SNN6: YOUTH FOOTBALL FIGHT UPDATE, Sarasota County, FL
Debbie Ismail video: Raw video of the fight, Sarasota County, FL
http://bcove.me/ezk86qydSarasota Herald-Tribune
Four suspects in youth football brawl
By Carrie Wells & Todd Ruger
Published: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 5:32 p.m.,
Last Modified: Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 10:43 a.m.
Res ipsa loquitur!
An update to the story appeared even while I was posting this:
The league that the Sarasota Gators belongs to have been banned from playing on Sarasota County school fields, but where's the community outrage from people who usually have an opinion on everything, regardless of the facts?
Nope, All Quiet on the West Coast Front!
I have not seen a single report on this Saturday incident in Sarasota in the South Florida news media. Not in the Miami Herald or South Florida Sun-Sentinel or on Channel 4, 6, 7 or 10. Way to serve the community!
What else is new?
Instead, I found out about it at Matt's site, The Drudge Report.
Once that happened, the Miami Herald, which still boasts that it's the state's largest newspaper, finally woke-up from its slumber and at 11:16 a.m. today, finally posted this AP story.
Obviously, being the largest doesn't mean what it once did since they still haven't printed anything in the actual newspaper itself, five long days later.
That, my friends, is what passes for fast-paced journalism down here in the year 2011.
Turner Classic Movies: His Girl Friday (Peter Bogdanovich intro for The Essentials)
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/107639/His-Girl-Friday-Peter-Bogdanovich-intro-for-The-Essentials-.html
No, South Florida journalism in the year 2011 is nothing like His Girl Friday.
It's pokey and largely indifferent to news events and wants to know in advance why it ought to show-up to cover it.
Really.
