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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:26 AM Original message |
What's really insulting about TV is that no one admits that most instant punditry is bullshit |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. Pundits are living proof of Sturgeon's Law |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. Because I am no longer a target of marketing I just assume tv is not meant for me |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. No shit. I noticed that when I entered my late 40s |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. History, discovery and even NtlGeogr are into ghosts, paranormal |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Ah yes, the good old days |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. A couple of years ago at a conference |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's A Circle Jerk... |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. "blogs" - for every rational fact based blog, there are 10 wingnut ideologues making crap up |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. We Are Our Own Editors... |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Mostly it seems to act as Step One in the Right Wing Noise Machine. "Some people are saying" etc |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's theater not news, not analysis. Think professional wrestling, not Murrow. nt |
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