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I just wanted to take a second to warn you all of something.  KTLA often asks for feed back via text… And since I often disagree with what they’re saying I will text my thoughts.  Well I was going through my cell phone bill I noticed that I was being charged for some dating website… Now mind you I am a single 40 year old guy, but I have not made the move to dating via Blackberry!  I called my service provider ( T-Mobile) and they quickly removed the service and reversed the charge, the representative also said that he has seen this with many “news” outlets.

I wanted you to be aware for two reasons: One, I only have a single user account, so it is easy to tell when something like this gets slipped in… When you have a family plan with multple lines it’s not always as easy to tell when they slip in an extra $6 here and there.  Two, DON’T TRUST KTLA!  And not just them, many news outlets especially the local ones masquerade advertisements as news.  Many of the “stories” they have covered on local news programs are actually paid guests or products.  In my case it was a product slipped in… But that should not happen from a legitimate news source.

Trust me after years in radio I understand the drive to maximize revenue through non traditional sources (things other than commercials), but we always had to disclose that anything  endorsed was paid for… And we weren’t a news outlet, we were a lifestyle show.

OK, that’s it, just wanted to complain!

Rock on, Jack

Til the rapture, so I guess all this job searching is kind of a waste of time!   But seriously, what are these nuts going to do when they are not taken up on Saturday?

I have been catching up on movies I have yet to see this week.  Grown Ups (It was really bad.  I usually like those stupid Adam Sandler comedies, but this one seemed like it lacked effort, like they didn’t even try to make it funny.  Especially disappointing were some of Chris Rocks lines, I would have thought Rock would have protested the truly lame dialog and come up with something funnier… in the extra features they said they ad-lib’d.), Easy A ( I thought this one was good, funny and smart) and It’s Kind Of A Funny Story (  I liked this one too, funny, heartfelt and true to what really happens in the mental ward of a hospital.)

All this Sperminator, love-child talk got me thinking… One, it’s sad that this is the behavior that we more and more frequently see from our celebrities and politicians.  Two, it sucks that “family values” have been hijacked by intolerant, right-wing nuts.  I firmly believe in Family Values, not those preached, but the sanctity of marriage, the importance of family and the societal value of having at least a modicum of moral fiber.  This has been lost in modern society, we now devote all our attention on the amoral, making them celebrities or amplifying the fame they already had.  It’s sad, I sit here and rack my brain to think of anyone who has gained fame recently through being a good person, loyal to their mate or an upstanding citizen… The public has no interest in them.

I understand the “wanting to look at the car crash effect”, but at some point you have to excelerate past… it’s seems like we’ve turned off and parked right next to the wreckage.

Sorry, I’m still upset about the failure of The Insana Quotient, we really did try to deliver true news and political coverage without bias or exaggeration …  And we quickly found out there was no audience for fair and balanced news, the listening audience wanted the slanted/extreme variety of fair and balanced that is found all over the radio and cable TV, it is very disheartening.

OK, enough of my whining… About now you’re probably thinking it was better when he didn’t post as often!  I promise I’ll cheer up on the next post!

Rock on, Jack

When you know someone who does something truly crazy.  I guy I knew lost it and shot his girlfriend, had a stand-off with the S.W.A.T. Team and had a stash of illegal automatic weapons.  We were by no means close friends, but we knew each other and would communicate on Facebook every once in a while.  After I heard I looked at his FB page, I don’t think he was planning on coming out of that stand-off alive based on a couple posts he left while it was happening… I’m glad it didn’t turn into a blood bath!  It’s just strange to actually know someone from these stories that we read too often.

CRN has been going very well, it’s amazing to see so much progress so quickly.  Jennifer, Eric (from the Van video) and I recorded a radio show which will air on KSPA 151o (out in the 909) Saturday night  fro 9-11p… That was a lot of fun.

Also, Good Podcast this Friday! Aisha Tyler ended up being on with us during a police chase, it was fun.

The whole Sandra Bullock/ Jesse James thing is a bummer… But it’s not like he was a quality guy before they met, look he knocked up a porn star, not exactly the kind of guy I suggest you take home to Mom.

Hey, it’s Friday tomorrow!!!!

Rock On, Jack