Did anyone hear anything about an anti-war protest?

September 27, 2005 D. H. McKee

Off

I sure as hell didn’t, except for the Washington Post headline — that this was the biggest protest since the beginning of the Iraq war. Strange how other things got higher news rankings. Sure there were the hurricanes and the ID/evolution trial, and famous comic actor Don Adams passed away, but this was pretty big news (or so I thought). In fact, at the time of writing, Google News had nothing about it at all on the front page.
“It’s reasonable to estimate that more than a quarter of a million people demonstrated against the Iraq war on Saturday in Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other U.S. cities. The next day, the Washington Post front-paged a decent story that described ‘the largest show of antiwar sentiment in the nation’s capital since the conflict in Iraq began.’ But more perfunctory back-page articles were typical in daily papers across the country. And over the weekend, many TV news watchers saw little or nothing about the protests.”
– Norman Solomon, The Media and the Antiwar Movement

Comments are closed.

About This Site

As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.

Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.