She mentioned that she might even adopt. The comment section exploded.

How Dare You Have The Wedding You Want?!

The story itself was nothing remarkable. A young woman describes her non-traditional wedding, and how she did not have her father give her away. It was a rather dull blurb devoid of any drama that would never have attracted any attention at all were it not for the 700+ comments that followed, most of them crucifying her for not having her father walk her down the aisle.