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CNN still nonstop, wall to wall with "BREAKING NEWS" coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings, a week and a half after the fact.

Absolute crap.
 
I'm really tired of the countless mentions of the mother saying "she regrets coming to the US".Guess what lady there are millions here that wished you would have kept your azz home too..It pisses me off to to think that all those that got hurt in the bombing have to pay for their own injuries while that terrorist is getting free healthcare and counsel.Not to mention all the businesses that won't get paid insurance wise if they deem this a terrorist act.Unless they have a terrorism clause in their insurance coverage.
 
I understand why the West, TX story was pushed on the back burner. It did deserve more coverage but I totally understand why. Boston was a deliberate, deadly terrorist attack against America that resulted in an entire town being shut down, martial law style, while a war broke out in the streets of Boston. It was unprecedented.

From what I saw, FOX News Channel had it's highest ratings since Hurricane Katrina. CNN also had enormous ratings. And the broadcast networks haven't pre-empted their national primetime programming for "Breaking News" since Operation Iraqi Freedom.

I feel bad for West, TX and that they didn't get the spotlight that would've allowed donations and stuff to come in to them - but the Boston story was a big one.

Still, CNN's gone in to overkill. They've turned a terrorist attack in to a 24/7 Reality TV show.
 
fnc has been kickin ass in ratins. 2-3-4x at times.
w/ msnbc an cnn fightin over same group. betcha cnn pulls msnbc lockup prison folks over weekend w/ boston crap---overkill may not be tha pc word ! ha!
hln is its own breed. constant nancy grace ought ta be our new form a' jihad torture !

maybe texas folks get media help next week. hope so.
 
hawg dawg said:
fnc has been kickin ass in ratins. 2-3-4x at times.
w/ msnbc an cnn fightin over same group. betcha cnn pulls msnbc lockup prison folks over weekend w/ boston crap---overkill may not be tha pc word ! ha!
hln is its own breed. constant nancy grace ought ta be our new form a' jihad torture !

maybe texas folks get media help next week. hope so.
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Next week, MSNBC will be solidly back in second place getting twice as many viewers as CNN.

FOX is going to collapse soon. O'Reilly doesn't want to do this forever... especially since even he's getting irritated with the Republican Party. Hannity would be nothing without O'Reilly. Megyn Kelly SHOULD be the future of that network but they don't want to give her the primetime slot she's long overdue for.
 
ha! oreilly is so cheap.....only way he leaves is toes up !

which category will msnbc be makin this super push in ratins ? ha!
total day..or primetime ? p2+...25-54...35-64 ?

or maybe you got a specific show ? chris hayes maybe ? ha!

elizabeth prann is gonna be next big fox host. good lookin AND bright !
 
hawg dawg said:
ha! oreilly is so cheap.....only way he leaves is toes up !

which category will msnbc be makin this super push in ratins ? ha!
total day..or primetime ? p2+...25-54...35-64 ?

or maybe you got a specific show ? chris hayes maybe ? ha!

elizabeth prann is gonna be next big fox host. good lookin AND bright !
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I don't worry about looks so much. I want accurate information.

Personally, I think CBS This Morning, CBS Evening News and 60 Minutes makes the rest of television news look like a clown show.
 
As much as MSNBC continues to gain in ratings though over the past few years, they lost me as a viewer last week.

Alex Wagner, Chris Tinglelegs and Al Sharpton anchoring breaking news events of such urgency? **** that. It's like they don't even care anymore.

I'll take Erin Burnett:growl: at CNN and CBS This Morning.
 
read a copy a' nyt.....and a copy a' wsj .... fer even balance ...everyday....will give ya mo info. don't know any sources fer accuracy !
tv news ain't got time ta explain headline...much less detail.

erin started out neutral....then ...as she drank mo cnn kool-aid..her little tetas started growin ...as did tha neutrality ! ha!

i long fer 1 hour w/ tom snyder again ! ha!
 
Every one of those "news" networks has overdone the coverage, as usual. Do I have sympathy for the people who were killed and injured in the bombing? Yes. Was I interested in the search for the murderers? Yes. Am I now done hearing about this? Yes.

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I'm pretty dissappointed in all the major news networks. National is a big reality show and local news basically avoids reporting real news. Idk about the rest of the country but that's San Diego, LA, and from what I've watched in Charlotte. The sensationalism and disregard for the twisted martial law tactics on the streets pretty much pissed me off. I'm sick of these folks hiding truths and spewing diarrhea of the mouth. anyways before this turns into a full-blown podium post......
 
Turned on CNN earlier and they were still anchoring all their shows live from Boston with nonstop "Breaking News" coverage of the attack on Boston.

Two weeks later. Good grief.
 
I see some NBA player has come out of the closet so I'm surprised the media isn't broadcasting from outside his mother's house or something, while the dig through his family's past.
 
#17D500winner said:
I see some NBA player has come out of the closet so I'm surprised the media isn't broadcasting from outside his mother's house or something, while the dig through his family's past.
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I couldn't turn on any ESPN shows for a long time yesterday without them talking about it. I'm kinda happy for him in a way. I don't feel they should be discriminated against for their choices.
 
Does anyone thinks there's never been a professional ballplayer in any sport who eats corn on the cob up and down instead of left to right? Might as well add Nascar too.
 
Benevolent One said:
I couldn't turn on any ESPN shows for a long time yesterday without them talking about it. I'm kinda happy for him in a way. I don't feel they should be discriminated against for their choices.
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I suspect this is soon headed for the podium so I might as well get in my opinion now. I really don't see it as any of my concern what one, two, three, four or whatever number of people do if it doesn't involve me and I expect others to stay out of my personal business.

I can't imagine anyone else finding my life all that exciting so they'd have to be pretty desperate to care about my comings and goings :(
 
Grab me by the junk and get stomped into a mudhole, otherwise I don't give a sh!t what you do in private.
 
My biggest issue with the amount of nonstop coverage this attack has received is that times like this are when journalists need to watch over the government the most. When the news isn't talking about it and when the people aren't paying attention is usually when Congress commits its most egregious actions.
 
Bobw scratches egregious off his R-F bingo card...
 
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