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mucifer

(23,487 posts)
Fri Sep 20, 2013, 05:21 PM Sep 2013

Anyone else REALLY annoyed with the free advertisement on "news" shows for iphones

and grand theft auto? It's really messed up. Don't these companies have enough money? Do they really need "news stories" about their products and how popular they are? Aren't there wars and republicans going nuts and crazy international trade deals and new government insurance changes and things that they COULD report on?

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Anyone else REALLY annoyed with the free advertisement on "news" shows for iphones (Original Post) mucifer Sep 2013 OP
and puppies. sometimes they report on puppies. onenote Sep 2013 #1
YES! And on the same day, I see little reporting on the typhoon heading to Asia. Squinch Sep 2013 #2
Most companies have to pay for advertising, but a select few get a pass. Throd Sep 2013 #3
I don't bite from the rotten apple. pintobean Sep 2013 #4
Yup. Always have been. FiveGoodMen Sep 2013 #5

Squinch

(50,918 posts)
2. YES! And on the same day, I see little reporting on the typhoon heading to Asia.
Fri Sep 20, 2013, 05:27 PM
Sep 2013

But some lady saying how she needs an iphone because she doesn't want to type in a password is news. Millions in the path of a deadly danger takes a back seat to that!

And Chuck Todd isn't responsible for pointing out when Republicans lie, he's responsible just for passing the lies along.

What a poor excuse for a fourth estate. It's more like a fourth outhouse.

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