The Weekend Desk Report

A lot of these journalists proclaiming their love of Bob Dylan clearly do not get what he's been saying all these years or they would conduct themselves quite differently.

Same for a lot of Bruce Springsteen fans.

As Kurt Cobain sang,

He's the one
Who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means

Or, as Roger Waters sang: Did you understand the music, Yoko, or was it all in vain?

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The Sound Opinions Weekend Listening Report: "Beach Slang has wowed critics and audiences alike with its loud, energy filled live performances and unabashedly earnest lyrics. But in front of a live audience at the Goose Island Tap Room, Beach Slang songwriter James Alex strips away the volume, but not the heart, for an intimate acoustic performance and conversation with Jim and Greg. Plus, the new record by Southern rockers Drive-By Truckers, and the story behind a forgotten garage classic."

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Beachwood Sports Radio: Happy Yom Cubpur
Cubs are ridiculous. Plus: Dodger Dogs, The Dusty Baker Show, L.A.'s Leftorium, The Suddenly Crowded Grandpa Rossy Bandwagon, The Bears Are Connor Barth's Team Now, The Derrick Rose Trial Gets Uglier And Uglier, Meet The Bulls' New Folk Hero, And Blackhawks Blues.

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Weekend BeachBook

Whiskey Workers Strike At Two Kentucky Distilleries Of Chicago-Based Jim Beam.

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Weekend TweetWood

Choose your news: NBC/WSJ has Clinton up 11; Post/ABC has her up 4

— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) October 16, 2016

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Both irrelevant; sadly we don't elect presidents in national votes, but through the Electoral College. Current: https://t.co/bHlycQMZUS https://t.co/iPZEv3WReK

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) October 16, 2016

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Dear media/politicos: Candidates don't have "leads" based on national polls. We elect presidents via the Electoral College.

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) October 16, 2016

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Also, the large discrepancy between polls illustrates again, as they have for decades, why journos should pay vastly less attention to them.

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) October 16, 2016

And:

Here's a misleading characterization; enthusiasm for Clinton has not changed in any meaningful way. What this shows is enthusiasm for Trump plunging.

Clinton overtakes Trump in voter enthusiasm for first time in the general election --ABC/WaPo pic.twitter.com/NNcQr2j7jp

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 16, 2016

Also:

In every post-mortem of campaign coverage of my life, media has pledged to do less horse race journalism. Every time they've done more.

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) October 16, 2016

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The Weekend Desk Tronc Line: Post-mortem.

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