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alp227

(32,029 posts) Mon May 2, 2016, 11:19 PM May 2016

What's wrong with this picture? (Hint: Detroit today)

I went to the Detroit Free Press site freep.com and couldn't believe what was on the front page.

Basically this is your typical for-profit, click-baiting "local news" outlet in the online era: whatever generates traffic, instead of public affairs, is the top story.

Now, think about if teachers in Ann Arbor, Rochester Hills, or Macomb decided to hold a protest/strike over incompetent administration.

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What's wrong with this picture? (Hint: Detroit today) (Original Post) alp227 May 2016 OP

Where's the photo of the new donut shop?? Rhiannon12866 May 2016 #1

And the water skiing mammal that isn't human? Volaris May 2016 #2

I can't remember the last time I watched local news Rhiannon12866 May 2016 #3

If the kids wouldn't miss cartoons I wouldn't even have cable. Volaris May 2016 #4

Rhiannon12866

(205,467 posts)

1. Where's the photo of the new donut shop??

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon May 2, 2016, 11:26 PM

May 2016

Volaris

(10,272 posts)

2. And the water skiing mammal that isn't human?

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #1)

Tue May 3, 2016, 02:43 AM

May 2016

HOW is this local news without a water skiing mammal???

Whatever, local news has sucked for decades. I used to watch it for school closings. Now I have the Internet so no reason AT ALL to turn that trash on.

Rhiannon12866

(205,467 posts)

3. I can't remember the last time I watched local news

Reply to Volaris (Reply #2)

Tue May 3, 2016, 02:52 AM

May 2016

That's what was on when I turned on the TV today and they led with a Trump speech, changed the channel as fast as I could. I do the same thing with the national news, too, these days, and for the same reason. I'm watching more "Murder, She Wrote" lately, used to watch that with my grandmother, much less aggravating.

Volaris

(10,272 posts)

4. If the kids wouldn't miss cartoons I wouldn't even have cable.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #3)

Tue May 3, 2016, 02:59 AM

May 2016

It's a waste of money when I have an Internet connection.
It's why we put the cable in her name, that way I don't have to have a Monthly Mad everytime that damned Charter bill has to be paid.

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