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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 05:17 PM
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Hardball piece highlights our confusion between news and entertainment
Edited on Fri Oct-07-05 05:23 PM by pinto
Today's Hardball piece, highlighting a "West Wing" snip that features a fictional Matthews interview of Alan Alda as President, segues to a live discussion between Matthews and Alda, as themselves.

Yeah, it was obvious fluff and cleverly done.

I thought it was a good reminder, as well, that most cable "news commentary" shows are also entertainment, and can be taken with a grain of salt.



(update for spell)
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oldtime dfl_er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 05:19 PM
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1. Well put
and a good and plausible explanation as to why Chris Matthews is actually pretty good in the clip they showed. It's all entertainment.

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/690908
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-05 03:23 PM
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2. Was Alda president or a presidential candidate? (nt)
nt
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