Msnbc today is exhibit "A" that the cables are

[nadinbrzezinski]

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The local news stations for the NewYork-DC area...it is kind of funny actually

[trumad]

1. Don't get your OP?

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. We got a manhunt in the west

And we had a heck of a winter storm go through the so-cal area.

[trumad]

3. I think your wireless keyboard needs some new batteries.

[Squinch]

15. No, actually, think "exhibit (a)" and it makes sense. Took me a minute too.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. The auto correct on the IPad

Is a killer. Did your cat find his way home?

[trumad]

25. cat?

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. Sorry, mistook you for somebody

Else. Who's cat was lost.

[PCIntern]

4. True dat...

The furthest away anyone is ever "from" is Philly, and they're always a "special guest"....it ain't news if it doesn't happen in the tri-state area, NY, NJ, CT.

Unless there is a mass shooting....then they do the "could it happen here?" Routine...

[Little Star]

16. Or it could be because the Northeast is the most densely populated area in the US.....

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. Nah, it's also where we are based.

I cover news in my East County. Right now you require a 4x4 to get through the snow. In the summer you require a 4x4 to get through improved county roads.

We joke here (and it applies) that coverage is indirectly proportional to ease of access.

[sad-cafe]

5. huh?

did I miss some things?

[libtodeath]

6. Nemo would have not been heard of if it had hit Albany and north.

a few inches of snow in the city though and it is a national calamity.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Why I said, the New York-DC media.

[SidDithers]

7. “Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?” ...nt

Sid

[sad-cafe]

11. huh?

I think my screen is messed up

[Little Star]

12. Me I do. LOL!

[uppityperson]

8. mainly because half the people I was with believed it until I explained the situation to them

[SidDithers]

9. Brilliant!!...

For those who don't remember.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6739759

An epic thread from the DU archives.

Sid

[zappaman]

10. never saw that one!

Almost as good as the moon bombing!
Some people have amazing memories!

[sad-cafe]

14. guess I need to spend more time exploring

so I am all caught up on the nuances

[Brother Buzz]

13. Southern California weather is not Noozworthy

Unless Grapevine closes; Snow, but open

Current Interstate Highway 5 Conditions

I 5
[IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA]
NO TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS ARE REPORTED FOR THIS AREA.

[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA]
NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS REDUCED TO 1 LANE AT THE JCT OF SR 43 (KERN CO)
24 HRS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK - DUE TO CONSTRUCTION


.

[JDPriestly]

17. Actually, according to the buckets in my backyard in which I collect what we call rain,

we got maybe an eighth of an inch of the wet stuff yesterday. And trust me, I'm going to use every drop to water my potted plants.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

19. yeah, they are.

[Bluenorthwest]

22. Ed Shultz yesterday could not even pronounce 'Irvine'.

I think their on air 'talent' is frightened by CA with all those strange place names, I think Ed thought Irvine was a Spanish word...

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. I admit, that was Lolz all around.

[senseandsensibility]

24. How did he say it?

I thought he said it correctly, er-vine. Unless that's not how you say it. I'm from Northern CA, but have relatives down there. I've always heard er-vine.

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. It is

Ir-vine

At least to so cal natives. But it was kind of funny to see him struggle with the pronunciation. God help him if this ends in La Hambra or El Camino Real.



True story, we needed lamps when we first got here. The lamp stores were on Morena Blvd. well, me speaking Spanish will pronounce it Mo-re-na. Locals, Muu-ri-na. No wonder it took us a while.

[cherokeeprogressive]

31. La HABRA, not La HAMBRA.

Way to go, Ed.

[pinboy3niner]

30. He kept saying 'Irving'

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. Can you imagine El Camino Ruiz???

[RZM]

27. There's something to that. I suspect this is why people like

Chris Christie, Cory Booker, and Mike Bloomberg are 'national figures.' It's got a lot to do with the fact that our national media is primarily NY-based.

That's not the only thing going on here. NY is the largest metro area in the country and the financial center, etc. It matters in its own right. But there's something to the idea that the local media bias bleeds into national coverage.

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. It is in many ways location, location, location

I just found it damn funny.