 why is it that we think the media is biased oh that s right because they are i was in the traverse city area weekend before last and had the honor to get my hands on a copy of the traverse city record eagle and what a stellar issue let s discuss the five cover stories that assaulted its readers the big story was about the city s winter festival complete with picture excellent local news about a popular event as it should be i even went to the aforementioned festival and it was quite lively and cold so i went inside and had a beer along the top banner was teaser for biking around traverse coty biking as in using a bicycle in winter this sounds like a horrible idea to me one of the things northern michigan is known for is its snow and biking and snow don t mix but when you re trying to save the world one tank of gas at the time common sense is the first victim i mean people do really crazy things to save gas like buy a chevette i mean a prius but if enough people are lionized for sacrificing their comfort to twowheel it around town they maybe just maybe you ll feel guilty enough to do it too not the person that wrote the story but for you being cold sweaty and wet is fine another front page story was about a state senator still using the title state senator in correspondences alright that seems a bit odd but is that front page news well it is when it s a republican what madness could convince someone to use a title that is no longer theirs that would be like a leftwing hack say michael mann using the term nobel prize recipient how crazy would that be but it may turn out to be slightly embarrassing for some reason to a republican so that makes it front page material in the bottom corner we have an article title tax increases affecting more about the evils of raising taxes by governor snyder remember when democrats raise your taxes it s a good thing without it puppies and children and old people will starve when republican do it it s so that big business can pay less i don t like paying more in taxes for anybody because modern taxation is a pointless exercise in income redistribution if i could get a receipt for where my taxes are spent like on my paycheck when there is a linebyline description of who just stole my money i d probably be even more appalled then i already am and we come to my favorite one living small is getting bigger yes tiny homes are trendy mcmansions oh those were so 90 s the real trendsetters live in teeny tiny houses and do without both in size and taste and you should too having two bathrooms is so passé cozy is the new buzzword and if you can have a cozy house with solar panels that will never pay for themselves because you live halfway to the north pole well so much the better traverse city is a beautiful place and as long as you re a liberal you ve got a great paper if you don t think barack obama is a rightwing fan of rush limbaugh though the record eagle is probably not the paper for you  