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I'm skimming the headlines in my RSS feed and note, "Gabby Douglas' mom filed for bankruptcy" as a headline. Who is Gabby Douglas, i wonder, and why should i care? So, i click to see the snippet, which says, "Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas." Well F*** You, Associated Press, for your unnecessary muckraking.
I say this out loud, with vehemence, and Christine points out that Gabby is the first African American gymnast to medal. This news prompted me to call down even more curses on the Associated Press and tweet a "Shame on you."
I'm curious whether any of y'all have followed this story and can defend it as being beyond sensationalistic racist muckraking?
The only times i think it's newsworthy that someone filed for bankruptcy is (a) when the same person is hawking investments and (b) when financial hardship might be motive in a crime.
Gossip, sheer gossip.
Grumpily.
I say this out loud, with vehemence, and Christine points out that Gabby is the first African American gymnast to medal. This news prompted me to call down even more curses on the Associated Press and tweet a "Shame on you."
I'm curious whether any of y'all have followed this story and can defend it as being beyond sensationalistic racist muckraking?
The only times i think it's newsworthy that someone filed for bankruptcy is (a) when the same person is hawking investments and (b) when financial hardship might be motive in a crime.
Gossip, sheer gossip.
Grumpily.
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