I've had it...

[Subdivisions]

All fucking day long the biggest story has been Tiger's MIL's tummy ache.

WHAT A GODDAMNED FUCKING JOKE!!! I MEAN...REALLY?

First thing this morning on Mourning Schmo they had Tiger's career and reputation in ruins while showing that incessant clip of her being rolled from the ambulance to the hospital entrance. I swear to Pete that they were holding a wake for Tiger while no one yet knew that it was his MIL. I don't know how much speculating about who it could be and why they might be in a condition that required emergency medical care went on during the show because I turned that shit off.

And RIGHT NOW they're playing the fucking 911 call Elin made balling that her mother had collapsed.

Again, what a fucking goddamned joke!

I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!

[tekisui]

1. The shelf life is almost over, hang in there. Something new and shiny

will come along shortly to distract from the distraction.

[valerief]

2. If it wasn't for the internet and the rare liberal talk radio show, we'd be as loony as teabaggers.

Maybe that's their problem. They only watch teevee and listen to RW radio.

[EFerrari]

31. Free Speech TV, Link carry real news, Amy, Thom, Laura Flanders

niche news shows -- Gay USA, Mosaic (middle east), native American news, In Their Boots (Vets news) documentaries you don't see anywhere.

:hi:

[onethatcares]

3. but it's important NEWS.

don't you understand that it's more important than 400 people blown to bits in Iraq, hundreds of millions of our dollars being carted out the door by the Karzi regime, more important than 5 million people out of work and a fucking snowstorm coming to freeze them where they sit.

Our country is fucked.

[YOY]

4. This (the WTF sentiment and not the stomache ache) needs be all over the comments at CNN and MSNBC.

n.t.

[goldcanyonaz]

5. Interesting, because I'm watching the Situation Room and they have yet to mention it.

It's the only station I can stomach these days and only in very small doses.

[Subdivisions]

12. I dumped CNN over a year ago. I dumped MSNBC today. I really have had it. n/t

[goldcanyonaz]

18. I dumped MSNBC early last year. I can't stomach any opinion cable "news" shows at all.

I may watch Larry King a dozen or so times a year but I usually don't make it past the first segment.

[Subdivisions]

22. Having abandoned broadcast news several years ago, then CNN and

now MSNBC, I am now free of all corporate propaganda and diversion. I simply don't know who to believe on important information. I am tired of information, events, or issues that need publicity but are being ignored. I'm sick of the sensationalism and morbid gawking. It's rather sad that the only things you can believe in the media are the reports of crimes committed, police chases, and disasters.

[goldcanyonaz]

19. I dumped MSNBC early last year. I can't stomach any opinion cable "news" shows at all.

I may watch Larry King a dozen or so times a year but I usually don't make it past the first segment.

[AndyA]

6. I agree.

It's not like there's anything else to report on.

Important things like:

- What's Sarah Palin doing today? Where is she? How long are the lines for autographs?

- What did Dick Cheney say today?

- Has a blonde celebrity been arrested for drunk driving?

- Are there any missing children flying around in a balloon?

- What is Nancy Grace outraged about this week?

- What did a Democrat somewhere say about a Republican somewhere that the GOP is outraged over?

- Which actress did TMZ photograph while out shopping without make up on?

- The latest rumor on which actress/actor are splitsville?

Really, they can hardly even be called media anymore if they ignore all these important NEWS stories!

:sarcasm: for the challenged.

[cry baby]

7. Turn it over to cspan and watch debate on abortion amendment...

equally as infuriating, but at least it matters!!

I feel your pain - I didn't last nearly as long as you did today.

[Deja Q]

8. Convince Lindsay Lohan to get coked up and ride through the streets nekkid

Sadly, I doubt that would be very difficult a thing to get her to do either...

[Drunken Irishman]

9. Better than all the anti-Obama bullshit we hear, though.

[Uncle Joe]

10. The corporate media is a dysfunctional institution, the vast majority having abandoned

any pretense to informing or enlightening the American People as to the critical issues and developments; affecting their lives, it's all part of the shell game, distraction, dumbing down process; done so in order to make it easier for their client corporations, oligarchs and powers that be to use and take advantage of an ignorant, general populace.

Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Subdivisions.

[Subdivisions]

15. And thank you for the K&R and your understanding of my frustration. nt/

[mike_c]

11. LOL-- I was at the gym this morning and EVERY television...

...on the cardio machines was churning out Tiger Woods trivia. I just ignore that stuff, but like you, my first, middle, and last thought was :wtf:

This is what passes for news in America? This is what people are interested in learning about as they start their day? :rofl:

[donco6]

24. In a word: yes. n/t

[polichick]

13. Don't you know how to use your remote? nt

[Subdivisions]

14. What kind of question is that? For your

information, I just used it to change the channel off of MSNBC. I'm now watching Aftermath: Population Zero. A fitting fantasy considering the state of the world. This planet is too good for humanity.

Edited to remove some reactionary language borne of my frustration. If you saw it, I apologize.

[polichick]

23. It's kind of an obvious question - why watch something that bothers you? :) nt

[tridim]

16. It is a joke, but you should probably be watching the Senate anyway.

It's significantly more important than anything the MSM is reporting today.

[Major Hogwash]

17. I didn't even know this happened.

Until you started this thread, thanks.

[snooper2]

20. I saw MSNBC did a segment earlier on nose out

:evilgrin:

[Name removed]

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[Subdivisions]

36. Since my message to you above was deleted, and rightly so, I'll just say this

You have accused me for the second time of being a no-planer and when I corrected you the last time you admitted you had me confused with someone else. So, I'll say this one more time in way that maybe you will comprehend:

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT NO PLANES WERE INVOLVED IN THE ATTACKS OF 9/11!

Got it?

[butterfly77]

25. They haven't finished with him yet..

as time goes on he will be a hero because he had so many women.

I believe that really a lot of these men are doing the same thing but,they can't believe that Tiger got caught and some of their wives have probably now become suspicious.

Some of these men are silently praising him and saying they didn't know he had it in him..

[marginlized]

26. media reform?

The consolidation of the media continues apace: Comcast acquires NBC, etc. Expect it to get worse.

The media can destroy a candidate with a single edited news clip. They took out Howard Dean with a cheer hyped to ugly. They took out John Edwards with a hair cut. Kucinich is unelectable 'cause he's just too short. And every newsie talk head dutifully picks up the frame and spins it.

Can you imagine anyone as ugly as LBJ being elected these days? The man wouldn't stand a chance. The media would be all about his ears. Jimmy Carter would be shut out by his brother. The Bush family with its attempts at secrecy and media control survives.

This is not a recipe for an open, transparent government.

[loyalkydem]

27. Ed's

got a segment coming up, I will be tuning it out. I'm so sick of hearing about Tiger's penis problems.

[PeaceNikki]

28. Know what's funny?

There are as many threads bitching about the threads about Tiger as there are threads about Tiger.

[liberal_at_heart]

29. I refuse to watch any of the coverage

We have too much of a tabloid mentality in this country. My tv has been turned off the entire day and it just may stay that way so I can avoid all the Tiger Woods crap.

[EFerrari]

30. Turn it off! There are much better alternatives.

Just turn them OFF.

[MineralMan]

32. Wow! It's so freaking unimportant that it demands

exclamation points and large fonts? Really? Are you sure?

What on Earth might have happened if you and the other half a dozen people didn't even post this nonsense? I wonder...

[Subdivisions]

35. Sgh. I'm really sick and fucking tired of smart-asses... n/t

[spanone]

33. ....our national media is really really broken

[Louisiana1976]

34. Every time I hear about an example of the glaring lack of news judgment such as this,

I feel gladder and gladder I got rid of cable last year.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

37. You could, y'know, like, stop watching it. n/t