When the fuck did Perez Hilton-style reporting take over politics?

Drunken Irishman

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Thu Sep-03-09 12:53 PM
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When the fuck did Perez Hilton-style reporting take over politics?

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Bill219

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Thu Sep-03-09 12:56 PM
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1. two words

Fox News..they created the genre...other "news" companies saw they were successful and copied the format

Like Randi says almost everyday...The news has been canceled

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Oregone

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Thu Sep-03-09 12:56 PM
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2. When the general public became more interested in Perez Hilton than Walter Cronkite

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Davis_X_Machina

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Thu Sep-03-09 01:05 PM
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3. The 1796 election.

The gutter press is as old as Gutenburg.

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FrenchieCat

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Thu Sep-03-09 01:07 PM
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4. After the signing of the 96 telecommunications act......

Then OJ happened,
and after that, it all went downhill....

Ain't been the same since.

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Enrique

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Thu Sep-03-09 01:13 PM
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5. yeah, they should just publish White House official statements

everything else is just "gossip".

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WinkyDink

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Thu Sep-03-09 01:32 PM
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6. When we started calling our democratically-elected leaders/reps "celebrities".

Edited on Thu Sep-03-09 01:32 PM by WinkyDink

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Sebastian Doyle

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Thu Sep-03-09 01:35 PM
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7. When "Politico" became an accepted news source

Even though nobody really knows exactly who owns them or how the Hell they came out of nowhere with all the history of JimmyJeff GannonGuckert's "Talon News", yet had instant "credibility" imposed upon them by the corporate media and the inside the beltway crowd.

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rufus dog

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Thu Sep-03-09 01:37 PM
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8. I forgot how bad MSNBC was in the morning

At a job site for the past few months, today was the first time I could keep it on in the background.

Carlos Watson had on Art Laffer, Mort Zuckerman, and a Repub Congresswomen from TN. "Debating" whether the stimulus package was effective. I guess Liz chEEEney was busy. Carlos responded a couple times with "others disagree."

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