Thursday, March 13, 2008

don't call me nigger -- it's unethical

WXYZ team still with the real news:  Lead story tonight, Detroit police chief Ella Bully Cummings talking abt a police officer who claims he's been intimidated b/c of what he knows about Kwame Kilpatrick's famous party-that-didn't-happen at the Manoogian Mansion.  For once, reporter Glenda Lewis is actually seen INDOORS! interviewing EBC earlier today (you'll be glad to know she takes the charges seriously and vows an investigation.  That would be a first for Chief Friend-of-Kwame).  And don't think Glenda's getting soft just because she was inside a building!  As ever, she filed her story from the great outdoors, "live in downtown Detroit" at 11 pm, in front of (I guess) Police Headquarters -- which looked quite closed  (like why would THEY be open at night).

Then Cheryl Chodun (no hat, camel hair coat) "live outside the Manoogian Mansion" to report that MI Attorney General Mike Cox FINALLY wants to talk with the former records clerk who claims to have seen a report that the murdered dancer, Tamara Greene, was assaulted by Kwame's wife at the party-that-didn't happen.  True to the station's high technical standards, the audio of Cox was almost inaudible.  

[Cox himself is a real piece of work on this issue -- he's never seen fit to question Kwame's wife at all about the party-that-didn't-happen.]

The city council is trying again with their resolution to get Kwame to resign -- they're bringin it for a vote on Tuesday.   Hopefully this time it'll get there.  Never has a governing body been so thoroughly hoodwinked and steamrolled and just plain dissed by an executive as the poor Detroit city council by the hip-hop mayor, Kwame "Suge" Kilpatrick.  Who used his State of the City message Tuesday to rant that HE was the REAL victim in the whole text message and perjury scandal!!  As quoted in this week's Newsweek:  "In the past 30 days I've been called a nigger more than any time in my entire life ... This unethical, illegal lynch-mob mentality has to stop."  The words unmitigated gall come to mind...   Mind you, this is same asshole who held a mock funeral for the so-called N-word last year.

But at least WXYZ is acting like journalists for a change! instead of ambulance-chasers, and reporting in a professional way on real news and not giving so much play to stories about dumb violent crime and pathetic-ass stupidity.  

"That said," as the cliche goes, we're not ready to abandon the forumla completely:   Chrysler -- the whole freakin company -- is closing down for 2 weeks this July -- a "cost-saving measure" worthy of the Chinese.  And the negotiations in the American Axle strike, which broke down Monday, are back on -- this strike has affected 28 GM plants.  There's a do-over deal in the works for the Michigan democratic primary.  Whosever brilliant idea that was to try and jump the line, THAT person should pay for the primary re-do!  Probably some republican (who can afford it).  And finally, mild weather tonight and over the weekend -- temps in the 40s!  Well damn, let me run right out there and plant a banana.

1 comment:

tjones said...

HI! Good reporting on the reporting-every city should have people doing this.Of course this Mayor resorts to the race card when in trouble-they all do,nowadays.King and Malcolm wouldn't have whined like this and demagogue-but they wouldn't have been in this mess.Shame,but not unexpected.Obama's doing a more watered-down version of the same.Sad.