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2016-10-19 --Tech & Moderator Notes

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Posted by Steve White 2016-10-19 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 This was the "evening news hour", and CNN, ABC and CBS had their standard network broadcasts going.

You might tell the hospital that they only need one TV on to cut down the cacophonous din since they all have the same message and Dem. talking points.

Posted by JohnQC 2016-10-19 07:25|| 2016-10-19 07:25|| Front Page Top

#2
"I'm well and truly done with the MSM. I'm not even sure I'll continue to watch football on their networks. But I sure will not patronize their news, their prime-time, their shows, and their ads. As the saying goes, you can't pee on my back and then tell me it's raining."

What took you so long? I gave up on broadcast network news and their prime time crap back when Taxi was in its first season, and only watched Fox News during the 2000 and 2004 election coverage. I haven't watched any TV news since then; it's all junk.

Posted by Dave D. 2016-10-19 09:44|| 2016-10-19 09:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Poor guy. Stuck in a hospital waiting room so you couldn't even take your drink out onto the patio like I do when Mrs. Uluque insists on watching this crap. I feel your pain.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-10-19 10:24|| 2016-10-19 10:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Dave: agreed, and I don't watch the stuff unless it's foisted on me. That why at airports I'm always looking for the seat in the departure area that's farthest from the TVs.

My TV viewing the last few years has been football, occasionally soccer, and that's it. I'm not even watching the Cubs. I'd love to cut the cable but my dearest wife must have her HGTV and the MiL must have her Golf Channel.

Posted by Steve White 2016-10-19 10:27|| 2016-10-19 10:27|| Front Page Top

#5 But in a broader media sense including more than just the news, I remember a time, maybe because I was younger and didn't know any better, when I could watch TV and go to the movies without the fear that some Hollywood type was going to stick some Democrat propaganda into the script...when I wasn't disappointed and offended every time some star I admired came out with a quote about how sexist and racist I am...how deplorable I am...how Christian I am. There are a growing number of Hollywood actors, directors and producers whose work I can no longer appreciate because they can't keep their mouths shut about their deranged opinions. It's kinda sad.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-10-19 10:34|| 2016-10-19 10:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Those cable bills are expensive too.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-10-19 10:36|| 2016-10-19 10:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Yet another sign of the deepening divide that will not end well for us. Traditional America is fracturing against post American globalism that hates it but wants what is left of the benefits it created. Immigration and diversity have swamped the ship of state.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2016-10-19 12:10|| 2016-10-19 12:10|| Front Page Top

#8 Keep looking Doc and Dave D.
Rachel Ray... That is all

Unless you are in a happy hold at 20k feet, then the Jewelry channel. Trust me, it'll freak you right out.

Posted by Shipman 2016-10-19 14:59|| 2016-10-19 14:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Right there with ya Abu with a glass of Glen.

You too, Steve, had to do something like that recently. When the Golf Channel and Weather Channel, Weather Underground, natch, are running hit pieces, it isn't just relentless, it is embarrassing. Seriously, the other day there was a Jeopardy! question concerning 2016 presidential politics?

I ended up getting a book read and having some great conversation with some others in waiting.

I say this with utmost conviction: I would rather watch Little People: Atlanta than entertainment news. The acting is better and story more believable.

So ya, we have a tv subscription, but it is not being used very much at all.

Even the morning local news - done. Five KS Supreme Court Judges are up for affirmation. The KSSC overturned a death penalty conviction on two guys who raped five gals for three hours, took them out to the country, shot them in the back of the head, then ran over them. One gal survived, got help. Ruling overturned. On the news: Governor Brownback doesn't have a budget yet! Cue commercial - this is why we must retain these five judges.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-10-19 15:02|| 2016-10-19 15:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Spent 6 weeks out of the country this year (having fun mostly. When I needed a news fix, I would pull up the "International Whatever"... Didn't matter if I was in Tokyo, Bangkok, Dubai or Prague- the daily papers included at least 3 negative articles referencing Trump if not about his antics exclusively. The Bengazi Beast was always, ALWAYS positioned in a better light, even if the story line was negative.

Posted by Capsu78 2016-10-19 16:59|| 2016-10-19 16:59|| Front Page Top

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