Without a Trace...and Other Notable News
There's an old saw in journalism. Anytime a lousy country singer gets booted from an even lousier reality show, give that news flash an above-the-fold Page One headline. Unreal. Only if Trace Adkins goes on a three-state shooting spree should I have to read about him on the front page. (Note to Silverman: If you're trying to win over younger readers, up-to-the-minute reporting on The Apprentice is not the way to go. Now if Adkins appears on The Hills, that's another story.)
In other news, Stephen Colbert's favorite terrorist threat looms outside of Nashville.
Good story today in the Nashville City Paper, which suggests Gov. Phil Bredesen is changing how he views his own superdelegate vote. In February, a haughty Bredesen rejected the notion that he should consider the will of the people before selecting Obama or Clinton. Now he appears to be backtracking just a little.
Meanwhile, The Tennessean, already late in reporting on Bredesen's proposal for a superdelegate convention, decided to provide a big-picture overview. All it did was recap the governor's recent rounds on the cable news rubber-chicken circuit, quoting the usual tired cast of talking heads. No mention of the more important development that Bredesen was reevaluating his superdelegate role.
Finally, the Scene is saddened to announce the departure of senior writer Jeff Woods, who next Tuesday will take a job as senior advisor to veteran political consultant Bill Fletcher. Ironically, his first duty that day will be to help strategize longtime Fletcher client Bob Clement's rumored run for Davidson County court clerk, the post currently held by Vic Lineweaver. Woods will be missed.
Comments
Uhhhhhh...Lineweaver is Juvenile Court Clerk...not that it matters much.
Posted 03/28/2008 at 12:04:15 PMBredesen's hand-wringing between Hillary and Barack is pretty funny. Here's the guy who thinks he knows how to pick the winner--a superdelegate convention--and he can't even decide how to decide himself.
Posted 03/28/2008 at 12:04:31 PMActually, Woods is going to work for Trace Adkins.
Posted 03/28/2008 at 12:04:59 PMA lame mishap on my part considering that Lineweaver put the juvenile in the position.
Posted 03/28/2008 at 12:09:48 PMDavidson County JUVENILE Court Clerk? Really? Bob's going to be a court clerk? Are you kidding me?
Posted 03/28/2008 at 12:10:08 PMOkay, that Woods April Fools Joke was not cool, people, not cool. Took me for a ride on that one.
Posted 03/28/2008 at 12:23:04 PMWhat joke? I'm really looking forward to my new job. It's going to be a great campaign, a steel-cage death match. We're going to stick a needle in Vic's back and suck out his spinal cord.
Posted 03/28/2008 at 12:41:53 PMHow will you find it?
Posted 03/28/2008 at 12:47:51 PMThis gives me a great idea! Pith should have a weekly podcast for gay men and straight women where Trace Adkins just reads Pith entries and comments aloud. Mmmm.
Posted 03/28/2008 at 12:53:26 PMJust so long as he doesn't sing.
Posted 03/28/2008 at 01:01:53 PMKleinheider's call to me to check the Woods item woke me up from my nap. Suckah.
Posted 03/28/2008 at 02:34:18 PMFirst, I'll pause while I'm ridiculed for actually watching The Celebrity Apprentice.
Done? OK, beyond the fact that it's lame to have put this "news" on the top of the front page, don't they know that no matter how terrible the show, it's uncool to print spoilers so prominently. In the TiVo era, who actually watches crap like this live?
Posted 03/28/2008 at 02:49:13 PMDid that bear drop its keys?
Posted 03/28/2008 at 04:20:44 PMIf I'm photographing a bear print, I'm not letting go of my car keys.
Posted 03/28/2008 at 04:24:47 PM