Orrex
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Fri Jan-08-10 03:24 PM
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Is any story so dreadful that CNN newsreaders won't laugh about it? |
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The idiot who was on about an hour ago chuckled merrily as she introduced a story about the increasing rate of drug-related murders in Mexico.
Her performance is sickening but not unusual; the chattering dolts on that network routinely laugh while reading tales of carnage and horror. What's wrong with these sick assholes?
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Fri Jan-08-10 03:25 PM
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1. I haven't watched that channel in years. |
The Velveteen Ocelot
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Fri Jan-08-10 03:25 PM
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2. Because it only involves Mexicans, not Americans |
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and therefore it's not serious and it's OK to laugh.
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Fri Jan-08-10 03:30 PM
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4. I'm sure that's a factor |
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But they're not above laughing about any tragedy that pops up on the prompter.
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Fri Jan-08-10 03:29 PM
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3. That tsunami a few years back was just hilarious to them |
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Fri Jan-08-10 03:30 PM
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5. That's why the only news channels I watch are EuroNews, France24 and Al Jazzera. |
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I have no used for the "News Models" on the USA Cable Networks.
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Orrex
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Fri Jan-08-10 03:58 PM
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6. If I had ready access to any of those, I'd watch them. |
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Unfortunately, I can only get them online, and my overall situation isn't conducive to online tv-watching.
You're right, though; those networks feature news rather than mindless, pretty faces babbling between commercials.
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Fri Jan-08-10 04:20 PM
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8. If I do plug the TV in those are my three choices too |
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topped off with the old standby BBC
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Fri Jan-08-10 05:30 PM
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Cable news is just awful. However, I don't watch news on TV anymore and I just feel so much better.
In this day and age, it's not neccessery to watch TV in order to get news.
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Fri Jan-08-10 04:14 PM
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7. You mean The Rapture Index channel? Haven't taken them seriously since |
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they covered the Rapture Index.
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Fri Jan-08-10 05:22 PM
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Fri Jan-08-10 05:42 PM
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11. They're giggling idiots who don't know what should be funny, and what shouldn't. |
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Fri Jan-08-10 09:12 PM
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12. It's why I watch Keith, Rachel and Ed and that's about it. |
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They have no bubbleheaded bleach blondes who tell you about plane crashes with a gleam in their eye.
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Fri Jan-08-10 09:14 PM
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13. I wouldn't even mind "banter" if it were remotely witty. |
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But it's all mind-numbing idiocy like "I guess we're in for a snowy weekend ha ha ha"
"You're right about that hee hee hee."
Get the widow on the set!
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