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Brother Buzz

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26. I don't really know what TMZ is but we have a game in our house.....

Reply to herding cats (Reply #19)

Thu Apr 21, 2016, 10:02 PM

Apr 2016

to see who scoops whom first, DU or NPR. Generally, DU is a whopping ten minutes ahead of NPR on breaking news stories. It is also our observation, NPR and DU mirror each other perfectly on all the news that is important to us.

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All the "Prince is Dead" announcements. [View all] HuckleB Apr 2016 OP

In all fairness, DU scooped NPR by eight minutes Brother Buzz Apr 2016 #1

NPR, and it's durned editorial checks! HuckleB Apr 2016 #3

This DUer fact checked and got confirmation before NPR did Brother Buzz Apr 2016 #4

Sometimes. HuckleB Apr 2016 #8

I saw it here first. herding cats Apr 2016 #19

I don't really know what TMZ is but we have a game in our house..... Brother Buzz Apr 2016 #26

TMZ is the TV/online Hollywood gossip chan that broke the news. herding cats Apr 2016 #33

Aha, TMZ is opposite Jeopardy Brother Buzz Apr 2016 #39

People celebrate the death of people they don't like scscholar Apr 2016 #2

Sometimes it doesn't feel real unless you express it publicly blogslut Apr 2016 #5

"Publicly." HuckleB Apr 2016 #11

Ugh blogslut Apr 2016 #13

So you don't know how to explain it. HuckleB Apr 2016 #15

Golly blogslut Apr 2016 #16

Derp. HuckleB Apr 2016 #17

I'll tell you what... blogslut Apr 2016 #24

Are you here just to annoy people? Renew Deal Apr 2016 #29

I never understood why each person thinks they're the first on DU to post Breaking News. Atman Apr 2016 #6

I always search before I post. HuckleB Apr 2016 #10

Your post is vague and somewhat incoherent. ronnie624 Apr 2016 #7

I'm sure you can find the same greys I do. HuckleB Apr 2016 #9

Maybe it's just our way of showing our sorrow and loss. It is a discussion board. Please let people madinmaryland Apr 2016 #12

Maybe. HuckleB Apr 2016 #14

People just have to get their own OP out there I reckon. cwydro Apr 2016 #18

It's odd, and much worse on FB. HuckleB Apr 2016 #20

I haven't been on there much today. cwydro Apr 2016 #22

I prefer it that way. ronnie624 Apr 2016 #32

Maybe we are just normal Texasgal Apr 2016 #21

I suspect people want to share their feelings. herding cats Apr 2016 #23

Ever been in a bar the moment after a fight? After the fighters are led away or thrown out, FSogol Apr 2016 #25

Yeah, except when I was one who was thrown out. pintobean Apr 2016 #27

I knew we must have met before. FSogol Apr 2016 #38

Some things are bigger than culture Renew Deal Apr 2016 #28

Very well put. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2016 #30

The overall number of threads on DU is way down and the board now moves slower Stinky The Clown Apr 2016 #31

DU is way up herding cats Apr 2016 #34

I don't think it says much except that DU culture and moderators are really lax on thread discipline cemaphonic Apr 2016 #35

Not at all. ronnie624 Apr 2016 #36

Funny, a "look at me" post! Lol! Logical Apr 2016 #37