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Tue Oct-19-10 06:33 AM
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| So, what does the Today Show babble about for 3 min in its first half-hour today? |
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Elections are two weeks away. War continues in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other parts of the world. Everyone's economy is operating in an air of uncertainty at least. So, what does the Toady (not misspelled) Show spend almost 3 minutes on during its first half-hour? Starbucks!
It amounted to an infomercial on the coffee store chain considering selling wine.
So, that's what counts as news now?
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| old mark
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Tue Oct-19-10 06:39 AM
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| 1. Our local station had a clip of Palin's "speech", and a few minutes |
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of Phillies manager Uncle Charlie...and a cooking contest.
You know - stuff that affects us all...
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Tue Oct-19-10 06:42 AM
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| 2. Gee, I wonder if they get any starbucks kickbacks nt |
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Tue Oct-19-10 06:45 AM
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| 3. Why bring up their ratings. |
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you already know it's crap, just like the other so-called "news" shows.
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| DefenseLawyer
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Tue Oct-19-10 06:47 AM
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| 4. Why is someone watching the Today Show and complaining about fluff? |
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You kinda know what you are getting when you tune in, right? And at any rate I would say that story is news. The most pressing news of our time? No. But it's not "The ten best shoes for a first date" or "how to balance your pet's checkbook". As the Today Show goes, that's a pretty meaty story.
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Tue Oct-19-10 06:59 AM
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Tue Oct-19-10 09:42 AM
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| 11. No worse than watching Morning Intern Killer & complaining about right-wing propaganda |
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it's called "Picking choice three".
1. Turn it off
2. Watch it and shut up
3. Watch it and bitch about it.
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| LWolf
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Tue Oct-19-10 07:53 AM
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| 6. What do you expect when you get your "news" from the tv? nt |
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Tue Oct-19-10 08:28 AM
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| 7. Bingo! It's like "velocitizing." |
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That's when you come off a highway off-ramp, slow down a bit, but don't realize you're still going fast.
Likewise, when you turn off idiotic TV, it can sometimes be hard to notice that you're still thinking like a shallow, commercialized numbskull.
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Tue Oct-19-10 08:30 AM
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| 8. the today show is like cotton candy for breakfast |
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Tue Oct-19-10 09:37 AM
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| 9. Hmmm maybe they paid them like they did Scarbourough?? I have noticed a lot of this lately - |
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It's on local news outlets too! And have you noticed all the info-mercial shows taking over on TV? They must be like the churches - Wall Streeters did a job on everyone!
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Tue Oct-19-10 09:39 AM
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| 10. They never get off the island on Gilligan's Island either. nt |
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