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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:11 PM Original message |
Are cable news pundits making people dumber? |
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Sundoggy (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Impossible n/t |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Impeccably Presented Argument. |
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sallyseven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Rachel, Olberman and The reporter are all |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Do you ever watch Olbermann? He usually has |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. it's a feedback cycle. They would serve it if they didn't know it would be consumed. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. A year later |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I can't understand why anyone but Faux would put Buchanan on the air. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. He's all over MSNBC |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nah |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Repetitiveness Can't Be Good |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Repetitiveness isn't just toxic--it's a proven propaganda/advertising |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. Naw, it's television in general. n/t |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's an unanswerable philosophical question |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. The places that I know that serve beer by the pitcher usually |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Or you can buy a TV-B-Gone |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. I canceled my cable and my IQ went up 50 points instantly! |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. When I am staying in a hotel |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. Cable news has made itself irrelevant and the internet tubes have taken over. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. In Brave New World |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think they've been pretty good this election |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. Short answer: Yes ............. long answer is much more complicated. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. Not dumb, but certainly less informed. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. Absolutely. |
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