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Monday, January 22, 2007

On Soothsaying and the “News”:

It appears as though traditional news outlets are starting to follow the trend of blogging. By that I mean making up future news and bragging about it if it comes to fruition. Whether it was CBC and CTV pontificating that the Clean Air Plan was a failure before it was released, or the Globe and Post making cabinet predictions, or the BBC and the Stern Report, or the Toronto Star and poverty the mainstream media has lost sight of their purpose, to report the news.

News is information about recent events and happenings. News can be the presentation of information about recent events and happenings. It should be an embarrassment for legitimate news sources to print false news. It should be relegated to the opinion section or possibly the Trends section. Telling the story before it happens is called soothsaying.

I’ve decided to report on some “News” that hasn’t happened yet. This way if I’m right I can tell everyone that I was ahead of the game, if I am wrong I know that no one will be searching the archives of my site.

Here comes some “News”, and remember you heard it here first:
The Conservatives will win a Majority Government in a May election.
The Conservatives will win a Majority Government in a June election.
The Conservatives will win a Majority Government in a July election.
The Conservatives will win a Majority Government in 2007.
The Conservatives will win a Majority Government in 2008.
The Liberals will win a Majority Government in a May election.
The Liberals will win a Majority Government in a June election.
The Liberals will win a Majority Government in a July election.
The Liberals will win a Majority Government in 2007.
The Liberals will win a Majority Government in 2008.
The Conservatives will win a Minority Government in a May election.
The Conservatives will win a Minority Government in a June election.
The Conservatives will win a Minority Government in a July election.
The Conservatives will win a Minority Government in 2007.
The Conservatives will win a Minority Government in 2008.
The Liberals will win a Minority Government in a May election.
The Liberals will win a Minority Government in a June election.
The Liberals will win a Minority Government in a July election.
The Liberals will win a Minority Government in 2007.
The Liberals will win a Minority Government in 2008.

The NDP will win…. hahaha, even I wouldn’t tarnish my credibility like that.