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DrBDH's avatar

I recall Noam Chomsky explaining why he was never invited on the TV “news” shows: his answers were too detailed and long for a modern media that wants sound bites. I remember, too, David Broder complaining about all of Gore’s boring numbers. Those old enough remember that the press gave up reporting details of policy during the Vietnam War. I watched the NATO presser saying, “Ask a substantive question” until Sanger thankfully did. This morning on GMA, I said the same while Kirby was asked twice about name switches instead of policy, which is his job and why he should be on TV. I dread tomorrow’s Sunday shows which will probably be more of the same worthless drum beating. Attention media: word switching is a symptom related to stress and anxiety, increasingly common with age; you can look it up on Mr. Google when you get tired of asking actors who played ER doctors what they think. (Btw, our stress-relieving drinking game post-shift was “How many minutes in will the ‘ER’ script commit malpractice?” Not many, when your medical consultant is the guy who wrote “Jurassic Park.”)

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Bern's avatar

Yup.

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