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PatSeg

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35. The obsession with celebrities is out of control

Tue Feb 23, 2021, 05:48 PM

Feb 2021

It is a news story, but as you say, five minutes should be enough to cover anything pertinent. Meanwhile, there is plenty going on in the world more important than one golf pro's unfortunate accident. I would have expected that today's hearings would have dominated most of the news today. Then there are numerous COVID related stories, cabinet confirmations, and the Stimulus Bill.

I hope Tiger Woods recovers, but I don't need to hear about it nonstop 24/7.

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Really CNN and MSNBC? [View all] mcar Feb 2021 OP

celebrity with dui hisitory in crash, expected to live. good for 5 minutes or so? nt msongs Feb 2021 #1

I mean, breaking news when they got it, yeah mcar Feb 2021 #3

i am watching a shopping channel because i will not watch ANYMORE TIGER WOODS STUFF Trueblue1968 Feb 2021 #13

haha..i switched to Ozzie and Harriet. quick its 4 01 pacific time and im turning over.. samnsara Feb 2021 #102

I don't watch either one much. Last night i binge doc03 Feb 2021 #18

that sounds intriguing. barbtries Feb 2021 #42

sometimes you just have to do that! samnsara Feb 2021 #103

The obsession with celebrities is out of control PatSeg Feb 2021 #35

Do you know he was drunk? Where did you get the DUI part? I have not read any of it, he was Escurumbele Feb 2021 #58

said he has a history of dui not that was dui in this case nt msongs Feb 2021 #62

But he doesn't have a history of DUI, where did you get that? Escurumbele Feb 2021 #65

+1. MSNBC/CNN viewers don't care about this shit radius777 Feb 2021 #91

I am a big fan of Tiger's but this is overkill. Enough already! SheilaAnn Feb 2021 #2

Thanks, SheliaAnn mcar Feb 2021 #6

I wonder if the msnbc pundits/talker need a break or something...LOL. n/t SheilaAnn Feb 2021 #56

It's over the top. Too much. redstateblues Feb 2021 #4

CNN just now moving on to other news ornotna Feb 2021 #5

Thanks for that "breaking news" mcar Feb 2021 #8

I aim to please ornotna Feb 2021 #15

Yes... I can understand dedicating a couple of minutes to it, but this is OTT hlthe2b Feb 2021 #7

My sentiments exactly mcar Feb 2021 #9

His injuries are not life threatening. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #10

I gave up on MSNBC and am now watching British crime drama csziggy Feb 2021 #11

I was driving home and usually listen to one of them on satellite mcar Feb 2021 #14

We got home about thirty minutes ago so I was happy when it was Nicole Wallace time csziggy Feb 2021 #17

Me too. Ever watch Murder in Suburbia? PCIntern Feb 2021 #38

I'll have to look for that one csziggy Feb 2021 #46

Originally saw it on Netflix PCIntern Feb 2021 #55

Oh! Caroline Catz is in it csziggy Feb 2021 #66

Great. Let me know what u think when u see it PCIntern Feb 2021 #96

Going to look that one up mcar Feb 2021 #88

Which crime drama? nt USALiberal Feb 2021 #110

Right then I was watching Law & Order UK csziggy Feb 2021 #113

Thanks! USALiberal Feb 2021 #114

No more Dump train wrecks so... moondust Feb 2021 #12

Maybe we can be grateful for cilla4progress Feb 2021 #16

+1000 / I rec'd this thread because, yeah, too long. Still - WOW - it's not the former guy! IndyOp Feb 2021 #21

The orange one released a statement about his friend Tiger. Nt helpisontheway Feb 2021 #24

Yes, he's a golfer, not Gandhi. He didn't die, he has leg injuries. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #19

Good way to put it. Hoyt Feb 2021 #51

You may not understand Golf, and that is OK, but Tiger Woods represents more than you seem to know Escurumbele Feb 2021 #64

Tiger hasn't "moved the needle" in golf since his wife clobbered him in their driveway. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #109

He's a saint, didn't you know? demosincebirth Feb 2021 #20

Glad you said that, I agree. I love Woods, have rooted for him for a long time.... George II Feb 2021 #22

When they put a doctor on mcar Feb 2021 #25

I agree 100 percent. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2021 #23

Yeah, and the cabinet nominee hearings mcar Feb 2021 #30

BBC news seems to filter out some of the sillier stuff empedocles Feb 2021 #26

Yes. I wish him the best and pulled up last night's Rachel. Hortensis Feb 2021 #27

Maybe you'd prefer more Trump tweets relayerbob Feb 2021 #28

I beg your pardon? mcar Feb 2021 #33

Actually, I'm just sick of constant outrage over every stupid thing relayerbob Feb 2021 #83

Yet you felt compelled to post on my OP mcar Feb 2021 #89

There's no other pressing shit to talk about?! uponit7771 Feb 2021 #87

I, too, am sorry about Tiger Woods as a fellow human being, but my gods they started coverage... Hekate Feb 2021 #29

just be thankful that CNN and MSNBC didn't do this for limbaugh still_one Feb 2021 #31

OK, yes, I am grateful for that! mcar Feb 2021 #34

.................... still_one Feb 2021 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #32

I was driving to and from a doc appt and listening on satellite mcar Feb 2021 #36

Squirrel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sarcasmo Feb 2021 #37

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! orleans Feb 2021 #80

I agree, this is not national news n/t aggiesal Feb 2021 #40

Nothing much else happening today. Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #41

Yep, slow news day mcar Feb 2021 #45

+++1 live love laugh Feb 2021 #116

obviously they are not news stations but entertainment stations. It's tough when it's so apparent. dem4decades Feb 2021 #43

Mama always said that if you can't say something good, don't say anything... Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #44

Our media is how we would up with a "Celebrity President". jalan48 Feb 2021 #47

We should have ran Tiger Woods against Trump. Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #53

True, though he may have been to high some of the time to do the job. What's this, his second or jalan48 Feb 2021 #97

Fucking ambulance chasers. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2021 #48

geez. Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #49

like the local news, blood, violence and fires HUAJIAO Feb 2021 #50

six minutes so far on MSNBC Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #52

"There's never been anyone like him." nt Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #54

Now we've heard about his relationship with his father.. Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #61

I had the terrorist hearings on in the background while I was texting with relatives. bearssoapbox Feb 2021 #57

Tiger might be the single most famous US athlete on an international basis ... ever. Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2021 #59

No more hourly outrages from Dumdum and Co. Warpy Feb 2021 #60

They've been eulogizing him from the frogmarch Feb 2021 #63

For news watch the business news channels, not the infotainment channels. Klaralven Feb 2021 #67

Now you can vote! DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2021 #68

Now, on MSNBC, they're talking Oldem Feb 2021 #69

Not talking about Trump is good. patricia92243 Feb 2021 #70

There are many more important things, like the Capitol hill hearings today. pnwmom Feb 2021 #72

I just heard about it 15 minutes ago ecstatic Feb 2021 #71

Ditto. Ridiculous. Joinfortmill Feb 2021 #73

Two Words: SayItLoud Feb 2021 #74

Slow news day? bluescribbler Feb 2021 #75

1/6 security hearings, sexism in the cabinet votes, 500,000 dead Americans mcar Feb 2021 #90

sideshow bullshit, pure and simple bringthePaine Feb 2021 #76

like they say, if it bleeds it leads. nt yaesu Feb 2021 #77

Hear, hear! BigmanPigman Feb 2021 #78

Tiger should stick to driving golf balls. iscooterliberally Feb 2021 #79

Meh -- almost back to normal phandancer917 Feb 2021 #81

Exactly seta1950 Feb 2021 #82

Agree 100%... Jon King Feb 2021 #84

omfg, you can't be ,.... Fuckin wow we lived through Hitler broke version and we uponit7771 Feb 2021 #85

Thank you, you took the words right outta my mouth lillypaddle Feb 2021 #86

We're resorting to watching the NBC national news at 6:30 just to get some news. Dagstead Bumwood Feb 2021 #92

If it bleeds-... trof Feb 2021 #93

So is Faux AllyCat Feb 2021 #94

PBS News Hour is free jayschool2013 Feb 2021 #95

Just finished watching News Hour mcar Feb 2021 #100

I find it calming jayschool2013 Feb 2021 #108

It is calming mcar Feb 2021 #112

Yeah, my wife and I have been watching and it got pretty inane with that press conference with the PatrickforB Feb 2021 #98

But CNN can't carry Jen Psaki's press briefings? catrose Feb 2021 #99

Right? mcar Feb 2021 #101

And ABC half of the news.. question everything Feb 2021 #104

Our democracy went due south soon after "TV news" decided covering OJ was job 1. hay rick Feb 2021 #105

Beyond disgusting. And profoundly irresponsible. madamesilverspurs Feb 2021 #106

On CNN at 2-something, Brianna Keilor mcar Feb 2021 #107

The media bdamomma Feb 2021 #111

The news has all but died. Daily it's "why isn't everybody vaccinated by now?" 🙄 or repetitive stuff live love laugh Feb 2021 #115

Ratings budkin Feb 2021 #117

Ratings, yes. Also its cheaper than doing real journalism. summer_in_TX Feb 2021 #118

You hit the nail on the head. nt mcar Feb 2021 #119

They're both still nonstop this morning. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #120

I agree at least msnbc switched at 9 with Rachel Tribetime Feb 2021 #121

The news media operates on the attention-grabbing format dlk Feb 2021 #122

Was Tiger in an accident? mzmolly Feb 2021 #123