Cable "News" Is SUCH A Fucking JOKE!!

[matcom]

Pope TV now is "Civil Royal Wedding" TV :eyes:

is Iraq still at war with Eastasia?

:crazy:

[wildmanj]

1. cable news

hit the off button

[kentuck]

2. Their bowels are all tied up in knots...

They don't know what to show?? Oh, the confusion!

[Tace]

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[radfringe]

4. get "puke" bucket ready

a new pope still has to be (s)elected...

next week interspersed with Michal Jackson and "royal" wedding stories will be blather about speculation on who the new pope will be and what it would mean for the catholic church, the world and everything

this will be followed by videos and other photos of crowds standing around watching for smoke and "interviews" with people saying they came all the way from "x" for the funeral and decided to stay for the selection

don't be surprised if there will be a "pope-cam" focused on the chimney....

meanwhile -- don't know about you but I'm all "Poped" out

[bryant69]

5. If it's such a joke why aren't I laughing?

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[B Calm]

6. I quit watching after the Clinton impeachment..

[radfringe]

7. ROFL

my partner just woke up, flipped on the TV and started screaming "ARRRRGGGHHHH - just what I want to see in the morning - a dead pope and a freaking royal wedding...."

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. They need to distract everyone

from what is going on in Baghdad today. 1000's of protesters are celebrating the fall of Saddam's statue, by demanding that the US leave Iraq. We can't have the Bushbots see reality now, can we?

[Todd B]

9. Contact Them

And tell them how disgusted you are at the state of the media today. At least it might let them now that about 48% of the American public is fed up about the "infotainment" that passes for news nowadays. Tell them to stop trying to be "Faux Lite" and start reporting the real news of the day.

(I don't consider Faux a news outlet, so we won't include them - they're beyond help)

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form1.html?39
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3303518/

[mmonk]

10. Don't know

I don't watch broadcast news anymore. I just get my news from wire services (and I read LBN and occasionally contribute information).

[Cooley Hurd]

11. I dunno... I smell a sitcom in the works:

"Mrs Ed"

[libnnc]

23. oh jeebus...that's just wrong

:spank: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :spray: :spray: :spray:

[matt819]

12. Are we still at war?

I mean, with all Schiavo all the time followed by all Pope all the time and now all Charles-illa all the time, I thought the war was over. I've been expecting joyous airport arrival celebrations any minute now. Declarations of victory.

Hold on a second. Are you suggesting that we are still at war? That Americans are dying in a fruitless exercise of American sole superpower?

But wait, there's almost no mention of this war thing in the MSM. They wouldn't keep us from that kind of news, would they?

[ktowntennesseedem]

15. Terri, Pope, Royals... no time for any Michael Jackson updates!

I'll be glad when Charles and Camilla's honeymoon is over, then we can get back to important things.

War? What war?

(sarcasm off)

[matt819]

21. How could I have forgotten Michael Jackson?

Okay, the Terry and the Pope are buried. Charles and Camilla are married. MIchael Jackson's going to jail, though not before lots more media coverage. What else will interfere with that pesky war reporting?

[LizW]

13. But...but...it's the Brits! There are castles! And hats!

:eyes:

[TreasonousBastard]

14. So don't watch it...

most people don't, and seem to live reasonably well.

There should be enough actual news for cable news to fill up 24 hours with quality information, but they tried that once and even fewer people watched.

[Mr_Spock]

16. I just don't watch it - it will have to reform if everyone stops watching.

That's my theory anyway. Either that or they'll go more and more "Faux" like to get the idiots to watch - in which case they will all simply lose all credibility. They've already lost all credibility with me so there is nothing left to lose in my estimation...

[Clark2008]

17. And THOUSANDS of Iraqi's have taken to the streets

to protest the United States whilst we're being treated to British crinoline's and frocks.

LOOK!

[ucmike]

18. i had enough a while ago

jackson trial...schiavo...pope......

how about some news on the huge fucking water main break that knocked out my water for 8 hours yesterday. i spent an hour trying to get some news. "would i have water, can i drink it, is this going to be a few hours or a few days? should i kill my neighbors and steal their water or should i wait?"

finally, after an hour of flipping channels and radio stations i heard an item about it on a 6 oclock news from new york, i'm in nj and have no local tv stations. the asshole anchors read the item..."blah blah blah...water main break...2 counties without water....may see brown water from your tap if at all...." then they cut away from the overhead shot of water pouring out of the ground back to the two empty heads at the desk and one of them does a little schtick about "don't drink the brown water!" (making reference to the woodstock announcement not to take brown acid) then they go back to the pope.

My question: WHAT IS THE STATUS OF MY WATER???????

is his little joke an official announcement? is it a joke? do they have an official statement from the water company? what should i do?

eventually the water came back on but still very little news.

(on a side note: American Water (a huge company-global i beleive) has nothing about it on their website and no one answering their customer service numbers. no fucking info for millions of people without water. thank you giant corporations.)

[SarahB]

19. It's what I call distraction news.

Hey, I hear the sharks will be out in full force this Summer. :eyes:

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

20. You have missed a critical distinction here...

Cable "news" is not news at all. It is infotainment. Its sole purpose is to attract viewers and sell advertising. Any news it may report is incidental to that goal. The only reason that places like Fox and CNN retain a slim facade of "real" news is that it allows them access to places like the White House briefing room, where Extra and Celebrity Justice are not allowed.

[deacon]

22. Shut them off and you become part of shutting off the bush propaganda

machine. Starve the beast.