Goodbye fishwrap...

The Dallas Morning News is the fishwrap of choice for most households in this area. Having lived in the Northeast (for too long) I'll say it's fairly middle of the road when compared to some other rags in this nation.

I've kept up a subscription in order to see what might be happening that isn't sufficiently covered in the blogosphere or on the local all-news radio station. But not any more.

Since the Texas Legislature convened for the current session I've yet to read anything on bills introduced dealing with abortion, surrogate motherhood, human cloning, or embryonic stem cell research. To my way of thinking these are the sort of "if it bleeds, it leads" topics that would be prime material for a news organ. You know, something that would help drive sales while at the same time promoting discussion amongst the general public. Seems the only reason there would be silence on these is to QUELL public knowledge/discussion. Can you say, "media bias"? Sure you can!

So I'll be cancelling my subscription tomorrow. Too bad, so sad.

But what is really irritating is what I've already said. By comparison this is a middle-of-the-road newspaper. I really don't want to know whats going on with the rest of the MSM right now. I've a good enough indication as it is.