September 30, 2002
First off, sorry I haven't been updating lately. Between my neighbor borrowing my machine to do her Java homework and having a friend in town for the weekend, I haven't had a chance to write anything.
So. When I went outside to get my Sunday paper I saw that someone had taken my copy of the Post-Gazette. Therefore I stole someone else's copy of the Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh's second newspaper.
Good lord is that paper a bunch of ass. The articles are even lower quality than what was in the high-school paper, the comic selection is even weaker than the PG's, the editorial board leans farther to the right than Pat Buchanan and Rush Limbaugh combined, and the dimwits don't even include a TV listing.
These yahoos couldn't even get the sports section right, and you only need an IQ of about 70 to write a sports article. Hell, Mark Madden manages to write a semi-coherent weekly article for the PG and his article picture makes him look like he regularly drools on himself. I guess the TR's writers ride the short bus to work.
Oh, and the editorials. The PG at least has a nice mix of liberal and conservative editorials and op-ed pieces. (Not much libertarian that I can see, but it's not a perfect world.) They usually even manage to get a good balance in the letters to the editor. The TR doesn't even try. They only feature "right," "farther right," and "what was wrong with fascism?" on their pages.
In short, I can't believe they have nearly as many subscribers as they say they do. And if you're planning on moving here make sure you get the PG. It may not be perfect, but it at least gives you the news.
