A favor: When you post a report about something hapening on a news show...

[WilliamPitt]

please provide more details than SHUT THE FUCK UP or I HATE THIS PERSON or AAAAAARGH.

Time. Channel. Basic content.

Many thanks.

[mourningdove92]

1. I agree. Especially when I am at work.

One of these days, someone is going to run a history on my computer, and I will be dead in the water. Seems like I spend more time DUing than working. I know its wrong, and I will be so glad when this election is over. OBSESSION is an ugly thing, but I can't help it. When Kerry/Edwards are in the WH, maybe I can concentrate on other things again.

[Liberal Veteran]

2. OMG! Bob Dole on TV....ARRRGH!!!!!! STFU!

:grr:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

3. ROFLMAO!! n/t

MKJ

[hlthe2b]

4. Yes.... PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!!!

For every one DUer watching along with you who knows WTF you are talking about, there have to be multiple thousands who don't! Please help the rest of us out with some details and context! PLEASE!

[Lex]

5. Here's my favorite:

Subject line: I can't believe he said that! Are u watching?

Message: Oh man, this guy is a real POS. How does he get away with this kind of thing! Argggggh.

[stellanoir]

6. well. . .it seems as though

people sometimes feel like they have only two alternatives. . .throwing something at their TV sets or ranting on DU.

I've an old friend who once got so fed up with the tube that he took it out to the backyard and shot it.

Maybe one of the redemptive influences of Dem_Strategist's brief foray here was that s/he encourged us all to e-mail the press again, which can often seem to be a somewhat hapless task. . . .often garnering only a plethora of autogenerated responses. . ."thank you for sharing your concerns. . .we receive so many e-mails. . ." blah blah blah.

No way to tell what really gets through.

I do get your point though. Rarely have the tube on and am exceedingly grateful that others do. Specificity really helps.

[djeseru]

9. He shot his TV?

Now THAT'S frustration.

I agree with you stellanoir. I've come across topics out here on DU about programs I wouldn't have otherwise known about and would have completely missed out on. I'm just not a regular television viewer.

Thanks DU!

edited for interesting HTML mistake...

[spanone]

7. Oh Really??????? this is an open forum Will. Emotional responses

should be welcome. many thanks.

[WilliamPitt]

8. Right, right. I forgot I was censoring you. I'll be more specific

from now on.

:eyes:

[stellanoir]

11. No silly

I was agreeing with you regarding the dire need for specificity from those who are just venting. You're generally quite specific.

P.S. Your thread early about "doom and gloom turned my day around." Thanks for that.

[spanone]

12. Unfortunately, we all don't have the gift of the pen that you do.

Censorship is a mighty strong word. I didn't accuse you of that. Sarcasm is not discourse. So, go on and roll your eyes again.

[WilliamPitt]

13. You need a 'gifted pen'

to write "CNN, 10am EST, Dole says Bush is losing"?

This is not an unreasonable request, for the luvva crumbcake. People need to see this stuff. You can help them see it.

[Lex]

26. Ha. True enough.

Really, how hard is that? I can't believe anyone would object frankly.

[Cha]

10. I would like to add my name to that "favor" request.

I figure you are ranting but it just peaks the curiosity of those who don't have cable and would like to know what is going on.

It would be a grand service..thank you for all of you who go on reconnaissance.

[LandOLincoln]

32. Aaargh! Piques. "Piques the curiosity."

Thanks. Please remember we're Democrats. Dem's are smarter, prettier, sexier, and we have way better copy editors. :evilgrin:

[ibegurpard]

14. I agree

It's kind of annoying to see a thread saying "so and so on such and such channel" and open it up and see nothing. It's not annoying enough that I'm going to make a stink about it but if someone's going to start a thread about something like that, at least provide some context as to what is being said.

[markses]

15. Will: You're asking people to accept the crazy notions

that not everybodyt else exists in their own heads! That other people actually have different experiences! That this language thing is actually a way of opening up a channel between those different experiences!

How could you ask people to go along with these lunatic assertions? ;-)

[WilliamPitt]

16. I'm a madman

:)

[stellanoir]

17. and we all love you for it

keep the insanity coming!

"Insanity is a sane response to an insane world."

Willheim Reich

[SilasSoule]

18. Herman Hesse's wolf of the Steppes

"For madmen Only"

[wellstone dem]

22. And it took us how

many posts to get this admission!

[NewJeffCT]

24. I've been on DU for almost a year now

And, I've been harping on that since the beginning - especially during working hours. I mean, not everybody can watch TV or listen to the radio at work...

[CatWoman]

19. Fuck you!! I refuse

until you apologize for your mean wild cats remarks!! :D

[WilliamPitt]

20. I *like* wild cats

but I wouldn't have one as a pet.

"Here, kitty. Nice kitty. Good ki...AAAAA, MY EYES!"

[CatWoman]

21. ROFL!!!

:hi:

back to the subject at hand - your point is well taken.

And I must admit to being one of the guilty ones.

I must keep this in mind in the future.

[tblue37]

28. Catwoman,

I have been wondering for some time, so have to ask you. Why do you have a calico cat labeled as "male," when being calico is a sex-linked characteristic and calicoes are female?

[WilliamPitt]

23. .

[Joe Fields]

25. What are you - the journalism police?

[dmr]

27. Oh, geez, he's doing us all a favor

I for one appreciate the information shared about good programs aired. If they're still on the air, I'll tune in, or look for the transcript if they are not.

Too many times the posts will say a lot of nothing, and that helps no one. It is frustrating to open those threads. If you're lucky you might find some useful information by the 3rd to 5th post.

This is a genuine request. A reminder that has been made many times over the years, and I appreciate Will taking the time to remind us all once again.

:kick:

[WilliamPitt]

30. pzzzzzcheeeezzzz

[Nordic]

29. yeah, I don't understand why people bother posting these

I mean, don't they re-read them? Don't they think "hm, I wonder what people will think when they read this?"

I get really pissed off when I realized I've wasted my time with one of these posts.

Bugs the hell out of me, too. Thanks, Will

[SoCalDem]

31. I have always wished we had an "ON THE AIR" forum

where all "follow-alongs" could be clustered..There are foums here that few people EVER hang out in, and an ON-AIR forum would reduce a lot of clutter..


also when people Do put the time.. we need the date and time zone..

example..

Scabbyborough MSNBC 8/23..8PM PST

That way when someone sees that link at 2 pm on the 24th, they can just hit "mark" and be done with it :evilgrin: