HypotheticalNewsFilter

July 10, 2005 8:47 PM

Newsfilter with a Crystal Ball: Return to Flight and Jerry Lewis Telethon ... not to mention that Newsweek might nail Karl Rove tomorrow. Don't we get enough current events here without having to post about things that might happen in the future?
posted by anastasiav to Bugs at 8:47 PM (13 comments total)

Yes, normally I would just 'flag it and move on' but seeing the three of them together today seems like a disturbing new trend.
posted by anastasiav at 8:48 PM on July 10, 2005

I thought that whole Karl Rove thing was from last weekend. Am I living in a time warp? Or did it not happen last week so now it's rumored to happen again? If it was predicted to happen last week and didn't, why post that it might happen this week?

Sometimes I'm glad I don't follow the news...
posted by jdroth at 8:53 PM on July 10, 2005

new trend? really?

People want to talk about news. It's going to happen unless some sort of administrative action like aggressive deletion or the creation of news.metafilter.com is taken.
posted by callmejay at 9:06 PM on July 10, 2005

But this is like... not news yet, but like... Tomorrow's News, or a few days from now...
Do we dare try to tempt...The Future?

::hums theme from Conan O'Brien's "In the Year 2000" segment::
posted by wendell at 10:02 PM on July 10, 2005

Dude, if you think those posts suck, you're gonna totally *hate* next Wednesday.
posted by arto at 10:19 PM on July 10, 2005

Hey, the newsweek thing was right, at least.
posted by blacklite at 11:44 PM on July 10, 2005

My personal favorite jumping-the-gun post was the one announcing the first Jackson verdict before anyone knew what the verdict was. (The CNN link has since been updated.)
posted by brain_drain at 11:58 PM on July 10, 2005

I thought that whole Karl Rove thing was from last weekend. Am I living in a time warp? Or did it not happen last week so now it's rumored to happen again?

You had better prepare yourself for RoveFilter. If Rove committed a crime or not is besides the point. Some people think they smell blood and this will be the talking point du jour for a while.
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 11:58 PM on July 10, 2005

Steve_at_Linnwood : "this will be the talking point du jour for a while."

If it's a while, shouldn't that be "talking point du while"?
posted by Bugbread at 3:22 AM on July 11, 2005

Thanks for posting this, anastasiav. I had exactly the same reaction and am glad to see I'm not alone. What the fuck, people? This isn't about "NewsFilter," this is about "there's gonna be news one of these days, so I want to jump the gun and get my name on the front page now!" Just stop it, OK? There's plenty of actual news out there, if you like that sort of thing.
posted by languagehat at 7:51 AM on July 11, 2005

As a long supporter of newsfilter, I agree with anastasiav and languagehat with speculative posts such as these. - luv m
posted by mischief at 8:24 AM on July 11, 2005

I predict that, in the future, there will be more MetaTalk posts about this topic.
posted by mkultra at 8:26 AM on July 11, 2005

I anticipate being offended by this post once it is actually created.
posted by brain_drain at 9:17 AM on July 11, 2005