{"id":905,"date":"2009-08-18T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T20:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/?p=905"},"modified":"2025-05-23T17:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T22:34:49","slug":"skewed-news-tuesday-august-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/skewed-news-tuesday-august-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Skewed News &#8211; Tuesday August 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/judgecolorized.gif\" alt=\"judgecolorized\" title=\"judgecolorized\" width=\"230\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-908\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/judgecolorized.gif 230w, http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/judgecolorized-198x300.gif 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 85vw, 230px\" \/><br \/>\nDear Poor Lucky Me,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m starting to think that the news sucks.\u00a0 I mean, it seems like everyone has an agenda and no news source is very reliable.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\nDo you agree?\u00a0 Where do you go for your news?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>With Affection,<\/p>\n<p>Uninformed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nDear Uninformed,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I actually get this question a lot.\u00a0 Depending on my mood, I have told people to check out NPR or MSNBC or some other liberal-leaning news source.\u00a0 However, I have recently seen the show Judge Hatchet and I&#8217;ve decided that everything you need to know about the world is happening in her courtroom.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s amazing to think about what I&#8217;ve missed by not watching this show.\u00a0 Judge Hatchett can tell if you&#8217;re lying, if you&#8217;re a baby&#8217;s daddy, if you did or did not sign a promissory not to repay the loan your neighbor gave you to pay your bills when your welfare ran out but your crack habit stayed strong, and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Judge Hatchett has an agenda: she doesn&#8217;t want you monkeying around in her courtroom.\u00a0 She also very reliable: if you question the paternity of your child, she&#8217;ll get you the DNA test to prove your girlfriend was running around while you were in jail.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to portray the Judge like she&#8217;s Jerry Springer.\u00a0 She&#8217;s very sophisticated in many ways.\u00a0 People aren&#8217;t allowed to fight or scratch at each others eyes.\u00a0 Even cross court arguing is frowned upon.\u00a0 The most she&#8217;ll permit is an &#8220;I told you&#8221; which is what every single person says when she gives a ruling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Judge Hachett is so awesome I feel confident advising you to just turn to her for your news and entertainment.\u00a0 You won&#8217;t be sorry.\u00a0 I mean really, how much do you need to know about the health care system or the stupid economy?\u00a0 Nothing, that&#8217;s how much.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Poor Lucky Me<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Poor Lucky Me, I&#8217;m starting to think that the news sucks.\u00a0 I mean, it seems like everyone has an agenda and no news source is very reliable.\u00a0 &nbsp; Do you agree?\u00a0 Where do you go for your news? &nbsp; With Affection, Uninformed &nbsp; Dear Uninformed, &nbsp; I actually get this question a lot.\u00a0 Depending &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/skewed-news-tuesday-august-18\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Skewed News &#8211; Tuesday August 18&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3724,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions\/3724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}