{"id":1704,"date":"2010-02-20T01:25:35","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T06:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/000af36.netsolhost.com\/wordpress1\/2010\/02\/20\/why-the-post-is-becoming-irrelevant\/"},"modified":"2010-02-20T01:25:35","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T06:25:35","slug":"why-the-post-is-becoming-irrelevant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/2010\/02\/20\/why-the-post-is-becoming-irrelevant\/","title":{"rendered":"Why The Post is Becoming Irrelevant"},"content":{"rendered":"
With all the problems the American way of life faces today–declining economic leadership and standard of living, two wars, a broken healthcare system, climate change, increasing energy costs, a financial system that holds the taxpayer hostage–what is The Washington Post <\/em>covering today?<\/h5>\n

Before the papers even hit the driveways, I count on its web site 12\u2014Count \u2018em, 12!–<\/font>stories\/posts\/commentaries, etc. on Tiger Woods\u2019 apology yesterday.  And these are only the ones I can find links for on its home page:<\/p>\n

\u201cA disgusting apology<\/a>,\u201d \u201c<\/strong>Woods convinced me<\/a>,\u201d \u201cTaking the blame<\/a>,\u201d \u201cCall it a half-apology<\/a>,\u201d \u201cTiger Woods Apologizes,\u201d<\/a> \u201cTiger Woods\u2019\u2026Mea Culpa<\/a>,\u201d \u201c\u2026Apology Leaves Little Room for Sincerity<\/a>,\u201d \u201cSincere and Thorough<\/a>,\u201d \u201c\u2026What Do We Believe<\/a>,\u201d \u201cWoods Opens Door on Private Life<\/a>\u2026,\u201d \u201cWill Tiger Join the Shame Hall of Fame<\/a>,\u201d and last, but not least though certainly a new low for The Post<\/em>, a poll<\/a>, asking readers what they think.<\/p>\n

Let me spare you all the wasted time reading the work of 12 writers and God knows how many editors, web and graphic designers, and the poor dead trees that gave up their lives for this.  Here\u2019s the video<\/a> of his public apology.<\/p>\n

Let me save you more time:  Don\u2019t view the video.  I didn\u2019t.  And as Friday night rolls into Saturday morning in the central time zone, I can say I have survived not knowing what he had to say.  I may not make it \u2018til morning.  I may wake up in a cold sweat and succumb to watching it and reading what all these underemployed journalists think about it.  <\/p>\n

Most of them, of course, are pissed that he apparently took a swipe at them.  (I couldn\u2019t help hearing that on a TV news report that caught me before I could run out of the room screaming.) They feel cheated:<\/p>\n

\u201cTiger, would you let us know what your wife said to you when she found out?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYo, Tiger, did you really tell a porn star you loved her and would marry her?  Oh, and how was she?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease tell us, how does it feel <\/em>to be so humiliated?\u201d  (Note to non-reporters:  \u201cHow does it feel?\u201d is the first question all reporters learn to ask.  Adding questions to their repertoire can help their careers, but isn\u2019t really necessary.)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m willing to bet that when the paper comes out in the morning, you won\u2019t find 12 full-fledged news stories in the A section.  As I\u2019m out of town, let me know, and if proven wrong, I\u2019ll admit it\u2014in front of cameras with my family members in the audience.  And I\u2019ll try to top Tiger by getting my wife to be there looking distraught and shamed that I guessed wrong.<\/p>\n

But only if The Post <\/em>apologizes to all those dead trees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With all the problems the American way of life faces today–declining economic leadership and standard of living, two wars, a broken healthcare system, climate change, increasing energy costs, a financial system that holds the taxpayer hostage–what is The Washington Post covering today? Before the papers even hit the driveways, I count on its web site… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[145,21,152,194,78],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}