Did Garrison Keillor really say this? - Democratic Underground

Glenda

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Thu Nov-18-04 12:48 AM
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Did Garrison Keillor really say this?

"If you watch TV news you know less about the world than if you just drank gin straight from the bottle." Garrison Keillor

I saw it on someone's sig line in another forum

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Lex

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Thu Nov-18-04 12:49 AM
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1. Well, if he didn't say it, he ought to have. n/t

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juajen

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Thu Nov-18-04 12:49 AM
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2. I don't know the quote, but it certainly sounds like him

He's a great American. I love, love, love him.

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Peanut Gallery

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Thu Nov-18-04 12:54 AM
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4. I saw his show live over the summer

Edited on Thu Nov-18-04 12:57 AM by Ravenswood

At a local outdoor venue. He toured several cities. My S.O. has been a huge fan of his for years, and it was the first time I heard him. I was hooked after that. He has a real gift for storytelling.

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Quadrajet

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Thu Nov-18-04 01:11 AM
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6. Keillor makes me proud to be a Minnesotan.

I took this shot at a Kerry rally in Rochester, MN. He's singing the National Anthem, he's at the "and" in "and the rockets red glare".

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warrens

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Thu Nov-18-04 12:53 AM
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3. Yes

I heard that

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pnorman

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Thu Nov-18-04 01:07 AM
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5. Here's what I just Googled:

"TV news is as bloody as Shakespeare but without the intelligence and the poetry. If you watch television news you know less about the world than if you drank gin out of a bottle" --- Garrison Keillor
http://www3.sympatico.ca/dykstra/epigrams.htm

The nice thing about chasing down such quotes, is that they frequently lead to other quotes worth saving.

pnorman

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Kire

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Thu Nov-18-04 01:17 AM
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7. none of the google searches provide original sources

just links to quotes pages (like your link), and sig lines on other boards

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pnorman

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Thu Nov-18-04 01:32 AM
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10. Verifiable original sources is something I generally insist on.

On my Union BBS and listserves, I've shot down some really scurrilous CRAP, by showing that the few search-hits were a tight cluster of freeper-like sites ("incestuous daisy-chain"), with NONE giving the source.

Thanks for the reminder. There were a lot of Google-hits on that quote, but I stopped early. Later tonight, I'll dig a little deeper.

pnorman

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proudbluestater

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Thu Nov-18-04 01:24 AM
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8. He has a great book out! Homegrown Democrat!

Get it! Read it! Great book. Nice light read. About his years growing up in Minnesota, how all the good things in life about thanks to liberals...

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realisticphish

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Thu Nov-18-04 01:30 AM
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9. just got it

kind of wierd writing...a LOT of run-on sentences, kind of distracting, but still good.

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

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