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The Traveler

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5. Yep

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 03:54 AM

Sep 2014

The news readily available to people is best described as "news entertainment" ... sorta like WWE for journalists. (Except WWE "wrestlers" are actually consummate stuntmen .... so the comparison to Wolf Blitzer does them something of a disservice.)

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Well, the march is at the top of my Google news feed with 2000+ articles [View all] Recursion Sep 2014 OP

I saw no mention of it on CNN The Traveler Sep 2014 #1

True, though it's a hard sell for modern TV Recursion Sep 2014 #2

Wrong The Traveler Sep 2014 #4

Wrong Recursion Sep 2014 #6

The mining tar sands and refining process The Traveler Sep 2014 #7

Most people are driven by cable news, talking heads. joshcryer Sep 2014 #3

Yep The Traveler Sep 2014 #5