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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostThat's largely because they had a literal monopoly on the flow of information. The news was just as slanted then, but there was no alternative media to call them out.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostGood grief. We do have 24 hours news cycle in Denmark and a lot of it are nonstories. I've never seen anything like a zen moment though.
But then again television broadcasts are something I only watch when I visit my mom, her husband enjoys keeping that thing going in the background.
It's all about ratings -- how can we get the most people to watch OUR version of the news?The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostThe other thing is that all these news channels (well, not all) subscribe to goofy feeds where they'll report news like "Bubba the Gorilla accepted an iPhone from a visitor to the zoo....." That's NEWS. And you'll see dopey newsreader after dopey newsreader "reporting" it like it's vital for us to know.
It's all about ratings -- how can we get the most people to watch OUR version of the news?Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostAlso the 24-hour news cycle is about quantity over quality.
That, of course "after the break". I used to feel so bad for Shep Smith as he would breathlessly for hours trying to think of things to say about an incident that would seem pretty clear.
I don't want something complicated baby
I just want something simple like the truth
I don't want something fabricated baby
I just want something simple like the truthThe first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostAlso the 24-hour news cycle is about quantity over quality.
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Originally posted by seanD View PostI seriously don't know how anyone could have watched their 24 hour news coverage of the coronavirus. I watch like 5 minutes of it and I literally feel myself slipping into insanity. I can only imagine the comatose state one would fall into watching that even just a few hours a day.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by seanD View PostI seriously don't know how anyone could have watched their 24 hour news coverage of the coronavirus. I watch like 5 minutes of it and I literally feel myself slipping into insanity. I can only imagine the comatose state one would fall into watching that even just a few hours a day.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostLook at the sheer panic with which liberals discuss the China flu. That's what happens when you're stuck in the MSM bubble.
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Originally posted by seanD View PostNow it's all George Floyd all the time. Just nonstop coverage, from one emotional traumatic event to the next. I'm no psychologist, but that's got to have some ill effects on your mind.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostAlso the 24-hour news cycle is about quantity over quality.
You still see that a LOT in local news. Their ads typically boast of how they were the first on the scene and/or first to tell you about this or that.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostI'm curious, I've been in online hangouts with Rumtumtggr, and heard this mentioned. I've been accused of reading MSM news sources by Mossrose, and I've seen SeanD and Mountain Man blame all sorts of stuff on them.
Who are the MSM? I'm honestly confused.
EDIT: yes, the term is generally useless.Last edited by Whateverman; 05-31-2020, 07:48 AM.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostBut the contrast is stark ---- RIOTS destroying the very livelihoods of people in that neighborhood, and inflaming the racial divide -- when there's pretty much ZERO defense of Floyd's death.
I honestly wonder how someone so unbalanced as the murderer of Floyd got to stay on the force for so long as he did. Necessity? Are they so starved for resources that they'll let a guy like this who should have been demoted to the parking lot attendant sixteen infractions ago work for them?
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostLook at the sheer panic with which liberals discuss the China flu. That's what happens when you're stuck in the MSM bubble."Yes. President Trump is a huge embarrassment. And it’s an embarrassment to evangelical Christianity that there appear to be so many who will celebrate precisely the aspects that I see Biblically as most lamentable and embarrassing." Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler Jr.
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