Slog - Comments on 100,000

Comment by bearseatbeats

bearseatbeats — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:50:40 -0800

To be fair, if you scroll down to item 13 (ooh spooky) on q13's page, you get this: http://q13.trb.com/news/kcpq-081508-hempfest,0,6110636.story

Not exactly an in-depth spread, but a mention nonetheless.

Comment by o, e.d.

o, e.d. — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:57:58 -0800

mr. vicari needs to look up "censorship" before throwing the accusation around so casually.

Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball

Jubilation T. Cornball — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:27:15 -0800

That Federal Way gangbanger looks kind of hot...

Comment by Rachael V

Rachael V — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:28:56 -0800

The PI (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/) has a front page story, blog, and 43 pic gallery.

Comment by pgreyy

pgreyy — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:59:34 -0800

Stoners get together in a park, listen to tunes, chill out and go home.

What, exactly, is newsworthy about that?

(Granted, Dan writes pointed Slog posts about how the fact that these stoners have been able to gather together, enjoy their herb and not gone apey...not moved directly to injecting heroin into their eyeballs...etc. SHOULD be seen as newsworthy based on the often hysterical news reports about the eeeeevils of pot. I'm not disputing that take on things...I'm just saying that makes Hempfest news only in context, not in and of itself.)

Comment by CattyMaran

CattyMaran — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:01:47 -0800

That's what I don't understand about all you "democrats" around here... If you were dems or liberals or "progressive" you would have no problem covering a bunch of people celebrating "hemp". It's all ANTI Republican, until it happens in your own back yard, eh?

Comment by serial catowner

serial catowner — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:47:20 -0800

Cool. So it's actually more dangerous to pick your kid up from a soccer game, or have a picnic by the river, than it is to have a picnic with 100,000 drug crazed stoners.

Who knew.

Comment by damnqueerfuck

damnqueerfuck — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:59:28 -0800

You know what I hate about "quotations" and their "usage" is that "no one" knows how to "use them".

Comment by soccer boy

soccer boy — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:02:43 -0800

That post was worthless without a picture of kerri kazarba, you heartless baztards. She was before my time and image search came up empty.

Comment by cochise.

cochise. — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:19:38 -0800

@6 please "clarify"

Comment by L. Sprague

L. Sprague — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:11:36 -0800

You left Lisa Van Cise off of your "exhaustive" list of fuckable newscasters, you clueless tool. God DAMN I would hit that shit like a piston-powered air hammer. Twice.

Comment by rb

rb — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:45:17 -0800

A search for "hempfest" and "hemp fest" on the local teevee web sites show the following:

Komo last reported on it in 2001.
Kiro7 "0 results found"
King5 and NWCN "No pages were found containing "hempfest"
Q13 gave it a two-second mention as part of an alarmist report on Methfest, and ran a brief announcement on the 15th.

I don't even smoke pot, but yeah, this is bullshit. There seems to be a tv news blackout on this.

Also, I realize that anchor list is from 2005, but it seriously needs to be amended to include Chris Warren. He is the hottest thing on the air.

Comment by P to the J

P to the J — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:08:04 -0800

Funniest line from any Seattle news source this year....

"A Hempfest leader said the protesters show up each year and added that a group of transsexuals were en route to frighten off the preachers, something that also takes place each year."

Now THAT is comedy.

Comment by Professional Tattoo Artist

Professional Tattoo Artist — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:48:43 -0800

Too many other interesting things going on. Pot smoking is only interesting to the ones who still do it. I still play pocket-pool: c'mon where's the coverage? Hmmm? I sense a blackout.

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:22:37 -0800

It got very good print coverage in Times/PI