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pacalo

(24,857 posts)
3. Fixed News, this has your name all over it!
Wed Mar 20, 2013, 02:11 AM
Mar 2013

These are great:

Does your paycheck include bonuses for things like (a) being a spineless shill for the corporations that own your network or sponsor your “news” programming, (b) perfecting the art of “going to commercial” when someone confronts you with the truth, (c) standing outside in a hurricane because your viewers are too fuckin’ stupid to know what a hurricane is without constant visual reminders each time one occurs?


Have you ever considered quitting your current job as a “news person” and going into an alternate, but equally reputable career – like bilking unwary seniors out of their life’s savings, or selling drugs to twelve-year-olds at the local schoolyard?


Are you as dumb, ill-informed, and totally clueless in real life as you are on TV? If so, do you have the staff necessary to tie your shoelaces, remind you what day of the week it is, and ensure you don’t get lost on the two-block walk to the studio?



Thanks, Nance!

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As always, well done... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #1
I understand and appreciate what Nance is saying, but ... Newsjock Mar 2013 #2
I just read your reply NanceGreggs Mar 2013 #5
No offense taken Newsjock Mar 2013 #8
There is the problem Doctor_J Mar 2013 #7
Fixed News, this has your name all over it! pacalo Mar 2013 #3
That was it for me RobertEarl Mar 2013 #4
I recall quite vividly that in the lead-up to the war SheilaT Mar 2013 #6
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2013 #9
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