UnrepentantUnitarian
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Thu Nov-13-08 09:53 AM
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Palin talks...so, why is this "Breaking News"? |
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It used to be that "Breaking News" would be an earthquake, a bridge collapse or a government's violent overthrow. Now, if "W" gets the sniffles it's "Breaking News." "Breaking diversion," maybe, but nothing that's going to alter my route home from work, or otherwise shake the world.
Also...especially in the smaller markets, have you ever noticed how "news" conveniently "breaks" just in time for the local news shows...at, say, 5 or 6 pm? It's certainly courteous of news to wait until the anchors are already in their chairs and ready to go...rather than, say, 3 am on Sunday...isn't it?
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Thu Nov-13-08 09:54 AM
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1. Yeah, but this is a train wreck waiting to happen. n/t |
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Thu Nov-13-08 10:04 AM
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2. Still waiting for that Weather Channel interview... |
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Keith said to expect it soon. Palin will then be doing a guest appearance on Ghost Hunters...looking for the lost spirit of the once-proud Republican Party.
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Thu Nov-13-08 10:16 AM
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laughing stock of the United States of America. Even her own Party can't stand her.
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Thu Nov-13-08 10:23 AM
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4. It's transfixing to have the chance to watch a major wreck as it's happening. |
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Thu Nov-13-08 10:42 AM
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8. Is that what the fixation is all about? |
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Is it like watching one of those live, high-speed car chases on an expressway? If that's what we have here, I'm ready to see her stopped by those spike-things, and then wrestled to the ground.
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Thu Nov-13-08 10:25 AM
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5. I heard Palin was giving an exclusive interview to The Warrior News, my son's high school |
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Edited on Thu Nov-13-08 10:26 AM by renie408
newspaper. The kids are really excited.
(that's a joke, BTW)
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Thu Nov-13-08 10:30 AM
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6. How else would we get our fix on the heroism of Joe the Plumber?? |
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Where's Whore Ratio Alger when we need him?
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Thu Nov-13-08 10:38 AM
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7. They've managed to hide the string coming out of her back. |
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THAT's "breaking news" :D
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Thu Nov-13-08 10:45 AM
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9. because our news channels are now run just like 'American Idol'... |
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Thu Nov-13-08 10:49 AM
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10. If it bleeds, it leads. |
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Thu Nov-13-08 12:05 PM
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11. because she actually finished a sentance!!! |
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Thu Nov-13-08 12:07 PM
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12. Well given the pitch of her voice |
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they should use shattering news since she destroys eardrums, glass, peace of mind and makes dogs and cats scatter.
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Thu Nov-13-08 12:10 PM
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13. Breaking News means "breaking" but not "news" |
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Therefore, anything that breaks their standard 15 minutes of news repeated word for word, it's BREAKING NEWS, because it's breaking into the normal spiel.
Yes, it's stupid, but that's what it is.
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