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    CNN

    Every time I stop on CNN when I channel surf, I get the feeling they've just given up.

    I watched it last night for less than 2 minutes, and in that span I got to hear what the anchor posted to his facebook page, how I could "get involved with the show" on twitter, and saw three viewer-submitted videos reacting to the news of Michael Jackson.

    And I swear, the other CNN channel only shows Nancy Grace. I understand being upset that women/children are always being kidnapped or have gone missing, but that's all she talks about.

    Fox News and MSNBC aren't much better, but at least they still maintain some semblance of a news channel.
    "I don't know the origin of said bitch booming."-Art Vandelay
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    Where have you gone, Bernard Shaw?
    "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


    "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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    • #3
      Originally posted by BoylenOver View Post
      Every time I stop on CNN when I channel surf, I get the feeling they've just given up.

      I watched it last night for less than 2 minutes, and in that span I got to hear what the anchor posted to his facebook page, how I could "get involved with the show" on twitter, and saw three viewer-submitted videos reacting to the news of Michael Jackson.

      And I swear, the other CNN channel only shows Nancy Grace. I understand being upset that women/children are always being kidnapped or have gone missing, but that's all she talks about.

      Fox News and MSNBC aren't much better, but at least they still maintain some semblance of a news channel.

      Nancy Grace drives me nuts. She would go out of business is some adult weren't killing some child.

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      • #4
        On days when I work out of the home, I usually keep CNN on in the background. That's how I'm able to offer such cutting edge threads like "Air France has crashed," and "Jon and Kate Plus Eight minus Jon." I do it two minutes before anyone else.

        I know what you mean though, there are three anchors who get on my nerves. However I do enjoy Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper the best.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Hallelujah View Post
          Nancy Grace drives me nuts. She would go out of business is some adult weren't killing some child.
          We've found some common ground. She is awful and the queen of exploitation, I swear she gets happy when some horrific crime occurs

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          • #6
            This is great.

            http://www.happyplace.com/23728/cnn-...king-lot-funny

            "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Moliere View Post
              This is great.

              http://www.happyplace.com/23728/cnn-...king-lot-funny

              More hard hitting analysis:
              http://www.theatlanticwire.com/natio...ing-lot/64965/

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              • #8
                Originally posted by bluegoose View Post
                More hard hitting analysis:
                http://www.theatlanticwire.com/natio...ing-lot/64965/
                From the article:

                (Disclosure: The two authors of this post are in the same office, sitting about five feet away from each other.)
                One of the grandest benefits of the enlightenment was the realization that our moral sense must be based on the welfare of living individuals, not on their immortal souls. Honest and passionate folks can strongly disagree regarding spiritual matters, so it's imperative that we not allow such considerations to infringe on the real happiness of real people.

                Woot

                I believe religion has much inherent good and has born many good fruits.
                SU

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by snowcat View Post
                  From the article:



                  Weird disclosure. Did CNN make that disclosure? It's just odd. Maybe it's normal practice to use a satellite link up when you are having a conversation that could be had naturally from that distance. Again, it's just odd and mildly amusing.
                  "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Moliere View Post
                    Weird disclosure. Did CNN make that disclosure? It's just odd. Maybe it's normal practice to use a satellite link up when you are having a conversation that could be had naturally from that distance. Again, it's just odd and mildly amusing.
                    It's a disclosure from the Atlanticwire article authors. It was a funny, moliere.

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                    • #11
                      I don't think this is a big deal. Slightly amusing, sure.
                      We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by BoylenOver View Post

                        Fox News and MSNBC aren't much better, but at least they still maintain some semblance of a news channel.
                        I see people all the time lump Fox News and MSNBC together. While Fox is not neutral, I will agree, does anyone really think they are as extreme as MSNBC. I mean who on that network can you watch and think you are getting a semblance of balance.

                        Fox has Brett Beir (sp), O'Reilly, Gretta, Shep Smith, Meagan Kelly, McCallum, Brett Hume who are all not extreme or radical. You also have regulars like Kirsten Powers, Juan Williams and Bechtel who lean left.

                        Now show me that kind of moderation over on MSNBC. Sharpton or Maybe Crissy Matthews? Joe Scarb is neutral, maybe a bit right, but he is surrounded by Mika what's her face and the guy from Boston. Definitely far out libs.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by byu71 View Post
                          I see people all the time lump Fox News and MSNBC together. While Fox is not neutral, I will agree, does anyone really think they are as extreme as MSNBC.
                          Based on the views of my inlaws who watch fox news... yes!
                          "Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism" - Joseph Smith Jr.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Sullyute View Post
                            Based on the views of my inlaws who watch fox news... yes!
                            No offense to your in-laws who I have to believe are basically wonderfull human beings. They seem to be also partisan hacks if they feel that way.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Sullyute View Post
                              Based on the views of my inlaws who watch fox news... yes!
                              I would agree. FoxNews perfected the ideological news style that purports to be "fair and balanced" while telling a very specific ideological story to one group of people. They realized that they could make more money by telling a small group of people what they wanted to hear and to call everything else ironically "bias." The Fox Model replaces objectivity and a large diverse audience with a dedicated and but narrow group of folks who go nowhere else. The model forces Fox to go right, because that is the hook.

                              MSNBC has tried to duplicate the Fox model on the left, they just aren't very good at it.
                              Tell Graham to see. And tell Merrill to swing away.

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