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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:06 PM Original message |
Why is Paris the main event on news today |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because the public wants to hear about it. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. So the media themselves tell me. |
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Kikosexy2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Because it's |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. more fun than dead people in Iraq, the economy going to hell, layoffs, |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. nothing to see by entertainment news folks....move right along |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Because they're whores. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I'm imagining Nancy Grace's head exploding |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because she's young, she's rich, she has a vagina and she's not averse to showing it. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't know, but Al Sharpton is really playing himself right now nt |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bread and Circuses |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because it drives ratings up |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because the TB guy didn't cough today. |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. A much needed ROFL! That was good. I am flaming |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. LOL |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. Because she's not chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. It sells more beer and toothpaste than news. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. Tweety's A Little Lonely Today... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. Distracting us from the real stories, Bush's drinking and |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. The same reason DUers slavishly lap it up? |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. Because what we call "news" is actually just ratings-oriented ENTERTAINMENT. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. That's about right n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. Because Americans are stupid. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yup. Did you know that some of them can't even SPELL "American"? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. lol! Thanks for the catch! |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. No problem. Thanks for the free "cheap shot"! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I'm here for you! |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. Because 'Cable news" is an oxymoron? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Ding ding we have a winner n/t |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I'd like to thank my producer, my director, God and my hamster.... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 07:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Prepared speech I see |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
29. Because of professional and intellectual laziness, and the fact that they merely let the Guardian |
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