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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    11/13/09

    In reply to Everything Bad About the Web Was Once Said About Television
    Couldn't agree with you more. Another example of this is nuclear weapons. Sure a bunch of hippies thought they might "explode" and kill us all but now that shit is totally powering my girlfriend's Hitachi Magic Wand!

    [www.nytimes.com]

    People need to just embrace everything new, all of the time. Bunch of grumpy grandpas. #television
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/13/09

    In reply to Everything Bad About the Web Was Once Said About Television
    When can we have the chip implant to put bright shiny images directly into our brains?

    And jetpacks? #television
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    11/13/09

    In reply to Everything Bad About the Web Was Once Said About Television
    "The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little."

    --Ray Bradbury #television
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    11/13/09

    In reply to Everything Bad About the Web Was Once Said About Television
    From the report: "What types of programs might be best suited for studio presentation? For remote presentation? Would there be enough interest in such features as feeding the seals at the Bronx Zoo to warrant the expense of setting up mobile equipment?"

    Yes! Far more interest than watching Jay Leno and his "Predatory Animal Friends." #television
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/13/09

    @MrInBetween: One of the best things from the early web was the continually refreshing webcams set up in front of everything from soda machines on campuses to aquariums, parrot cages ... the predecessors of the shibu-inu puppycam.

    Fishcam: [fishcam.com] -- this claims to be one of the oldest continuous ones #television
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    11/13/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Don't forget about the cornfield in Iowa. You could literally watch corn grow online. #television
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    11/13/09

    @HurtsSoGood: Oh yes. Amd the various internet remode controlled model trains ... #television
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    11/13/09

    In reply to Everything Bad About the Web Was Once Said About Television
    Back then, TV was "free" as long as you bought the equipment and watched the advertisements. Today, most TV channels and the Internet require hefty access fees in addition to equipment costs and near-constant advertising. In the future, when programming is downloaded directly to our brains, we'll probably have to pay for equipment and access, watch advertisements, and submit to obedience zaps from major corporations as well.

    But it'll be worth it to keep watching "Two and a Half Men." #television
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/13/09

    In reply to Everything Bad About the Web Was Once Said About Television
    That's what happens when I outsource my editing to the Gainesville Sun. Ya got me, Mohaski! Sorry for the double post, too.
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    11/13/09

    In reply to Everything Bad About the Web Was Once Said About Television
    Did that 1945 pamphlet ask the question "How much bukkake footage is too much bukkake footage?"? #television
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/13/09

    In reply to Everything Bad About the Web Was Once Said About Television
    The same stuff was said about radio before that, and the movies before that. I'm sure Guttenberg had to put up with naysayers who mourned the loss of illuminated manuscripts. #television
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    Image of Mohaski Mohaski
    11/13/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Well, until you've seen "Police Academy 3: Back in Training" in illuminated manuscript, you haven't really seen it, so I'd have to agree with the naysayers on that one.

    Or did you mean Gutenberg?

    /pedantry #television
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    11/13/09

    @Mohaski: That's what happens when I outsource my editing to the Gainesville Sun. Ya got me, Mohaski! #television
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/13/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: There was a big overthrow of the old order: Until the printing press, pretty much only the priests and monks had the Bible, and only they were in charge of reading it. #television
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    11/13/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Makes me rethink the virtues of movable type: It put the Bible in the hands of the radical right. Reading should be for the elites! #television
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/13/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Exactly so. Like us. #television
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    11/13/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: No, like me. #television
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/13/09

    @HurtsSoGood: Yes, dear, of course. #television
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    11/14/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Uh. yeah. Like her. That's it.

    Please don't hurt me, honey. #television
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    Image of Shadowlayer Shadowlayer
    11/13/09

    In reply to Al Gore's TV Network Firing 80 People Due to Wild Success
    That old fart asshole better not fire the guys from Supernews, thats the only show worth watching in that piece of shit network... #currenttv
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    Image of lionel-mandrake lionel-mandrake
    11/12/09

    In reply to Does John King Hate Mexicans Enough to Fill Lou Dobbs' Shoes?
    Ummm, there's a difference between an attitude of impartiality (I said attitude, not reality) and the kind of insipid, myopic, opinion poll-obsessed, non-analytical, 24-Hour news-cycle-mongering crap that CNN pedals. Of which John King is, well, the King.

    That, my friends, is why CNN is unwatchable these days. They can't take a stand or offer in-depth analysis of any kind whatsoever. If Satan himself crawled out of a flaming pit of brimstone in the middle of Times Square, they'd get a panel of pundits on to discuss how it might affect Obama's approval numbers, how this is going to affect the healthcare debate, and whether the Devil was upset because Michelle Obama showed too much of her arms. #cnn
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    11/12/09

    In reply to Does John King Hate Mexicans Enough to Fill Lou Dobbs' Shoes?
    John King may be a little more mild-mannered and less outspoken than Lou Dobbs, but he's no less of a raging conservative internally. He was absolutely incredulous during the campaign when it seemed like nothing McCain was doing was gaining any traction; he couldn't believe it. And he outright refused to believe CNN's own polls about who won the debates; he flat-out said not to pay any attention to those polls because they clearly did not reflect his own point of view of what had happened. (The polls turned out to be right, btw, and were supported by other polls taken by other organizations... not to mention the election itself.)

    He obviously tries to temper his conservatism for what he sees as his duty as a journalist, and that's nice I guess, but on the other hand I'd rather have what I'm dealing with out in the open. There's nothing worse than bias that's not obvious enough for most people to catch, but that nevertheless can affect the public's perceptions of things. Until now, John King was not in a position to have much of an effect, but he will be now. #cnn
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    11/12/09

    @badasscat: I agree with all you said. But I'm not worried about him having an "effect" - he's thick as a brick for one thing. Too much of a company man to rock any boat. As odd as it sounds, if you're going to be spreading bile like Beck or Dobbs, you need to know what dangerous game you're playing. King is not bright enough, he has no originality or ideas of his own. CNN wants to position itself as "centrist"- which of course means, heavily Republican with one dirty hippie thrown in as a punching bag. King won't be much different from the rest of the Beltway crowd. #cnn
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    Image of La Mareada La Mareada
    11/12/09

    @Baroness: CNN the official network of David Broder and the rest of the Washington Post editorial board. #cnn
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    11/12/09

    @La Mareada: All I know is, this news must be bad for Obama, right? #cnn
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    Image of yourfriendandneighbor yourfriendandneighbor
    11/12/09

    In reply to Does John King Hate Mexicans Enough to Fill Lou Dobbs' Shoes?
    I think Maria Hinojosa is available. #cnn
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    11/12/09

    In reply to Does John King Hate Mexicans Enough to Fill Lou Dobbs' Shoes?
    Ugh, John King? He's so boring. Video of Anderson's toe nail polish drying would be more captivating. #cnn
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    11/12/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy's Parents to Plead Guilty to Hoaxing America's Cable News Personalities
    It will be a cruel realization as it slowly dawns on Falcon that he's the most well-balanced, mature thinker in his entire family.
    I say, give HIM custody over his parents and siblings: their family certainly can't fare any worse. #balloonboy
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    11/12/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy's Parents to Plead Guilty to Hoaxing America's Cable News Personalities
    Actually I blame Richard Heene for all of this. He's the attention whore, not so much her. She is so incredibly passive (which is probably why he chose her to begin with) that she's more of a passive participant rather than one to "deliberately threw her child into the middle of a self-generated media shitstorm."

    Not excusing her, but it's really fucked up of the dad/husband to let it get so far as for her to be possibly deported because of all this. He's the one who needs to be punished fully out of all of this. And she needs to be away from him as much as the kids do. Seriously, almost everyone else interviewed who knew them just walked away from his bullshit but her - because she pretty much can't. I would like to see her as much as an abuse victim as those kids are, unable to defend themselves from his special crunchy sort of batshittery. #balloonboy
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    11/12/09

    @The Real JR: I'm sure her other sons, Tufted Titmouse and Canary, agree with you. #balloonboy
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    11/12/09

    @Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: You just made me smile with my heart, #balloonboy
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    Image of Little Green Frog (Wise Latina) Little Green Frog (Wise Latina)
    11/12/09

    @The Real JR: Yeah, it's also kind of sad that she hasn't gotten her citizenship yet. I would think that with the amount of time she's been married to him she could have already applied for it. #balloonboy
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