What actual news are they cloaking with the extended coverage of Simpson?

[shraby]

Something is going on. This Simpson story is not THAT newsworthy.

[madamesilverspurs]

1. Concur.

Nauseating as it is to have media delivering a constant litany of Trump’s serial depredations, at least that coverage is germane to comprehending the matters of considerable importance that will impact this country for generations; ghastly as it is, it really does matter. Given that, there is no excuse for the broadcast media’s abdication of its fourth estate responsibility in order to provide wall-to-wall coverage of OJ.


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[misanthrope]

5. Three straight hours of pundits gish galloping each other

every evening is a waste of time. There's a lot of news out there that goes undiscussed.

If they devoted the energy to civil asset forfeiture that they do the slower targets then public attitudes toward law enforcement, self-governance, attorneys general and the POTUS might be different.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Just a reminder as to how cheesy news networks can be.

[misanthrope]

3. It's called laziness

It rules television news. Grabbing a handful of pundits and beating one or two stories to death over a few hours' time is easier than going out and hunting down actual news.

[MFM008]

4. They can't help themselves

With a guy who's personality is like the maggot in chief.

[get the red out]

6. sick!

They are doing constant Simpson coverage????? After 20+ years the media is still willing to go full-on OJ because he got paroled?

That is completely idiotic.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

7. I was astounded the networks interrupted regular programming for this shit.

Who gives a shit?

[madamesilverspurs]

8. It's damned frustrating.

For an all too brief period after 9-11 we had a decrease in celeb-driven "news". All these years later I recall watching Banfield's program in which she was in the Middle East and starting to interview a panel of college students, Israeli and Palestinian. I remember thinking that this could be very informative. But the program was interrupted to cover the breaking story of Robert Blake's arrest. I've never been able to learn what happened with that panel.


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[arthritisR_US]

9. Other than he is still a narcissistic dirtbag, none.

[Quanta]

10. Exactly

It's obvious that Rome is burning even as we speak. Why the blackout while focusing on a murder that happened decades ago? Ratings. The OJ thing was a ratings bonanza back in the day, so maybe it's merely greed.

[NCTraveler]

11. I disagree that it is not this newsworthy.

No one here had to post about it yet there is op after op. No one on discussion boards all over the place had to post about it, but they are. It's worthiness has been proven by the clear interest.

I'm with you in the fact it is not newsworthy to me. I do recognize it is to others.

[Ilsa]

12. I don't care about his parole any more than anyone else's parole.

I just don't. My boat is loaded. I suppose it it turns into wall-to-wall coverage I'll turn it all off.

[haele]

13. That J. Bush (R-supremacist loser) approved for the 6th curcuit appeals on party votes.

Sessions officially overturning Holder's halt of asset seizure without cause.
Senate Judiciary hearings grilling Jr. and Manefort.
Drumpf's threats to GOP senators who don't approve of either the Replace or Repeal.
Demonization of GOP women by the Trump-bots.

Tur's schooling of Kobach on logic:
If you say you can't be sure that a whopping 3 million + voters who made up the margin of popular win votes by Ms. Clinton in areas where she was a sure win were legit, can you say you are sure that the much smaller number in highly contested swing districts - the just ~ 150,000 votes that made up the margin for an electoral college "victory" for the current pResident - were legit?
Of course you can't...

Haele