***Get a load of this!!!***
One Texas newspaper refuses to report that Barack Obama won the election.
by Koswecare
Thu Nov 06, 2008 at 09:04:39 PM PST
The Terrell Tribune's publisher stands by his decision that local readers don't need to know Barack Obama won the election. In the issue prior to the election he runs an article featuring John McCain however.
Here is a link to WFAA TV video.
http://www.wfaa.com/...
Newspapers all over the world rapidly sold out the day after the election. Most U.S. newspapers added printings to accommodate the demand. Copies of the New York Times were offered on Ebay for $500. Every daily newspaper in the country reported Obama election to be the next President of the United States of America , except the Terrell, Texas Tribune. Not on the front page. Not on the second, third or fourth page. Not at all. No pictures, no story, nada. Terrell , Texas is located about 30 miles east of Dallas , sometimes described as a suburb but really a country town with a population of approx. 17,000 people. Needless to say many residents are furious, The issue would have been a keepsake and cherished, likely passed down to the next generation in some families. So it was not surprising that today Terrell residents protested in front of the newspaper offices.
The Terrell Tribune's publisher, Bill Jordan, had this to say:
"We run a newspaper, not a memory book service," he said. "We covered the local commissioner's race. We thought that was more important."
Keith Olbermann would probably make Mr. Jordan "the worst person in the world". And obviously not the smartest.
Academy award winning actor Jamie Foxx is from Terrell , Texas . In an interview he once described the "endemic racism" he experienced growing up in Terrell. Maybe this is relevant.
UPDATE: Thanks to Bobscofield for this contact info for the Terrell Tribune.. Let them hear from us.
Contact info
If you want to help them out and let them know about their mistake here are the staff's email addresses.
Bill Jordan - Publisher, e-mail: bjordan@terrelltribune.com
Alison Walker - Managing Editor, e-mail: editor@terrelltribune.com
Cliff Gibson - Reporter, e-mail: sports@terrelltribune.com
Britney Tabor - Reporter, e-mail: britney_tabor@terrelltribune.com
Tereasa Nims - Reporter, e-mail: tereasa_nims@terrelltribune.com
Marcus Funk - Reporter, e-mail: marcus_funk@terrelltribune.com
Jan Temple - Webmaster, e-mail: webmaster@terrelltribune.com
Average Joe tha 'Political Pundit'
The Publisher sounds like he is not playing with a full deck. After all does it sound like the smartest thing for his paper, if he ignores what his readers want? It sounds like it's about what he wants....I hope everyone drops the paper...maybe then he will figure it out?
yarmjo10:58 AM CST