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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 11:41 AM
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Broken "Breaking News"
MSNBC just had "breaking" and "shocking" news on their programming:

80 year old Barbara Walters will have heart valve replacement surgery.

This was followed by a celebration of Betty White's SNL turn.

I thoroughly enjoyed Betty's bawdy performances on SNL this past Saturday. It may even have been my week's high point. I wish Ms. Walters only the best: a successful surgery, a quick recovery, and a long life.

NEITHER of these stories are NEWS.

Dead soldiers? What dead soldiers? Oil? Where? Who?

:eyes:
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 11:45 AM
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1. and their "crawl" has been "stuck" for about 4 days now
still reporting on the 41% of out of wedlock births..
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 11:45 AM
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2. ooops, accidently hit unrec. just for honesty sake. hey, 80.... she already
hti the long life, in my book. wink. lol.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 11:45 AM
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3. they hold their breath till they can raise that 'breaking news' banner...it's a cheap trick by now
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 11:51 AM
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4. Amen
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tXr Donating Member (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 11:53 AM
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5. "Breaking News" -
What MSNBC, et al. are busily engaged in 24/7.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 11:57 AM
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7. Hahaha
VERY well said!

:thumbsup:
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 11:56 AM
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6. +1
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 11:59 AM
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8. They can't show us the Breaking News stories of a school of sharks in the Gulf any more
They used to really like that one.

Don
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 11:59 AM
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9. When the news wasn't
New is no longer news, it is nothing more than the equivalent of standing in line at the grocery store and reading the headlines on the gossip papers.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 12:00 PM
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10. i'm waiting for contessa to break a nail.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 12:01 PM
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11. Yeah, but Betty White was funny though
:rofl:

:P
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sad sally Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 12:08 PM
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12. Bombs targeting Iraqi police officers killed 84 today -
as required by treaty, no US soldiers were involved. So WHY are we still there?
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 12:11 PM
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13. I guess we're still liberating them.
Liberatin' is hard work.
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 12:23 PM
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14. And you tune into that nonsense... why?
I manage to stay blissfully uninformed about the state of Barbara Walters' health by not turning on the TV... you ought to try it.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 01:18 PM
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15. Now see .... ya made an assumption about me
I had it on today after having had it off for weeks.

Today reminded me why i watch it far less than before.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 01:21 PM
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16. Do you know what sucks?
The BBC doesn't have a push app for my iPod. Fox has one and apparently it's the most popular one. So I'm stuck with MSNBC.

I know that app developers can do better than this.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 01:25 PM
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17. But Steve Jobs will have to give his blessing. You can't put an app on an iPhone without asking...
"Mother may I". So if Steve Jobs decides he doesn't like the BBC, you don't get the BBC. Period.

Whereas, with an Android phone, you don't have such a problem.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 01:29 PM
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18. But there is an app for the iPAD, but not the iPOD
Personally, I blame the Beeb. I think that they're slacking off on app development.

I say that because some of their radio apps haven't moved past the beta stage.
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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 02:17 PM
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19. Kick. nt
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