Monday, November 07, 2005

FOX 9 News

Delivering you the hard hitting investigative journalism day in and day out. Those damn hacks have milked this "Gopher Hockey Underage Drinking Scandal" to no end. At least 15 minutes of the 9-10 newscast so far (Its only 9:38 as of yet, and we're promised more later on) has been spent on this horrific incident that threatens my fellow Minnesotans well being and safety. Here's the latest, the responses from the public about this ridiculous waste of time.

Isn't there a war going on?

ps.
I have a definite problem with the 1700 student deaths per year due to alcohol being reported in the context of the news report. This statistic includes drunken driving, which vastly inflates the number of deaths per year. This incident is not about drunken hockey players cruising around the city, but rather, about them having a beer at a bar. Since 1996, college students have died because of alcohol poisoning or alcohol-related injury. Slightly different than 1700 deaths per year.