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MuseRider

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2. People still have local news that does not
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 03:40 PM
Oct 2018

just feature a long time pretty reader that giggles and squirms no matter what the story, the guy that holds the serious end of which children need adopting this week and the new McD's with no one that takes your order....Waaaaaay coooool! The weather guy that has a weather ducky to show you it is going to rain and has special galoshes to make sure the kids don't get their feet wet and his busty helper who bends over a lot. Then 25 minutes of sports. You mean there are places that have news?

For some of us news comes from anywhere but local. Even the paper, that is run and done in another state far away, is almost useless unless you want to go to an AMAZING sale and also that new McD's, man that place must be something. This is all from a state capital. We have no news.....except the Oak Ridge Boys are coming back to town. Of course they are, they are the only group that comes to town. At least 2-3 times a year, every year for at least the last 10.

Don't tell me to watch my news and get away from the 24/7 stations. If I had a local news that was anything but baby shit I would. I would guess I am not alone with this problem.

Totally agree MM....I do listen to Rachel Maddow - her investigative journalism - asiliveandbreathe Oct 2018 #1
John 8:44 in that sense is way, way out of context. MineralMan Oct 2018 #3
Thank you for responding...people using out-of-context verses of the Bible, for sure - asiliveandbreathe Oct 2018 #10
Probably the best site for looking up Bible references is: MineralMan Oct 2018 #15
Thank you for the link..when I researched just - John 8:44 - asiliveandbreathe Oct 2018 #17
People still have local news that does not MuseRider Oct 2018 #2
Sure. In the Twin Cities, the WCCO local TV news is pretty MineralMan Oct 2018 #4
Believe me, I have been here my whole life and it MuseRider Oct 2018 #14
That's too bad. I'd hate that. MineralMan Oct 2018 #16
I agree ismnotwasm Oct 2018 #5
Absolutely. An opportunity to learn something new is exciting to me. MineralMan Oct 2018 #8
I read two local papers in hard copy. cwydro Oct 2018 #6
Thanks! MineralMan Oct 2018 #9
I think it likely that most of us older folks do so, cwydro Oct 2018 #11
Careful with media punishment. Skidmore Oct 2018 #7
You can do both. To say that cable news "isn't news" ...just a blanket statement like that is UniteFightBack Oct 2018 #12
OK. thanks for the reply. MineralMan Oct 2018 #13
+1000. I remember one study that found steady viewers Hortensis Oct 2018 #18
Yep. Great post. Alea Oct 2018 #19
Reuters is OK harumph Oct 2018 #20
I subscribed to my local paper as a direct response ThoughtCriminal Oct 2018 #21
We watch CNN, mcar Oct 2018 #22
Television news is worthless. hunter Oct 2018 #23
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