Couldn’t Help But Notice (051407)

Glory Daze — A year ago yesterday, truthout.org’s Jason Leopold ran with this headline: “Karl Rove Indicted on Charges of Perjury, Lying to Investigators.”

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Somebody needs an editor (besides me) — Got this e-mail from CNN Friday:

April core producer prices and retail sales were unchanged, weaker than analyst projections.

What a mishmash. Weaker? Last time I checked, lack of inflation isn’t “weak,” but rather a good thing. Retail sales? They fell 0.2% after a revised 1.0% rise (from 0.7%) in March. Hard to lose a lot of sleep about it, as Easter was earlier this year, and the two-month average is acceptable — though gas going to $4 might make a more lasting dent.

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NOW’s humiliation over its attempt to hang RICO on anti-abortion protesters is complete.

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Susette Kelo has a month to move her house.

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Patterico’s blog had three posts late last week that illustrate why the Los Angeles Times, which lost 9.4% of its readers in the two years ended March 31 — all while the population of the LA Metro area has continued to grow — is from all appearances intent on replicating that non-performance:

1. It ignored an important police-community event (i.e., Guest blogger Jack Dunphy says that the Times did not devote a single word to the event) — “The Los Angeles Police Department’s annual Medal of Valor luncheon was held Thursday in the ballroom at Hollywood’s Kodak Theater. The Medal of Valor is the department’s highest honor, recognizing bravery or heroism above and beyond the normal demands of police service. Nineteen medals were awarded, including thirteen presented to officers for their role in rescuing more than 80 residents of a burning senior citizens’ home.”
2. It refused to run a correction when caught red-handed (even when being contradicted by other newspapers covering the same subject).
3. While not covering news stories and failing to correct errors made in the ones they do cover, it gave roughly 275 excruciatingly painful words over to the topic of Paris Hilton’s possible prison accommodations.

Sam Zell may not fully appreciate the trouble he has bought, even at a deeply depreciated price.

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Seriously, how can a presidential candidate’s frequent fables about her childhood (here’s the latest) and other oh-so-obvious examples in lack of genuineness (the Wiki entry on her controversies has at least four others that would doom a conservative in a millisecond) not cause her to be laughed off the national stage?

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Beyond Parody –

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Zimbabwe, a country suffering from acute food shortages and rampant inflation, won approval to lead the important U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development despite protests from the U.S., European nations and human rights organizations.