The Fourth Annual Rocknation/LBN "You Call This NEWS?" Awards!

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Roll the drums and wave the searchlights—it’s time for the fourth annual Rocknation/LBN "You Call This NEWS?" Awards!
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It seems like only a year ago that we were all huddled here in the banquet room flinging "Well, DUH!"s around…it WAS a year ago? Well, that explains it! Anyhow, for the benefit of you newbie types, I founded these awards after noticing that certain stories in the Late Breaking News section seemed painfully out of place though they met DU’s newsworthiness criteria. I came to realize that it was because DUers are always so far ahead of the corporate media’s learning curve. I began responding to such stories by writing, "You call this NEWS?" I ask that question not of the people who started the threads—indeed, I consider them patriots for managing to read through the stuff. It has more to do with not tolerating the willfull ignorance that covering the Bush monarchy tries to force upon us all. So let’s throw down some props to the award’s elders, thank the DUers (not to mention DU) for making this event possible, and then find out who in 2006 gave journalism a bad name!
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2003 Winner: Bush Ancestor's Bank Seized by Gov't (Grandad - Germany/Nazi)
2004 Winner: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=803556">Cheney May Help or Hinder Bush's Chances
2005 Winner: U.S. Army Report: Military Lost Dominance In Iraq After Invasion

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THE FOURTH ANNUAL ROCKNATION/LBN "YOU CALL THIS NEWS?" AWARDS


HONORABLE MENTION:
Harris loses Nelson wins Posted By Demonaut (November 7)

New Congress Likely To Support Net Neutrality Posted by OhioChick (November 17)

Voters tired of GOP, want change Posted by Algorem (April 6)

HONORABLE MENTION: THE “YOU COULDN’T FIGURE THIS OUT WITHOUT DOING A FREAKING STUDY???” DIVISION
Study: Army Stretched to Breaking Point
Posted by Up2Late (January 24)
Media Outlet: Associated Press

THIRD RUNNER UP:
Poll: World Doesn't Respect Bush
Date: July 26
Media Outlet: CBS News/New York Times
Poster: RamboLiberal
Best Post In Thread (Other Than Mine): "You think calling to the British Prime Minister with 'Yo, Blair!' or massaging the shoulders of the German Chancellor might have something to do with it?" (KansDem)

Second Runner Up:
US military struggling to recruit Arab-Americans
Date: April 27
b]Media Outlet: Reuters
Poster: Deadparrot
Best Post In Thread (Other Than Mine): "Your skills are urgently needed for matters vital to our nation's security and well-being...unless yer one o' them there gays." (Zenlitened)

First Runner Up:
Women Lose Ground in the New Iraq
Date: December 15
Media Outlet: Washington Post
Poster: Kskiska
Best Post In Thread (Other Than Mine): "…(T)his one guy was dating a girl and this Shia vice squad…stopped him. They were all carrying…weapons…They demanded to know why they were out dating…The guy…screamed: "How dare you touch my wife, I could have you arrested for this insolence”…(T)he militiamen…apologized humbly." (Lipton64)

AND THE WINNER OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL ROCKNATION/LBN "YOU CALL THIS NEWS?" AWARD:
Iraq on Brink of Becoming a Failed State
Date: December 19
Media Outlet: Reuters
Poster: Marmar
Best Post In Thread (Other Than Mine): "…(T)he production of IEDs…(t)hat's the only booming noise their economy is making." (GliderGuider)
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Thank you for coming--and for fighting back. In honor of the Democratic Congress who will be offically sworn in at noon EST today, and the true American who braved the political and religious shitstorm to put them there, I wish you good night and good luck, since we've already got the skill.

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[rocktivity]

1. PM Kick

Comments are accepted--don't be shy!

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[appal_jack]

2. great list! (nt)

[JeffR]

3. Great stuff - again

Good job!

[Up2Late]

4. Thank you, Thank YOU, THANK you very much!

AND, of course, Thank YOU "...Andrew Krepinevich, a retired Army officer who wrote the report under a Pentagon contract..." who's "study" made this Honorable Mention possible!

And to Donald Rumsfeld, who I'm sure is directing the Air Strikes in Somalia for the Ethiopian Air Force from Cheney's "Secure, Undisclosed Location" I say, Thanks and I hope to see you in The Hague very soon. LOCK HIM UP!!!

[OhioChick]

5. Nice Job!

Thanks for putting it all together. :)

[radfringe]

6. :WHOO-HOO: !!!

[rocktivity]

7. Kickin' it for the Dems

and thanks for the the votes!

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[rocktivity]

8. In response to several requests

Here is the link to last years' show.

Thanks again!

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