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legcramp

(288 posts)
Sat Jan 25, 2014, 07:00 PM Jan 2014

Here's one of the reasons I don't miss cable, especially the "news" channels.

She's talking to a Congress Woman who is in Davos about NSA spying for God's sake.

I'm hard pressed to remember which "news network" was the worst.

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Here's one of the reasons I don't miss cable, especially the "news" channels. (Original Post) legcramp Jan 2014 OP
we interrupt this important subject matter for PatrynXX Jan 2014 #1
Hey, packman Jan 2014 #2
CBS was just taken over by a FOX bigwig cprise Jan 2014 #3
No real TV news reporting in years The Wizard Jan 2014 #4
No no no ...it's not "breaking news" it's "broken news". L0oniX Jan 2014 #5

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
1. we interrupt this important subject matter for
Sat Jan 25, 2014, 09:20 PM
Jan 2014

new on the President. Seems he stepped on a Royal ant while walking the dog... zzzzzz and now back to MSNONION

cprise

(8,445 posts)
3. CBS was just taken over by a FOX bigwig
Sun Jan 26, 2014, 01:35 AM
Jan 2014

and already has a crapload of propaganda to show for it, BTW.

I hate the way cable is structured, too, but you're not likely to get news OTA that's any better in the coming years. What just happened was a broadcasting coup.

The Wizard

(13,598 posts)
4. No real TV news reporting in years
Sun Jan 26, 2014, 08:30 AM
Jan 2014

If we have a snow storm all we see is someone standing in the snow holding a microphone telling us it's snowing. Shit, All I have to do is look out the window. Normal people don't give a rat's ass about Justin Beiber.

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