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HardWorkingDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 12:01 PM
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Inanity of "News"...
Just before work yesterday I'm watching MSNBC and they do a blurb on the Obama-itching the face-sending Hillary a message video. How can crap like this get past a NEWS editor on a NEWS channel? Especially when there is a video clip from another angle clearly showing he used TWO fingers to itch his face?

Next, when a candidate (who cares who) points out questions in a debate are bullshit and not substantive, people say the candidate is whining. And the person leading the charge on this is one who claims to be a person of ideas!

My god. Here we all scream we want debates about substance and when someone points this out, others do all they can to make sure we keep getting bullshit!
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 12:11 PM
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1. the tabloids have taken over the newsrooms....
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Clear Blue Sky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 12:17 PM
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3. Exactly. All about shock value and getting ratings... n/t
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But.... Donating Member (656 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 12:12 PM
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2. Dead straight...
we need 'sunshine' laws (a completely open government), debates back in the hands of a neutral group, and to finish the election reforms (no repeats of 2000):mad:
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