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sheshe2

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8. What you stated, longship, these are the reasons I stopped watching a long time ago.

Reply to longship (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 21, 2014, 11:18 PM

Jan 2014

I get my news from the internet. I have more control over the stories I care about. I no longer have to be burdened with hearing the repetitious, blah blah blah of stories that the media deems to be a shiny object.

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"What you observe is a great wasteland." [View all] longship Jan 2014 OP

And that view was optimistic. RC Jan 2014 #1

Daily Show/Colbert tazkcmo Jan 2014 #2

I deliberately posted this without comment. longship Jan 2014 #4

What you stated, longship, these are the reasons I stopped watching a long time ago. sheshe2 Jan 2014 #8

I would have disagreed with that in the early 70's longship Jan 2014 #9

I agree with your sentiments, but to be fair... democrat2thecore Feb 2014 #14

Of course now the station never signs off. Ron Green Jan 2014 #3

Since when was it in the people's interest to make them ignorant? longship Jan 2014 #5

Yup! Especially when it gets to be owned by a very few big players. longship Jan 2014 #6

Today's television offerings are totally understandable ... Scuba Jan 2014 #7

+1 El_Johns Jan 2014 #11

To be fair to the medium, there has been some amazing television in the last 10 years XemaSab Jan 2014 #10

It would be golden if it were used correctly. Boomerproud Jan 2014 #12

I have a problem with the concept of being sunk... longship Jan 2014 #13