The Beast

QUOTE (Whitesoxin2019 @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 11:36 AM) Nobody seems to get the point. As long as the media is s*** and people feel they are being lied to Trump will thrive. I mean come on folks. If Trump is as bad as we think he is why not play it straight above the fence? Why use photo shops, edit videos, peer pressure, shaming etc etc Nobody can answer this, specifically the tragedy that is CNN. I think they only help trumps popularity. “But FOX news” yeah they are s*** too. But I can tell you from an independent point of view CNN takes the cake. Stick with the issues guys. I was more inclined to vote liberal 20 years ago but all the white shaming, media deception, gang mentality, violence (yes I do think the violence from antifa is severaly underreported), I see them as communists. Say what you will about Trump, but until these things get fixed y’all don’t have much leg to stand on. Also a new trend I noticed with the left side is lack of compromise. You won’t admit being 1% wrong. It would be refreshing to hear if trump ever does something good because he has done good. I don’t agree with all the bullet points under the fake news awards but a more than a few items stick out in my mind as unquestionably true. The shame with networks like cnn though is even if he does lie, how can I believe it? Cable news as a whole sucks. So does their social media accounts. Local news is much better than watching hours of commentary from both sides. I don’t get why we don’t have a leg to stand on, are you saying we can’t make valid arguments about Trump? Compromise? The GOP didn’t compromise with Obama when they took control, and didn’t allow Garland to be seated. In talking with Trump supporters at a recent sales conference, there was no compromise on the issues, they just agreed with each other that they hate Hillary and that he needs to stop tweeting. Also, terms like snowflake, the left, liberals and libtards are getting old, just like some insults and generalizations on the other side.

QUOTE (Whitesoxin2019 @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 02:11 AM) I don’t care if you’re independent, right or left. The media is a deceptive disgrace. CNN the worst. My only objective with the fake news awards is fox is not much better. (See 2008 2012 Ron Paul election coverage) But what we have here is a gold mine for the independent thinker not inside an echo chamber. I present the archive link instead of gop because GOP are scumbuckets and Trump broke the site. Hate him or love him but these are accurate awards given for the #fakenewsawards . This calling out of irresponsible reporting is the right thing to do. Of course the storylines will be attack on freedom of press. Well you know what? When our press is being funded by a handful of mega corps I think we need some checks and balances. Shame on anyone here who thinks intentionally deceptive reporting is good reporting. 1. The New York Times’ Paul Krugman claimed on the day of President Trump’s historic, landslide victory that the economy would never recover. 2. ABC News' Brian Ross CHOKES and sends markets in a downward spiral with false report. The rest https://web.archive.org/web/20180118010005/...ke-news-awards/ What if the first guy is a columnist and if a story is later corrected?

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 16, 2018 -> 11:24 AM) Any thoughts on Pritzker? I like his bullet points but don’t know much about him. I think it will be him versus Rauner in the general election, but I’m not sure if he would go against Madigan and get Illinois out of the financial state it is in.

As an independent who votes for both sides of the aisle except for the incompetent child in office, I would rather not have another celebrity get elected to try and right the ship in 2020. I’d much rather have Gillibrand or Harris take on the current President than Oprah.

How does Marvin Lewis still have a job?

Does this increase the chances that the Cubs get Holland or do they go closer by committee?

QUOTE (KagakuOtoko @ Dec 20, 2017 -> 06:26 PM) Do birds fly south for the winter? So it was a no s*** Sherlock question, but I do wonder if she’s going to be thrown into the Clinton category and get beat at the polls like Hillary did in 2016. Of course, we have to see if she’s the nominee out of the clown car of people the Democrats will have in 2020. I doubt Biden or Sanders will run so I bet it is Harris or Gillibrand.

Would Gillibrand be connected to the Clintons in anyway by voters or Trump’s people?

Suck it Trump you p**** grabber!! Woo hoo!!

QUOTE (shipps @ Nov 30, 2017 -> 12:42 PM) I have finally stopped listening to Goff and Bernstein. Its not that I disagree with any of their political stances that they take on the show. I support most if not all that they are typically trying to bring to the forefront. Its just that their show is no fun, like whatsoever. The issues that they try to address on a daily basis I actually support them on and I am not even suggesting they stop fighting the good fight on air. If they feel personally that they need to use their job as a platform to shed light to any social injustices then the more power to them. I just find no entertainment value to their show at all. I was actually going to post something similar. Nobody can disagree with them and win an argument because they shut down callers almost immediately. One thing I have noticed with 670 is that their interviews are almost all the same people and the hosts talk about some garbage. Parkins is an arrogant twat and also shuts down people who disagree with him. I called in and asked a legit question for Can’t Do It and was told my question didn’t count. If anyone listens to that segment, all of the “good” questions have been asked and answered. I flip over to AM 1000 for afternoons because the guys on at 1:45 are at least funny. Bernstein is just a dick, I met him in person and he treated me the same way he treats callers. I guess when you go to Duke and have one of the most coveted jobs in Chicago’s sports media you can be a jerk. It’s such a cutthroat industry that I’m glad I didn’t go into it.

Too bad there’s not a battle to vote out Madigan.

Too bad Sox N Roll isn’t available. Are any of these podcasts downloadable? Since 670 the Score has a massive hard on for the Cubs and anything but the Sox I would love to hear some Sox chatter. Maybe some individual podcasts about the minor league players.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Nov 21, 2017 -> 07:43 AM) Guerrero is the only one that bothers me that is not protected. I would of DFA'd May for him. No one is gonna take Polo and Peter is a utility player. I wonder what Hahn’s rationale is behind Guerrero being left off and keeping a guy like Covey on the 40 man roster. Is there something I am missing? Other than it is the rule 5 draft and they have to keep a player on their major league roster for a season.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Nov 20, 2017 -> 05:06 PM) Why the f*** are they hanging onto Covey? It's puzzling to me why they have invested so much into this guy. Seconded. Why is Covey here? He was like an automatic loss almost every start this year.

Am I missing something about Guerrero, is he really that good, good enough to stay on the majors all season? Would Peters get picked, or did they not add him because of the logjam of infielders they currently have?

Let’s be fair to coverage from both sides. https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxnews.com/...losers.amp.html http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/17/news/econo...bill/index.html I’ll ask once again, how does this benefit all Americans?

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 17, 2017 -> 11:05 PM) I'm not watching. Was this Hendricks fault or the bullpen? Hendricks wasn't sharp but Edwards help bust it open by walking Darvish.

Read this on CNN this morning and was saddened to know it was someone I remember playing for my favorite team. Rest in peace Daniel Webb.

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Oct 14, 2017 -> 04:55 PM) Ex White Sox continue to produce for the Yankees this postseason. Robertson, Kahnle, and Frazier all look great. Hopefully the Sox got fair value in that trade. Since no cash was involved, Frazier's deal was up at the end of the year and the goal was to tank, I think it was. But it depends on the return's performance.

QUOTE (KagakuOtoko @ Oct 13, 2017 -> 12:09 AM) Dodgers are going to pummel the Cubs. They have no chance. This is not the same Dodger team as last year. They have a legit 3 headed monster, and a bullpen to back it up. Oh and they can score f***ing runs! What a concept. Let's hope you're right. I think the Cubs will repeat, unfortunately. Luck is with them again.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 8, 2017 -> 01:39 AM) Well this is absolutely horse s***. Agreed, it is like saying female reporters are all about social issues. Also, what do most guys think?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 25, 2017 -> 08:13 AM) To put it simply, was Goff wrong in that segment? And was Chuck given a fair shake to talk? Just curious because people seem to think the show is too liberal.

Did anyone hear Chuck from St. Charles on the Bernstein and Goff show the other day? The dude was extremely prejudice and borderline racist and Goff went off on him. Goff has been off the air since but I confirmed with him on Twitter that he hasn't been suspended. Take a listen. Of course, this lit off a bunch of firecrackers with people on Facebook and on the text line, people who are probably too afraid to call in with uneducated and ignorant viewpoints.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jul 28, 2017 -> 07:59 AM) I love when they interview Steve Stone and occasional Sox players. The Steve Stone ones are especially good listens. They had Davidson on the other day and he was also a good listen.

I am going tomorrow to see Moncada play and outside of my birthday and bachelor party, it will be the only games I attend this year. I see two tickets to tomorrow's game in section 103 (row 4) for $35 each and two in section 107 (row 9) for $32 each on StubHub. If anyone has better seats than that for $40 or so, please let me know. I always buy discounted tickets as there's no reason to pay full price. StubHub and coupon codes off the White Sox website instantly make going to games more affordable. I'll be going to more next year when some more prospects will be up. I have a feeling when the kids are up in 2019 the season ticket holders will be back and the fans will follow suit.