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July 25, 2005
Have you heard?
I bet you haven't! Before I moved out of Sprout Farm, I remember discussing with Cookie the fact that the Cape lacks a solid news source. Yes we have local, hometown newspapers, and one biased paper to cover our Cod, but quite often I hear of incidents, that should be but are not covered by this paper. I have observed their incredibly selective choice of stories, including eulogizing some dead teens, while disregarding the deaths of others. This point in itself makes me sick to know that someone probably knew someone, or didn't know someone, which justifies the coverage of one death over another! It makes me so angry. I can disregard blatent political statements, but its the little things that irk me. On a given day, there could be 10 car accidents on Cape Cod, but only the ones on the Upper Cape are reported on, leaving us from the Lower Cape to wonder, "Are we really that uninteresting?
What I would like is a newsstation that covers the Cape. God knows the Cape produces enough newsworthy drama in the summer to fund a station. It would be nice to be able to turn on the tv and be told if there is a car accident or impending weather. I love turning on the news in the morning and hearing that there is a rollover on 128 South, and Boston has clear skies! Poppycock! Traffic is gridlock down here and nobody cares to share with the likes of us stuck in it. We also happen to be stuck in a fogbank.
So to complete my rant, I don't think it is fair that our news is either disregarded or lumped into Boston news. We are an entirely different area, which most of the time people forget about, unless they are coming down planning to drive like assholes and tip poorly. The locals deserve to know the basics. Bitter? You think?
Posted by Jesse at July 25, 2005 01:38 PM
Comments
Amen to that... we need the goods on the Cod. Perhaps the Bloggers on Cod Blogs can pool their resources and we can cover the entire Cape someday. The news might not be instantaneous, but at least it would have that local flavor.
Posted by: Mr. Bryden at July 25, 2005 06:11 PM
So much shit goes down around here. Listening to the scanner is probably the only way to know. Like that accident on the bridge today. I heard about it before it was posted on Smartroutes.
If someone blogged the scanner... now THAT would be cool!
Posted by: Rebe at July 25, 2005 08:40 PM