I moved to Fresno November,'07. While absorbing the local culture, I picked up the current issue of "Fresno, the magazine". I noticed that 2 of the stories featured on the cover were "lists". If I recall, this was the "Best of Fresno" issue, so, understandably, there was a "best of' list and then there was some other "list". Then, I picked up the following issue and saw, again that 2 front cover feature stories were nothing but "LISTS". At this point I e-mailed the magazine, pointing out, what I considered to be, editorial laziness, if not ineptitude. Today, I saw the new, current issue of Fresno, the magazine. The cover promotes 2 features inside that are nothing but "LISTS"!!! Unbelievable!!!.
Of course, this is all about selling advertising to businesses who are being rewarded with being on their lists but at what price? The price of publishing illegitimacy. This is not "Fresno, the magazine. This is Fresno, the ad rag!!! Not the queen of Fresno glory, but the glossy-paged whore of advertising solicitation!

During this time I found conservative-ish 580am radio station. I'm conservative-ish and was happy to hear Rush and the local folks (Ray Appleton, Inga Barks) for about a week.
Then I noticed a little troubling pattern with Mr. Appleton. Let me put it this way; While on his trip to Israel, If Ray would just record and loop these words: " Uhhh, hmmm, well, I don't know, hmph!, I don't know, but I'll find out", nobody in his radio audience would ever miss him. The questions he is responding to are not odd or about obscure things. The questions are about things that someone in his position should know. Inga as well. I appreciate her position but she resonates hollow, non-substantiative, cheerleaderish.

I wouldn't doubt both media outlets are owned by the same company and I'm gonna guess the CEO is female.

Anyway, I got 4 words for ya...

"READ AN EFFING BOOK" !!!, Would ya???