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3/9/2007 3:55:37 PM

why does "the media" only have to consist of legitimate news? btw talk radio is part of "the media"...websites are part of "the media"

3/9/2007 3:57:17 PM

but they just relay (and in some case editorialize on) news. they don't investigate/report it. thus LESS NEWS PRESUMABLY IS BEING REPORTED.

3/9/2007 3:59:55 PM

Not all the sites just post AP wire stories

3/9/2007 4:09:11 PM

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"CNN has been all-pervasive for a lot longer than that."

joe_schmoe

You mean Chicken Noodle News? Yeah, and Fox News hands CNN its ass in the ratings every day of the week.

Concerning Chelsea Clinton, she was left alone because the Clinton's asked that she be left alone--and the liberal media dutifully obliged. Do you think they would honor the same request made by a conservative? The answer is self-evident.

Quote :

"Chelsea Clinton has been in the public spotlight for seven years, but the media have generally honored the first family's request that they respect her privacy."

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june99/people_2-5.html

Concerning the size of the news media, it may have shrunk to an inch thick but it's many miles wide--in other words, news is more pervasive than ever. Blogs, discussion boards, podcasts, the Internet, talk radio, and so on are all penetrating the markets more than they did ten years ago. Hell, more young people get their news from The Daily Show than from legitimate newscasts.

http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/naes/2004_03_late-night-knowledge-2_9-21_pr.pdf

3/9/2007 5:10:39 PM

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"Fox News hands CNN its ass in the ratings every day of the week."

yeah, and the Weekly World News has a higher readership than the National Review.

whats your point?

Quote :

"Chicken Noodle News?"

oh, how pithy. every time i start thinking you might have something of substance to add, you never fail to disappoint me.

3/9/2007 5:23:35 PM

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""Chelsea Clinton has been in the public spotlight for seven years, but the media have generally honored the first family's request that they respect her privacy.""

yeah, and she was a fucking *minor* for 6 1/2 of those 7 years.

[/palm-to-forehead]

3/9/2007 5:25:30 PM

How old were Bush's daughters when he first took office? Just curious

3/9/2007 6:44:23 PM

19

3/9/2007 6:55:24 PM

they were 19.
i don't recall the media "tracking them down". It's not too hard to get press when you commit 3 misdemeanors between the 2 of them within 4 months of your dad being elected president.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenna_Welch_Bush
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Pierce_Bush

3/9/2007 6:58:15 PM

I don't recall the media tracking them down either I was just wondering

But as soon as Hillary turned 18, did the media just start questioning her about all types of stuff simply because she technically wasn't a minor anymore?

3/9/2007 7:02:56 PM

^ u mean chelsea.

and they tried. but she had the good sense to tell her Secret Service bodyguards to beat the fuck out of any reporter who hassled her while she was studying at GWU.

basically.



[Edited on March 9, 2007 at 7:15 PM. Reason : ]

3/9/2007 7:13:38 PM

Quote :

"u mean chelsea"

yeah whoops

3/9/2007 7:21:48 PM

i knew what you meant. easy mistake

3/9/2007 7:32:55 PM

the clinton family is a pimp and two lesbians...so i got the wrong lesbian name

for balance i will say the bush family is an idiot, a murderer and two drunk whores

[Edited on March 9, 2007 at 7:39 PM. Reason : .]

3/9/2007 7:36:33 PM