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Fri Jun-26-09 06:02 PM
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Edited on Fri Jun-26-09 06:03 PM by sweettater
isn't it?  (the dead media) |
| -It's official: The American media is dead. |
Loge23 |
Jun-26-09 05:58 PM |
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it passed away about 8 1/2 years ago when no one was looking and no one cared |
spanone |
Jun-26-09 05:59 PM |
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I cared. |
leeroysphitz |
Jun-26-09 06:00 PM |
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a bit earlier ... |
zbdent |
Jun-26-09 06:04 PM |
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And a solid week of Princess Diana death coverage a few years after that! |
gauguin57 |
Jun-26-09 06:15 PM |
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The other two weren't the most famous person in the world |
DaveinJapan |
Jun-27-09 07:20 AM |
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Lorenna Bobbit, Monica Lewinsky, OJ, Reagan's weeklong funeral |
lunatica |
Jun-27-09 11:20 AM |
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Actually it was over 30 years ago and both Paley and Cronkite fought |
Greyhound |
Jun-26-09 06:07 PM |
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"There is no info in infotainment and precious little tainment." I like that phrase! |
Dragonfli |
Jun-26-09 07:05 PM |
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You know, looking back on things, Network was |
liberalhistorian |
Jun-26-09 09:00 PM |
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I agree.... |
aquaman |
Jun-26-09 06:00 PM |
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The American broadcast news media |
Catshrink |
Jun-26-09 06:01 PM |
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Wow. Farrah was hot, but this much power beyond the grave? |
Deja Q |
Jun-26-09 06:01 PM |
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I've hardly seen anything at all about her, actually. |
liberalhistorian |
Jun-26-09 09:01 PM |
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It's truly sad, |
sweettater |
Jun-26-09 06:02 PM |
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It's been dead for a loooong time..... |
Joe the Liberal |
Jun-26-09 06:04 PM |
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Rip Van Winkle is that you? |
Downtown Hound |
Jun-26-09 06:05 PM |
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Yeah, but even here and on HuffPost you can't get away |
liberalhistorian |
Jun-26-09 09:02 PM |
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How true. Trying to find the doumentary that exposed all the |
jasi2006 |
Jun-26-09 06:09 PM |
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Actually, it's worse that you think. |
dgibby |
Jun-26-09 06:10 PM |
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geez, and I thought it died in the early 90's n/t |
wtbymark |
Jun-26-09 06:10 PM |
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Long live the Internet. |
sarcasmo |
Jun-26-09 06:11 PM |
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It was on life support back in the 80s and 90s, died in 2000. Rose as fascist mouthpiece in 2001. |
blm |
Jun-26-09 06:18 PM |
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BBC is wall to wall MJ too. |
tridim |
Jun-26-09 06:23 PM |
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I do believe he's an even bigger pop icon in the UK than he is in the US. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Jun-26-09 07:05 PM |
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You just realized that? |
emilyg |
Jun-26-09 06:27 PM |
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Oh, please. Cut the histrionics and emotionalism. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Jun-26-09 06:30 PM |
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I'll add it to my list of "dead" things |
HughMoran |
Jun-26-09 07:03 PM |
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Promises, promises. |
JackRiddler |
Jun-26-09 07:14 PM |
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Oh, puleeze... |
muffin1 |
Jun-26-09 07:19 PM |
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So can we now start calling it by its proper name? |
Larry Ogg |
Jun-26-09 07:50 PM |
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Well at least Obama was smart enough to realize |
Generator |
Jun-26-09 08:17 PM |
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Try endless wall-to-wall coverage on all of the networks |
liberalhistorian |
Jun-26-09 08:58 PM |
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Dude! It's all about money! N/T |
obliviously |
Jun-27-09 12:05 AM |
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No, it died while following a white Bronco on the California freeways about 15 years ago. |
corkhead |
Jun-27-09 06:54 AM |
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They havent had much to do since promoting the illegal Invasion of Iraq ! |
RagAss |
Jun-27-09 07:12 AM |
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Sorry, but this isn't nearly as nuts as Anna Nicole Smith week. |
dorkulon |
Jun-27-09 07:22 AM |
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So it took MJ's death for you to realize this? The American media died years ago. |
Lilyeye |
Jun-27-09 07:52 AM |
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True, but I still had "hope"! |
Loge23 |
Jun-27-09 11:08 AM |
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Are you talking about network news? |
checks-n-balances |
Jun-27-09 09:51 AM |
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While the media coverage is definitely overdone to the point of saturation |
fujiyama |
Jun-27-09 10:00 AM |
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It's more like the Undead because it refuses to stay in its self dug grave |
lunatica |
Jun-27-09 11:11 AM |
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It passed away long ago. The OJ Trial Coverage was a clear indicator it was dying or dead. |
tom_paine |
Jun-27-09 11:29 AM |
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