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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 10:57 AM
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51. That's why I'm not even going to watch tv today, except for pre-recorded Olympics.
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  -Its Fucking Pathetic That Every Single Network is Carrying Tiger Woods' Statement MadBadger  Feb-19-10 09:57 AM   #0 
  - What's pathetic is that people watch. (nt)  redqueen   Feb-19-10 09:58 AM   #1 
  - Its not pathetic that people Watch. It absolutely should be on ESPN  MadBadger   Feb-19-10 10:00 AM   #3 
  - I was of course referring to the networks which you were referring to...  redqueen   Feb-19-10 10:02 AM   #11 
  - +1  wtmusic   Feb-19-10 10:02 AM   # 
  - You've GOT to be kidding! I fear you are not. nt  Captain Hilts   Feb-19-10 09:58 AM   #2 
  - Do your best to boycott it.  Loge23   Feb-19-10 10:01 AM   #4 
  - Especially since he's already announced he wasn't taking any questions  rocktivity   Feb-19-10 10:01 AM   #5 
  - a lot of local radio is on it, too...even some music stations  Blue_Tires   Feb-19-10 10:02 AM   #6 
  - Joe Stack, move over  heli   Feb-19-10 10:02 AM   #7 
  - Exactly.  Iggo   Feb-19-10 10:07 AM   #21 
  - surely there is some channel you can switch to so you do not have to watch  DrDan   Feb-19-10 10:02 AM   #8 
  - Oh no, I'm watching on ESPN. I just think that the blanket coverage is ridiculous  MadBadger   Feb-19-10 10:04 AM   #14 
  - I counted 16 or 17 stations on Dish Network  era veteran   Feb-19-10 10:20 AM   #41 
  - I'm watching re-runs of CSI on Spike  csziggy   Feb-19-10 11:09 AM   #56 
     - 24-hour news coverage probably allows adequate coverage of everything you suggest - and then some  DrDan   Feb-19-10 11:28 AM   #59 
        - It should but reporters are lazy. They do not want to have to actually research  csziggy   Feb-19-10 12:14 PM   #60 
  - Who? Never heard of him.  HopeHoops   Feb-19-10 10:02 AM   #9 
  - Thank you. I was beginning to think I was the only one here who didn't give a shit about  Randall Flagg   Feb-19-10 10:02 AM   #10 
  - But...  GoCubsGo   Feb-19-10 10:16 AM   #37 
  - Nope - this is great. This is a perfect slice 2010 Americana.  cbdo2007   Feb-19-10 10:02 AM   #12 
  - Not just Americana  laundry_queen   Feb-19-10 10:10 AM   #26 
     - HAHAHA That's great!!!! I mean...sorry you missed the Olympics...  cbdo2007   Feb-19-10 10:19 AM   #38 
  - I'm not watching  MaineDem   Feb-19-10 10:02 AM   #13 
  - to not care about Tiger and his statement makes perfect sense  DrDan   Feb-19-10 10:04 AM   #15 
  - I'm not sure it's caring about others watching...  daleanime   Feb-19-10 10:19 AM   #39 
  - On the BBC's front news page  Zywiec   Feb-19-10 10:05 AM   #16 
  - Right and then the end of it but,  madmax   Feb-19-10 10:06 AM   #17 
  - Compared to what they usually show this time of day, at least it's news  PVnRT   Feb-19-10 10:06 AM   #18 
  - Too Little, Too Late...  KharmaTrain   Feb-19-10 10:06 AM   #19 
  - He had to get his teeth fixed first...lol.(n/t)  Iggo   Feb-19-10 10:08 AM   #22 
  - My boss said something this morning...  Iggo   Feb-19-10 10:06 AM   #20 
  - The only apology I want to hear  Randypiper   Feb-19-10 10:08 AM   #23 
  - Bloomberg is because of the financial contracts it concerns /nt  still_one   Feb-19-10 10:09 AM   #24 
  - It's a morality lesson, the media love this  Canuckistanian   Feb-19-10 10:09 AM   #25 
  - Broadcasters must be soooo relieved!  madamesilverspurs   Feb-19-10 10:10 AM   #27 
  - Celebrities and Politicians APOLOGIZE so often, we can make THIS a National Holiday?  ShortnFiery   Feb-19-10 10:10 AM   #28 
  - I find the idea of people watching TV at this time of day far more pathetic  slackmaster   Feb-19-10 10:11 AM   #29 
  - Yea, Fuck those stay at home moms!  MadBadger   Feb-19-10 10:12 AM   #30 
  - Staying at home to watch TV is not a good reason to stay at home  slackmaster   Feb-19-10 10:13 AM   #31 
  - I was enjoying the Today show and their coverage of the Olympic athletes,  begin_within   Feb-19-10 10:13 AM   #32 
  - How many celebrity gossip rags at your supermarket vs how many news?  brooklynite   Feb-19-10 10:14 AM   #33 
  - Sadder still that there are already at least 15 new Tiger threads on DU since 11am.....  piratefish08   Feb-19-10 10:15 AM   #34 
  - cripes... even Stephanie Miller is playing this pitiful crap.  azmouse   Feb-19-10 10:15 AM   #35 
  - He's not actually saying much -- he should have just posted his manifesto on his web site.  FarCenter   Feb-19-10 10:16 AM   #36 
  - This is part of his 12-step program, making amends. .....n/t  monmouth   Feb-19-10 10:20 AM   #40 
  - And it's not as if his 'oversized sex drive' was really terribly extraordinary.  RaleighNCDUer   Feb-19-10 10:25 AM   #42 
  - One can only imagine what people would think if a female celebrity owned up to similar deeds. nt  raccoon   Feb-19-10 10:28 AM   #43 
     - Whore  MadBadger   Feb-19-10 10:33 AM   #47 
  - I agree. I don't understand the fascination.  gorfle   Feb-19-10 10:28 AM   #44 
  - ..And, there are now 'experts' on TV analyzing his statement.. What bullshit. n/t  LeftinOH   Feb-19-10 10:28 AM   #45 
  - tiger woods is big business and therefore newsworthy  unblock   Feb-19-10 10:29 AM   #46 
  - I just had a idea what he could now sponsor now but I erased it,  Paper Roses   Feb-19-10 10:59 AM   #52 
     - it's tiger who took things downhill....  unblock   Feb-19-10 11:03 AM   #54 
  - Hey, they have to focus on what is IMPORTANT  tom_paine   Feb-19-10 10:44 AM   #48 
  - Tiger hand picked who is covering his statement.  Kokonoe   Feb-19-10 10:52 AM   #49 
  - Its news  yodoobo   Feb-19-10 10:53 AM   #50 
  - That's why I'm not even going to watch tv today, except for pre-recorded Olympics.  Dappleganger   Feb-19-10 10:57 AM   #51 
  - I am listening to his bullshit now....  Hepburn   Feb-19-10 11:02 AM   #53 
  - This is not a story - It's a train wreck  ashling   Feb-19-10 11:05 AM   #55 
  - There's no need whatsoever for nonstop coverage. This is ridiculous.  Vinca   Feb-19-10 11:10 AM   #57 
  - Tiger who?  bvar22   Feb-19-10 11:21 AM   #58 
  - All spectacle all the time  12AngryMen   Feb-19-10 12:16 PM   #61 
  - of course..they need to bury yesterday's domestic terrorism story.  krabigirl   Feb-19-10 12:17 PM   #62 
  - Oh damn! You mean I slept through it? DAMN DAMN DAMN!  cherokeeprogressive   Feb-19-10 12:18 PM   #63 
  - Did he interrupt your soaps?  Catherine Vincent   Feb-19-10 12:19 PM   #64 
  - He doesn't have an oversized sex issue.. he has an oversized ego and women throwing themselves  glowing   Feb-19-10 12:45 PM   #65 
  - Not bullshit. People are interested in it=they show it.  newtothegame   Feb-20-10 02:20 AM   #66 
 

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