malaise
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Tue Jul-07-09 12:21 PM
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The most disturbing thing about this coverage of MJs memorial |
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service is that the President of the United States is traveling overseas and I don't have a clue where he is at this moment.
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Tue Jul-07-09 12:23 PM
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1. Shit, was I supposed to be watching him? |
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Tue Jul-07-09 12:25 PM
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3. Or the killings in China |
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the North Korea problem. the Honduras situation.. the upcoming G-8 meetings...
insert other news items you aren't hearing about now here <......>
the Jackson coverage should have been 2 days.. the day he died and the day they planted him. Anything else belongs on "Entertainment Tonight" or something similar.
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Tue Jul-07-09 12:26 PM
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Tue Jul-07-09 12:26 PM
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5. Hulu is my friend, MJ doesn't exist |
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Tue Jul-07-09 12:36 PM
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12. yes, they just put old 30 Rock on! |
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and though we don't know where obama is, mj's body, sans brain, will be at the staples center.
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Tue Jul-07-09 12:26 PM
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6. I cannot belileve this is on every damn channel |
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It's not that I don't care, I just don't give a fuck.
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Tue Jul-07-09 12:28 PM
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7. Too many people are under the illusion that cable tv news covers actual "news". |
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Edited on Tue Jul-07-09 12:29 PM by beachmom
They don't, and really haven't in years. Sure, they'll throw in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the economy in at times. But they are there to entertain and to earn a profit.
PBS and BBC are there to serve, and where you should get TV news.
Sorry, I am not disturbed by the coverage. It was 100% predictable.
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Tue Jul-07-09 12:29 PM
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8. I guess for me its going to be C-Span all day and Comedy Central all evening. n/t |
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Tue Jul-07-09 12:30 PM
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9. Or maybe turn off the boob tube, and open a book? nt |
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Tue Jul-07-09 12:34 PM
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10. and npr is covering the mj travesty on totn! nt |
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Tue Jul-07-09 12:34 PM
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11. He'll still be president next week. They only bury Michael once. |
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The news is just masturbation anyway. We act like if they report the problems in Korea someone here will do something about it. It's just an Orwellian stroking to make us feel involved in something we can't affect, anyway.
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Tue Jul-07-09 12:37 PM
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13. Michael earned his coverage |
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but there was no need for anything other than the Memorial Service.
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Tue Jul-07-09 01:15 PM
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15. Need has nothing to do with what the media covers. |
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They cover what people want, or what they think will be most profitable, anyway. That's nothing new.
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Tue Jul-07-09 12:46 PM
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14. The news will give President Obama 30 seconds in between |
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Jackson coverage. That's what they did this morning, anyhow. The CBS Morning News, however, did not mention Al Franken.
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