So I just popped on the TV to get some news........

[Chipper Chat]

MSNBC: 2 women are giggling about why college students are searching the internet for spaghetti recipes and how to improve their love life. Yuk. I switch to CNN: two dudes are talking about the phenomenon of "Dad bloggers." I switched the TV off.

[madokie]

1. Smart Chipper

I don't bother to turn it on anymore. Oh last evening I watched Arlo Guthrie followed by Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood. Now what was some good teevee right there. :hi:

edit: none for now

[Chipper Chat]

4. Wouldn't it be nice if CBS released the old Ed Sullivan shows?

I'm down to Keith, Rachel, and Turner Classic Movies.

[madokie]

10. It'd sure bring back some memories of long ago

[seabeckind]

15. Agree.

I usually watch MSNBC in the evening, occasionally Joe Coffee for entertainment in the morning. Haven't seen any CNN for years.

Right now we have 2 talking heads with annual salaries more than my lifetime salary talking about the economy and how the stock market is doing. My portfolio isn't doing so well cause I invested in some groceries yesterday.

[Nancy Waterman]

2. I go through this kind of thing all the time

Makes me crazy!

[Bigmack]

3. You lost me with your subject line....

"TV..... news" ?????

No way.

[madokie]

5. LOL

Jon Stewart but other than that you're right.

[Chipper Chat]

9. On Fox the "A.M. 3 Stooges" were amazed that people considered Jon Stewart "news."

My hypocritic-radar caused my jaw to drop to the floor!

[madokie]

11. Best news of the 24 hour period

I've yet caught Stewart in a lie or misdirection and I can't say that for any of the others. Steven Colbert is not in the group of others either.

[COLGATE4]

20. I'm amazed that the A.M. Fux Stooges are considered to be people!

[Chipper Chat]

6. "TV...flooze"

:rofl:

[JitterbugPerfume]

7. I switched on BookTv

and they were fawning over Laura Bush.

Do they even know that she is married to a notorious (un indited) war criminal?

[Angry Dragon]

13. I thought he was just from a family of Nazis

[w8liftinglady]

8. one place you might try-if you get it...LINk TV

http://www.linktv.org/

[asjr]

12. Last night I watched a show about

women trying on wedding dresses. Best TV all day! I have to come to Du to know what is going on because MSNBC and CNN are real losers.

[nevergiveup]

14. That's some serious stuff.

I can't believe you were not interested :shrug:

[Chipper Chat]

22. OK, I'll give it a second look..

Maybe nominate it for a Purlitzer. :rofl:

[CBR]

16. College Gameday on ESPN! nt

[Cirque du So-What]

17. You forgot the most important story of all

Lindsay Lohan is out on bail! I'm beside myself with concern!

[SoCalDem]

18. Silly Wabbit.. Everyone knows that news doesn't happen on weekends.

:rofl:

The one that really makes my blood boil is how they have ruined the weather channel

There was a time when, no matter when you tuned in, you got weather...there was a permanent loop of locations & their weather..there was radar..there were rather ordinary-looking people at desks who reported the weather.. That's all they did..

Last weekend I was wondering about the Cat4 hurricane and all I ever found when I checked in were spliced-together "reports" on the 1969 tornadoes in Kansas, and other episodes of "When Weather Changed History"..

That station is little more than a place where old storm videos go be recycled

[northoftheborder]

19. News: C-Span, PBS, NPR, Satellite Radio, Stewart & Colbert. The rest from internet.

Weather from internet. If I didn't have U-verse, I'd consider dropping television receptiion altogether, and get all I wanted from internet.

[Chipper Chat]

23. Yes, they DID report on Lohan last week. I was jarred.

Seriously, I thought "I cant believe my weather channel mentioned this. About a year ago I emailed them about the annoying drum-heavy rock music in the background of their opening sequences. You couldn't even hear the voices over the music. They did tone that down a little. I'll bet Bill Keneely is having nightmares.

[stevedeshazer]

21. +1 That's a great point.

I'm gonna try your experiment and I'll report back soon.

Maybe other readers of this thread can try it, too.

Back in a few.

[stevedeshazer]

24. So here is my followup....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9199350

[Scuba]

25. "TV News" is an oxymoron.