“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” -Martin Luther King, Jr

Monday, March 5, 2012

Breaking news failure

MT @TimWilliamsPDX: NOT #BREAKINGNEWS: Trimet says a bus was not shot at tonight as reported by @KOINlocal6 ... a pine cone was thrown at it

Great reporting guys...very accurate. Because we all know a bus being shot at and a bus getting a pine cone thrown at it are nearly identical things. Those pine cones are really deadly, you know...

TriMet bus driver shot at

Koin Local 6: BREAKING NEWS: @trimet driver shot at in SE #PDX. This follows on the heals of two other Trimet buses shot at over the weekend.
http://www.koinlocal6.com/news/local/story/Shooter-takes-aim-at-TriMet-bus/DRHbcO9ni0q6Mrg6Cvh4FA.cspx

wait a minute...hold it....TWO other trimet buses were shot at this weekend and only by the time the THIRD one happens is when we get to hear a word about it? That is not right!