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04-20-2006, 02:23 AM
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Why Call It News Any More?
With Madonna's Baby's name being far more important than the FBI's Most Wanted List... know anyone on it?... and now out-right, blatant, corporate and federal brain-washing, lets plug-in..tune-in... and turn-on...
Me, I would prefer a bullet. Newsmercial at 11 |
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04-20-2006, 02:33 AM
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I agree. It's so disturbing, I wouldn't even know where to start....
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04-20-2006, 05:29 AM
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Personally, I'm very interested to know how Tom prepared his new kid's placenta before he ate it. I usually just toss it on the grill but that's getting old and was hoping to find some new recipes.
 God help us.
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04-20-2006, 10:57 AM
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Frankly, I don't consider the FBI's ten most wanted newsworthy, either. By time they make that list, they've probably all dyed their hair and grown beards or had plastic surgery. All news about them does is add to my vague sense of distaste for the modern world. News is usually about some tragedy that I can do absolutely nothing about - be it placentas or mass murderers. I don't watch it anymore.
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04-20-2006, 02:30 PM
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It was just an example... the fact is that we see less actual news than the tripe and now corporate and federal pap that is being fed to us.
News is what actually affects, or may affect, our lives presented in a objective or editorial manner, the latter done so fully disclosed... when was the last time you saw that? |
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04-20-2006, 03:59 PM
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I don't get my news from the TV. I get 60% of my news from the Washington Post, which is one of a handful of remaining independent major newspapers, and 40% from the Cellar and its links.
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04-20-2006, 05:53 PM
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Personally, I hate to watch the "news" at least on local channels because it's all about the ratings and trying to convince me that (insert station name) is better that (any other station name) because our helicopter is better'n theirs. AND these folks always have some crucial bit of information that you absolutely must hear so "tune in next thursday night at 10P." If it's so damn important, why the H3LL aren't you telling me NOW, dammit? If I must watch the news, I try to stick to CNN or somesuch. Mostly I get news from USAToday.com or CNN.com. That way, I can decide what's important, cuz, yeah, I couldn't really care less what TomKat are (is?) naming the child.
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04-20-2006, 06:55 PM
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Um...has anybody said "katie couric!" yet? Does that not send chills down your spine?
Anyway, I get my news from the Daily Show, the Colbert Report (great guests) and here. |
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04-20-2006, 07:33 PM
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... is not really in Maui. Weird, huh?
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I'm sorry, but what's presented on TV as "news" is not news at all. It's entertainment. If TV can't dress it up, it's not going to cover it --- how often does a TV reporter show up at a city council or planning board meeting? Almost never.
If you want news, read a newspaper or fall back on the World Wide Whatever. And I used to be in the newspaper business, so I'd like to think I know what I'm talking about.
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04-20-2006, 08:29 PM
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On a daily basis, I get my news from the following sources:
NPR The Daily Show The Colbert Report BoingBoing NYTimes (okay, so that's mostly fiction these days) New Scientist Slashdot Scientific American ...And of course, the Cellar. Huh. No wonder I can't seem to get anything done. 
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04-20-2006, 10:57 PM
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The future is unwritten
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I got tired of being pissed off by things I couldn't do anything about.
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04-21-2006, 12:20 AM
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I'm not going to watch corp. news any longer... I feel that is doing something about it.
I may write CNN if I find they were doing this. |
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04-21-2006, 01:20 AM
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The news is essential if you want to make somebody paranoid.
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04-21-2006, 02:08 AM
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True in the US, that is for sure.
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04-28-2006, 02:40 PM
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dar512 is now Pete Zicato
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Along those lines.
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