Media Bashing Under a Big Tent
From this year's Bakersfield Business Conference, my hometown paper quotes from Jesse Ventura:

He immediately brushed off comparisons between himself and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and soon launched into a lengthy, warmly received rant about the media.

The media isn't out to report the news, Ventura said. "The media is out to create the news."

He encouraged attendees to believe only half of what they read in newspapers. Ventura said he no longer gives interviews to Minnesota press.

"Don't be involved with the press where you live," he said. "They will only make your life miserable."

But he plugged his participation on an MSNBC show, saying he felt his message needed to get to the whole nation.

The Bakersfield Californian reports this is the first year the event hasn't sold out and the law firm that sponsors it says they may stop holding the hugely popular event. They only sold 7,500 of the $400 tickets this year.
- posted by Amy @ 10/12/2003 12:15:00 PM