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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:14 PM Original message |
Is there a low-IQ requirement to be a reporter? I was watching |
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Lebam in LA (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. yep |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, what do you want? A free press or something? You don't need |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. More Like a Top 40 News Stories Mentality |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. A newsbunny on a local channel just said "supposEBly." |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. newsbunny. . . LOL! may I steal that? |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Hah, it's yours... I stole it from somewhere. :-) (n/t) |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Naaa... L!ve TV had Newsbunny... |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. "Creative writer" doesn't pack enough of a wallop. |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. In the grudging defense of all newsbunnies |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. She used it in place of "supposedly." (n/t) |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Yep, that's what I said. :) Good word, bad usage. /nt |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. There are very few actual journalists in the world |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Ted looks like Walter Cronkite next to some of the current crop! nt |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. That is sadly true... eom |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. The purpose of the modern corporate media is the polar opposite of "journalism" |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. Intelligence and independent thinking are, alas, highly correlated... |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. White House reportage is more |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. .............Sarah Palin has a jernalizm degree- |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. It amazes me she actually has a degree at all - I assumed one |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. But didn't their hair and teeth look FABULOUS? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm reminded of 'Network' where William Hurt's character only has skills in presentation ... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I think that was 'Broadcast News' |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Oops. You're right. (Brain Fart.) |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Live near DC? Have I got a job for you!!!!! nt |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hehe. You should check out WSVN channel 7 news here in Miami. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. Things haven't changed for the better since this was written. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. Robert Gibbs: "Let me explain this to you for the fourth time". |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. He started out by saying clearly he didn't know the answer to her question. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. You've heard of pre-screened political audiences? That applies to "journalists" as well |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
26. We used to have real journalists in this country |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
27. No, but laziness and group thinking is. |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
28. Most are idiots |
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