I know the plane crash was exciting, but ...

[ColbertWatcher]

... isn't there anything else happening anywhere?

Seriously, is this the only news?

[louis-t]

1. While everyone was looking at the crash, bush pardoned

his entire administration. I'm soooo bad.:evilgrin:

[RJ Connors]

14. What, you mean he didn't take the opportunity

to rip us off of some more money. Time's running short.

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. LA was swallowed up by a huge sinkhole. Details next week.

[JackRiddler]

60. Nah, that would be pretty big news - not St. Louis though.

[Debi]

2. Well, there is those shark attacks....

:yoiks:

[polichick]

3. They always do this - one shocking event on all channels for hours and hours...

It's ridiculous.

[rvablue]

7. I wonder if those with friends and family on the plane think it's ridiculous......geesh.... n/t

[polichick]

12. Doubt they're watching TV. It's not necessary to cover ONLY one story for hours.

[ColbertWatcher]

41. Thank you.

Of course, that is not to say this is important.

But, when the GOP-controlled media spends ALL DAY covering one story they are saying nothing else matters.

[Wapsie B]

4. I don't really want any other news.

It may give * to intercourse things up one last time.

[ColbertWatcher]

22. But it also shows the GOP-controlled media ...

... is willing to look away as he does so.

[Posteritatis]

5. Water crash with 150 people on board and no injuries? I think folks can stare for awhile. (nt)

[emilyg]

58. You bet.

[Seen the light]

6. You don't think that a commercial jet crashing in the Hudson is big news?

Pretty big to me. Especially since nobody was killed.

I think they need to get that pilot to pilot Air Force One when Obama is sworn in.

[rvablue]

11. Ditto. Don't know if some are missing a sensitivity chip or what? What else

should the TV news programs and channels be talking about besides this?

I think the same crowd would be bitching if they WEREN'T giving carpet coverage.

[ColbertWatcher]

20. I think you're exaggerating.

I'm asking, not to ignore this story, but if there's anything else happening in the world.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

24. You only get one channel?

Oh, you poor dear.

When you get rich and powerful, you can get MORE THAN ONE CHANNEL.

No, really. I'm SERIES11!!!11!!

[ColbertWatcher]

31. After February 18th, I won't get ANY channels! n/t

[Tangerine LaBamba]

34. You kidding?

No cable? Didn't you get a converter box?

Oh, man, I hope you're kidding...........

[ColbertWatcher]

40. ::shakes magic 8 ball:: "Check screen name and ask again." n/t

[Tangerine LaBamba]

49. Ahhhhhhhh

Well, hell, that was right under my nose.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM ME, HUH?

After all, you could be watching him here: http://www.colbertnation.com/home

Smartypants.

:toast:

[ColbertWatcher]

52. I watch him on the TV tube ...

... and follow his every move on the Truthiness Encyclopedia.

And, my pants might be smart if I were wearing any!

HA!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

57. You, too?

Well, well, well..................

Subjunctive, no less. I'm impressed.

[ColbertWatcher]

61. Hmm. Nice shirt.

Although I have less hair on my head than that guy, but everything else looks familiar.

[Harry Monroe]

48. Despite current frigid conditions, globe still warming.

Politicians still ignoring warming, head still up their asses. Film at 11:00

[asksam]

51. It's very big news of a Rethug failure...

Rethugs have been deregulating the airline industry for decades. It's literally a miracle that no one died in this crash caused by their quest for profits. We need to bring back regulation to cut down the number of crashes to a bare minimum (zero, preferably).

[ColbertWatcher]

56. It would be interesting if anyone in the GOP-controlled media said something like that. n/t

[anigbrowl]

63. Whatever. Even the best-regulated airlines have crashes sometimes

You can't regulate accidents out of existence. You haven't presented any evidence whatsoever to show that this was a result of poor oversight of the industry.

[RJ Connors]

8. Citi went under $4.00 today

The big news yesterday was how they were going to keep it above $5.00. Guess that didn't work out.

[Art_from_Ark]

65. Holy cow!

Yet another high-flier is falling into Penny Stock Land

[redqueen]

9. I'm going to offer my thoughts...

but I have to do it in a NEW thread with my own OP!

(I thought this was a commentary on the popularity of threads here about the subject, and not teevee news.)

[RJ Connors]

10. Citi went under $4.00 today

The big news yesterday was how they were going to keep it above $5.00. Guess that didn't work out.

[ColbertWatcher]

29. I doubt the GOP-controlled media has anything significant to say about that.

That's not to say it's not important either, but there's no video.

[RJ Connors]

62. LOL!!! You've got that right. n/t

[anigbrowl]

64. What's to show

Repeated shots of their stock graph, and stock footage of the outside of their HQ? The poor state of Citi and BofA is the main financial news story today, but even though I've been following it closely all week I still think an emergency plane landing in the middle of NY deserves to be top story, plus it's something remarkable visually speaking.

So the TV news is shallow, like we didn't know that before.

[2Design]

13. Isn't it great this will overpower the idiot talking tonight

I am very glad to see this on the news and talked about instead of angelina jolie and brittany - news deserves some time while this other crap does not

[babylonsister]

15. Many people just got home and haven't heard about this. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. As long as it overshadows IdiotSon tonight, it's fine with me.

[malaise]

17. Guess what

It has upstaged the war criminal's speech.

We saw skilled, competent, disciplined people at work and tonight we'll watch a moron.

It's a great story of survival.

[politicasista]

19. That's right n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

27. if it would have happened just prior to or while Dumbass was speaking ...

... that's one thing.

How likely do you think it is that the GOP-controlled media won't be all talked out about this story by the time Dumbass comes on tonight?

And, I'm not just talking about Dumbass. There's a whole world out there and the GOP-controlled media has every fucking camera on the Hudson River? Every reporter?

What about the frozen Northeast? Alaska?

Is nothing happening in Gaza?

Has the whole world stopped everything in order for this news conference?

[Tangerine LaBamba]

21. There's a blonde eighteen-year-old

American girl missing in the Caribbean.

Stay tuned.

[ColbertWatcher]

26. I hope the GOP-controlled media will spend hour after hour after hour on it.

Of course I'm not saying that a plane landing safely on water when it wasn't supposed to and all passengers and crew are safe is somehow equivalent to one missing single white female. But there are several networks, hours of programming and very few new bits of information about this incident.

I'm just asking why can't the GOP-controlled media multi-task?

[Tangerine LaBamba]

30. It's an amazing, amazing feat

This plane didn't just land. It was landed by an incredible pilot in the midst of a horribly densely populated area on a strip of river that's very narrow.

And he did it with no power.

This story beggars belief. It's huge. I know what you mean about how they all run the same stuff over and over, but, if you're familiar with Manhattan, this is a story right out of some unbelievable movie.

And no serious injuries. No fatalities. And the pilot did a WALK-THROUGH of the plane before he left!!!!

It's an incredible story. This one deserves this kind of coverage.

Besides, shortly we'll have Chimpy Fucknuts making his LAST SPEECH!!!! That should cheer you up. I know I'm psyched.........

[ColbertWatcher]

32. As important as this is ...

... the GOP-controlled media's coverage of it reminds me of how they cover car chases.

They keep their cameras on something afraid that if they turn away something will happen and their competitor will scoop them.

The GOP-controlled media lacks the integrity to say something like: "We will follow this story and return when more information becomes available. And now back to other news."

[Tangerine LaBamba]

38. I don't know about "GOP-controlled media,"

but I know that every organization wants to get the big story.

And they do give the public what they want.

That's not saying a whole lot about the public.

There are other channels carrying news - PBS comes to mind right now.

There is always, of course, turning off the TV and heading for NPR.

Or, in my case, the kitchen----------------------->

[ColbertWatcher]

39. "they do give the public what they want."

They can't know what the public wants before the public has made a decision.

They guess what the public wants from the choices the sponsors have made.

As far as other things to do, this is the time in my day when I watch TV news.

[onenote]

42. you have access to the internet and can find coverage of news from around the world

Tell us what else is going on that deserves interrupting the coverage of this story?

Remember, most people don't watch CNN and other news channels nonstop. They tune in and tune out. So the channels go for repitition. (The same is true with the all-news channel on my radio dial -- if I listen for an hour, I'm likely to hear the same story,with the same prerecorded interviews) more than once.

So, check out what is going on and report back to us as to what you think an editor at one of these channels would decide that a majority of his/her audience would like to see covered, even if it means breaking away from coverage of the crash.

[ColbertWatcher]

50. Hmm, let's see ...

... when there is no new information about the emergency landing, the GOP-controlled media could cover the cold snap throughout the midwest and northeast, not to mention Alaska and whether the flooding in Washington has subsided.

Looks like there's http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7831870.stm">something going on in Gaza ...

Oh, and Europe is being held hostage by Russia and that pipeline.

(Of course when new information regarding the Hudson River landing comes n they can always go back)

Then, there's always the economic news, you can do local, regional, national and international.

But, now I see Tweety is trying to cover something else.

[anigbrowl]

66. Oh give it up about the 'GOP controlled media' already

Honestly, you are like a 12 year old. Go argue with a Freeper who is obsessed with the liberal media, because that's about the level of your discourse. You'd be perfect for each other.

[Shardik]

23. mmmmm I went to the bank today?

and got a shitty patty melt from Steak n Shake.

Film at 11!

[ColbertWatcher]

33. OOH! Do tell ... n/t

[Mind_your_head]

25. People are 'amenable' right now to a crash scene that isn't a total disaster.......

it's like a movie script.

Your 401K isn't dead.
You're not months away from being foreclosed upon b/c you just lost your job.
You don't have any equity in your home anymore - in fact, if you try and sell. you will have to bring a check to the table.....

etc.....

NOBODY likes a train-wreck (or an airplane crash(......we all hope we till 'somehow' come-out-okay on the othe side, But that's not just gonna happen for many of us, truth be told.)

[ColbertWatcher]

36. Good point.

But, I'm not talking about the audience. I'm talking about the coverage by the GOP-controlled media.

They're treating this like a car chase; they're too afraid to go to anything else for fear they'll get scooped by their competitors.

[Jamastiene]

28. I hear some jerk is going to interrupt my primetime dramas tonight

to drone on and on about some nonsense. :shrug:

[ColbertWatcher]

37. Maybe we shoujld get a bingo game going? (EDITED TO ADD LINK)

http://www.wikiality.com/Bingo

[LSK]

35. Obama gets the TARP money

[ColbertWatcher]

44. Good.

But, the GOP-controlled media won't spend too much time on that because there's no video.

[Occam Bandage]

43. We saw professional, competent people save the lives of a hundred fifty people.

Let the news cover it for a few hours.

[ColbertWatcher]

54. I like to see competent people do their jobs too. Like journalists. n/t

[ejpoeta]

45. yes. you are going to watch it and like it, damn it!

hehe.

i know what you mean.

[ColbertWatcher]

55. I'm not saying it's not important, but damn.

Isn't this the kind of coverage that allows the GOP voters ignorant of the world around them?

Isn't the GOP-controlled media's inability to cover the news the reason why so many people believed Saddam had something to do with the September 11th attacks?

[treestar]

46. It's the kind of thing people love to gawk at

Especially since it appears all survived - that's a good thing. Happy ending to a potential disaster - can't get newsier than that!

[WilliamPitt]

47. I make in my pants sometimes.

Is that news?

:P

[ColbertWatcher]

53. It would be news if it were your dog's pants. n/t

[Raine]

59. I agree

I know this was news but why is the media so one tracked mined, can't they multi-task cause it's always this way with anything that they cover...one thing continually.