Japan Aid as "reported" in USA Today

Yesterday the geniuses over at the USA Today rag had reported that only $49 million had been so far donated to aid Japan.  It went into all kinds of reasons why this may be so, reporting conjecture in place of fact.  Kinda like we bloggers do.

Today, they show that the contribution for 9/11 after two weeks was $607 million.  Of course, this is one week after the Japan quake, and it is not an attack in NYC.  But it does involve donations and disaster, so I suppose any apples to oranges comparisons are fair game if there is nothing else in the news to report.

What a rag.  I'm glad to be in a hotel that drops this at my door each day to give me a chuckle.