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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:58 PM Original message |
Ted Turner calls Headline News "unwatchable" |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. It is heartbreaking. When Ted ran the store, you'd turn on CNN and actually |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It is. The nail salon I go to has it on all the time. It's all tabloid crap. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
31. last time i saw the european version of cnn, it wasn't tabloidy. i wondered why the difference. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #31 |
44. The difference is CNN International has to compete with the BBC in a lot of markets. |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. When he sold out to Time Warner, I remember thinking |
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FarPoint (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Now I bet Clark Howard might be |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Been listening to Clark for years in L.A. Very entertaining guy. |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
53. It does sort of bug me though |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ted, it's all unwatchable, and some of that is your fault! |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Turner got $8.7 billion; if i recall correctly... |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Turner got paid in stock, not cash, went down the toilet |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. i think that could apply to most of the 'news' channels 24/7 |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. CORRECT |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
52. most news is unwatchable |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. He's right. They should change the title to Junk. n/t |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. LOL! Lots of channels could be named that! Junk1, Junk2, Junk3, ad infinitum. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I was trying to be nice. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well.... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. Does anyone actually watch that crap? To me, it's just like another stupid infomercial. Something to |
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Kceres (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. They ALL are! It's all Info-tain-ment now. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. wHY DO ANY REPORTING WHEN YOU CAN SIMPLY READ CORPORATE |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. The Tabloid Generation demands trash news...things they can relay to friends for shock value |
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Maccagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Amen. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. CNN is one big INFO -MERCIAL...... |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
40. I'm sorry, but H. Ross Perot was a fucking joke and would have |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Funny thing about Perot... made all his money off Medicare and Medicaid. |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. I don't turn on news to read emails from schmucks |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Televison news |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. He's right. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. The women appear to be computer-generated. nt |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. Perhaps they are. Remember Ananova? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. Maybe ole ted needs to start up a NEW news network |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Someone ought to. If someone started a real news channel, they might be shocked |
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bumblebee1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
22. That's what I liked about Headline News. |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
37. It was sorta the news back then wasn't it? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
23. He's absolutely right |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
24. All we need is the "BBC World News" channel. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
51. You can't even get the watered down BBC America channel in the US |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
26. This from the man who colorized Laural and Hardy and refused to rerelease the B&W originals. Phttt |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Well, that settles it. |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:56 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Hey this is Laural and Hardy we're talkin about, a line in the sand beyond which we do not go. |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. ROFLMAO! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
42. I didn't go for that either but understood his attempt to get folks that won't watch B&W to |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
27. a few months back, I was wondering what he thought of that crap |
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voc (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
29. Always knew |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
32. He's dam sure right about that. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
35. It would be great if they were made to read this story on air. |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
38. and what bozo came up with HLN? |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
43. K&R |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
45. Has he not seen "Larry King Live"??? |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
46. Probably because Nancy "Waste of Flesh" Grace hijacked it. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
47. Well, duh. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
49. Nancy Grace. Major pollution. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
50. So long as corporations run our "democracy" we're going to get junk. |
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yy4me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
55. If it is not in the Boston Globe or here on DU, I miss all of the news |
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