Another irritating thing about cable news outlets

Bluzmann57

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Tue Aug-11-09 01:30 PM
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Another irritating thing about cable news outlets

Whenever a politician speaks, they feel it neccessary to run a crawl along the bottom of the screen to explain what he or she just said. I am paying attention, I know what I just heard and do not need anyone to explain or repeat it to me. And most people pay attention I suspect, so why, other than propaganda, do they run the crawl?
Note- the above question is basically a rhetorical one. The answer is obvious.

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Warpy

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Tue Aug-11-09 01:32 PM
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1. The speech was well timed, actually

because the braying morons will have to wait over 24 hours for Rove to tell Limbag what to tell them they heard.

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Sal Minella

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Tue Aug-11-09 01:51 PM
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2. For the hearing-impaired? Even if not deliberately run for that purpose,

I would guess hearing-impaired people appreciate visual transcription of what's going on.

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Bluzmann57

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Tue Aug-11-09 02:12 PM
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3. Ok good point

Guess I am just in kind of a gripey (is that a word?) mood lately and failed to think of a good and logical answer like yours.

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Sal Minella

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Tue Aug-11-09 04:02 PM
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5. Pardon? Speak up sonny, don't mumble.

:).... (seems like all of us around here are a little tutchy lately)

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SharonAnn

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Tue Aug-11-09 02:17 PM
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4. Could be, or for watchers in public places where you can't hear well over the noise?

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