The depravity of banks knows no bounds

[cpxbrex]

Blame nebris for cluing me into this one: credit firms are making a habit of hitting up the relatives of the dead to pay their outstanding debtsI mean, what kind of sick motherfucker thinks this shit up? What kind of depraved, evil petty waste of oxygen kind of person says to themselves, "Self, what we need to do is play on the emotions of the grieving

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[cpxbrex]

News is not the place for dry satire. I mean, I think the NYT is just another useless hack of a newspaper, another pandering toadying sychophantic newspaper that's an organ to the corrupt and decadent political system around us. I can think of any number of times, such as in the run-up to the war in Iraq, where the NYT very much editorialized in news articles - indeed, served as out-and-out propaganda for the government. So, given that I'm sure how you can see that I do not take it as a given that this had a tongue-in-cheek element.

But, that aside, I mean, even if you're right - that's still lousy news. The news is not the place for satire. The Onion is the place for satire, blogs, plays, TV shows, movies, music, the Colbert Report . . . there are lots of places for satire. But the news isn't one of them.

I don't need a newspaper, or want them, to "invite ridicule". I want them to give me straight information, to be concise and honest. I would not call it praise to a newspaper to say that they're inviting ridicule in their news articles.

[narnarthinks]

Ok, well I thought this article was cool neutral, but I read a disapproving tone into it given the fact that it was appearing in the Times. You seem to have read an approving tone into it, which I don't perceive at all. I think the flatness of the delivery invites critique, especially when the entire mood of the moment is against unscrupulous bankers. Maybe it doesn't rise to the level of pointed satire. It's more like airing dirty laundry.