CNN: A half-hour of nonstop shopping reports...followed by a shopper's weather forecast....

[marmar]

Ugh. I just flipped to Man vs. Wild on the Discovery Channel. I'm all mindless-consumerismed out.

[spanone]

1. give 'em a few minutes, they'll switch to natalie holloway

[conspirator]

2. Shop, Shop and watch american idol. Relax, we, the corporations, will take care of you nt

[babylonsister]

3. Surprisingly, at this moment, MSNBC just had two

political consultants on discussing candidates. :wow: I'm sure we'll be back to shopping and Natalie shortly.

[TwilightZone]

4. Turn off the TV.

Simple solution, that.

Expecting *not* to see mindless consumerism on the official kickoff of the holiday shopping season is a bit unrealistic. Same thing every year.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

5. Natalie Holloway was MSM's indepth lead story. The US initiated Iraq war is a nuisance to report.

[shadowknows69]

6. Any good riots yet?

n/t

[sarcasmo]

7. On my way home from the grocery store there was an Ambulance at the ABC Whorehouse.

Oops I mean Warehouse, I figured someone got into a fit over a TEEVEE. FYI, this is GREAT day to go grocery shopping, no one their and only one clerk.

[shadowknows69]

8. I bought my mother full body armor last christmas

So she doesn't get all cut up again.

[Dulcinea]

11. That's what I did.

Grocery shopping & took my kids to get their hair cut. And I even started my Christmas shopping (I-Tunes card for bro-in-law.)

Wild horses wouldn't get me near a mall today, except to set up a lawn chair in the parking lot & watch people fight over merchandise. (I know a guy who actually did that one year!)

[ellie]

9. I am watching CNN

right now and the first thing I saw was a report on Black Friday shoppers complete with video footage of shoppers bursting though the doors in Florida. Right front and center was a guy wearing an "Impeach Bush" t-shirt. hahahahahahahahaha

[UTUSN]

10. Here's the memo:

1- week before The Day, cooking segments, cooking segments, cooking segments...

2- two days before, airports, airports, airports... alternated with weather, weather, weather...

3- The Day, turkey, turkey, turkey...

4- day after The Day, shopping, shopping, shopping... alternated with cooking segments to "spice up" turkey leftovers...



Great DUer's name: "Wake me up when it's over."

[LibertarianAtheist]

12. it's the marketplace

obviously CNN wouldn't run this if people didn't watch (which you obviously did for a little bit), and considering that this time of the year many people are interested in consumerism stories, CNN is simply following one of the most obvious rules of capitalism: offer people what they want.