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erronis

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49. Please tune in to AlJazeer or Reuters or BBC or CBC

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Wed Nov 25, 2015, 06:01 PM

Nov 2015

It is so easy to get real world news without using US outlets (effluents).

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Taibbi: America Is Too Dumb for TV News [View all] Fumesucker Nov 2015 OP

Ouch mindwalker_i Nov 2015 #1

A do it yourself lobotomy hifiguy Nov 2015 #6

What you said... Thespian2 Nov 2015 #35

I imagine "Doctor" Bin Carson could do it to himself. erronis Nov 2015 #41

That ship sailed a long time ago for Mental Ben. hifiguy Nov 2015 #43

I think he already did elljay Nov 2015 #96

I know there are some DUers who dismiss Matt Taibbi with a :rofl: but I like him. K&R nt Electric Monk Nov 2015 #2

They dismiss him because he doesn't carry hifiguy Nov 2015 #7

+1 nt navarth Nov 2015 #12

Matt Taibbi is one of the very best this country has. David Corn with Mother Jones, is another. nt Snotcicles Nov 2015 #30

+1 valerief Nov 2015 #74

+2 AlbertCat Nov 2015 #88

+1, exactly right. The same people who dismiss him immediately now Marr Nov 2015 #65

Anyone who dismisses Taibbi offhand is not using critical thinking skills. [n/t] Maedhros Nov 2015 #40

I tossed my TV away long ago... yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #3

Al Gore for instance never really recovered from saying,"I took the initiative in creating the 'Net" KamaAina Nov 2015 #4

In fact, what Gore said was accurate. FairWinds Nov 2015 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Nov 2015 #19

Yup - I was also there, then (and still am.) erronis Nov 2015 #45

Misinformation and misdirection had already been done by teevee, radio, newspapers, valerief Nov 2015 #76

After the cold war ended, the military and intelligence groups had no need for the Arpanet Samantha Nov 2015 #62

Thanks. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #75

Thanks. nt elias49 Nov 2015 #77

Thanks Sam for the history lesson fasttense Nov 2015 #90

No one person "invented" the net, but Robert Khan and Vinton Cerf created HTML hatrack Nov 2015 #93

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Nov 2015 #99

It was a complex evolution over a long period of time Samantha Nov 2015 #100

I am actually beginning to believe that hifiguy Nov 2015 #5

the world - well, at least human beings mach current - are doomed. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2015 #23

i don't think the species is doomed. hifiguy Nov 2015 #25

all well said. The issue is that in our species is such an affinity for greed, power, deceit NRaleighLiberal Nov 2015 #32

That's because we are apes. hifiguy Nov 2015 #34

. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2015 #36

What a fantastic exchange. However since it mirrors my own - you are both doomed! erronis Nov 2015 #47

I wish they'd blow their brains out (voluntarily, of course hifiguy Nov 2015 #52

I mostly agree. We have peaked and will revert to a pretty miserable type of "nasty, mean & short" leveymg Nov 2015 #33

Well said. LuvNewcastle Nov 2015 #50

Our country, as such, will break into smaller constituent polities by mid-century or so.... villager Nov 2015 #26

I very much agree. hifiguy Nov 2015 #28

This is why I am so glad to see the young turning to Bernie. jwirr Nov 2015 #42

Here's a great article discussing the issues you bring up. hifiguy Nov 2015 #44

I read it and you have read it. Who else is reading this? Are jwirr Nov 2015 #57

I did an OP with excerpts and a link hifiguy Nov 2015 #59

That is what I was afraid of. When I went to college they jwirr Nov 2015 #60

I'm just waiting for Yellowstone to blow. passiveporcupine Nov 2015 #97

Just remember that time travel is real. Someone went to the future and brought back LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #8

Like all great satirists, hifiguy Nov 2015 #29

We have been purposely dumbed down Funtatlaguy Nov 2015 #9

We didn't accept him. Either time. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #78

well, who but TV news do we blame for this sad condition? stupidicus Nov 2015 #10

Trick question, right? Blame the people that buy the products sold on those show? erronis Nov 2015 #48

hardly stupidicus Nov 2015 #51

When Ted Turner was tossed out Wellstone ruled Nov 2015 #11

And there's very little international news, or even "real" news. SharonAnn Nov 2015 #24

Please tune in to AlJazeer or Reuters or BBC or CBC erronis Nov 2015 #49

AJA is very nearly BBC-level in every way. hifiguy Nov 2015 #63

Superior to all US domestic options. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #81

100% agree...AJA and BBC are the only networks doing even remotely "journalism" on TV. Moostache Nov 2015 #95

Fortunately, I live in the DC area nitpicker Nov 2015 #70

Someone should write a book about the similarities LuvNewcastle Nov 2015 #53

Kinda nailed it with the analogy. Wellstone ruled Nov 2015 #56

Dumb and dumber is clearly the objective. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #82

I think your timeline is about right but you missed an important fact tech3149 Nov 2015 #85

This. ^^^ CrispyQ Nov 2015 #92

And the crowd goes wild. Wellstone ruled Nov 2015 #94

Yes, it is 100% marketing crap at this point. bemildred Nov 2015 #13

Yay!!! Take that 20th century USA!!! IN YOUR FACE!!!!! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2015 #14

Matt, I was with you until you complained about pandas. spooky3 Nov 2015 #15

It's the Oligarch's, dummy! 90-percent Nov 2015 #16

MAD also subverted me on a very deep level. hifiguy Nov 2015 #27

In the old days, real knowledge was able LuvNewcastle Nov 2015 #55

...! And the Wall Street Bailout was another signal... KoKo Nov 2015 #84

I think you are very close to he truth with this. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #86

K&R Solly Mack Nov 2015 #18

Wait... CNN is Liberal? maxsolomon Nov 2015 #20

well, some of the US Army Psychop script doctors are Democrats reddread Nov 2015 #98

If you listen to Murrow now, you can really see how far we've fallen. cyberswede Nov 2015 #21

Many thanks for replaying these. erronis Nov 2015 #54

TV news? what's that? NRaleighLiberal Nov 2015 #22

But American is voted #1 as the most ignorant in the world. This is sad news. rladdi Nov 2015 #31

Taibbi is always the best underpants Nov 2015 #37

Next two paras: this is where I came to my impasse years ago ffr Nov 2015 #38

I'm not for turning the TV off entirely tech3149 Nov 2015 #80

I like the "old Edward R. Murrow, eat-your-broccoli version of the news" phrasing Tab Nov 2015 #39

The Best Slave Doesn't Know He Is One. Octafish Nov 2015 #46

And Kirkegaard's Corollary to Goethe hifiguy Nov 2015 #58

That calls for a toast. Octafish Nov 2015 #67

To both of us! hifiguy Nov 2015 #68

Sad But So True colsohlibgal Nov 2015 #61

of Course SadWingsOfDestiny Nov 2015 #64

I don't understand why people don't just turn that noise off.... mike_c Nov 2015 #66

How did I miss rec cing this! Rex Nov 2015 #69

There's news on TV? I've never seen any, but then I only get 750 channels. Scuba Nov 2015 #71

Matt is one of my favorites of all time. trumad Nov 2015 #72

TV Free For 15 Years Now cantbeserious Nov 2015 #73

I would argue the opposite position tech3149 Nov 2015 #79

It's one of those "chicken or the egg?" conundrums Fumesucker Nov 2015 #83

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #87

OK, let's face it...those of us on the DU, no matter who we support right now, Hepburn Nov 2015 #89

Television Not a Fan Nov 2015 #91

K&R We live in the most reality corporations will allow. raouldukelives Nov 2015 #101