If the last post was an example of an interesting nugget from the archives, then this one is more typical of the dross that fills up my backlog of drafts. It’s got all the the prerequisites:
- Vague notes: Check. It says, “Jared Diamond and updated to WordPress 2.5″. Honestly, your guess is as good as mine.
- Throwaway title: Check – “Blogorrhea”. Which apparently is an honest-to-goodness word in the 21st century.
- Link to a Guardian article: Check.
And an optional extra, the block quote.
Last January, the League of Conservative Voters analysed transcripts of television interviews and debates with all the Democratic and Republican contenders for the White House. By January 25, the candidates had been asked 2,975 questions on a range of issues.
Only six of those mentioned the words “climate change” or “global warming”. That is not much greater than the level of media interest in the candidates’ positions on UFOs. They were asked three questions on UFOs in the same study.
Slightly surreal reading, n’est-ce pas?.
