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lionel-mandrake
03:50 PM

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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badasscat
03:36 PM

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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Baroness
04:17 PM

@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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La Mareada
04:31 PM

@Baroness: CNN the official network of David Broder and the rest of the Washington Post editorial board. #cnn
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Baroness
05:34 PM

@La Mareada: All I know is, this news must be bad for Obama, right? #cnn
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yourfriendandneighbor
03:06 PM

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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Airvault
02:24 PM

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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Trai_Dep
12:36 PM

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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The Real JR
10:28 AM

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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Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
10:32 AM

@The Real JR: I'm sure her other sons, Tufted Titmouse and Canary, agree with you. #balloonboy
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The Real JR
10:34 AM

@Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: You just made me smile with my heart, #balloonboy
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Little Green Frog (Wise Latina)
10:51 AM

@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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lionel-mandrake
11/11/09

In reply to Al Gore's TV Network Firing 80 People Due to Wild Success
They're moving to LA, ultimately they'll be closing down all the SF production. #currenttv
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Unsolicited Advice
11/11/09

In reply to Al Gore's TV Network Firing 80 People Due to Wild Success
We're not losing money, these 80 people are just useless! #currenttv
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BearDownCBears
11/11/09

In reply to Al Gore's TV Network Firing 80 People Due to Wild Success
Think of all the greenhouse gasses those journalists won't emit by sobbing on the couch in a pile of Cheetos rather than running their dirty ol' laptop 40 hours a week. #currenttv
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bmoreDLJ
11/11/09

In reply to The Beginning of the End of the Jay Leno Experiment
The first question I gotta ask is...what the hell were they thinkin? #jayleno
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unclevanya
11/11/09

In reply to The Beginning of the End of the Jay Leno Experiment
They will limp along with him until next spring and fulfill the contract, mainly because they have no other new programming to replace it. The point of Leno at 10 was to save money on expensive pilots. Oops!

If the news breaks that they have a new game show ready to premiere, that will be the end of Leno, since it's the only other kind of programming that will cost them as much or less.
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Magister
11/10/09

In reply to The Beginning of the End of the Jay Leno Experiment
I believe the Leno Experiment has not only eliminated NBC at ten, but it has probably dragged down their nine o'clock shows and has negatively effected viewership on all networks, across the board.

I know that I've found myself deciding not to sit down for a 9pm show, a couple of times a week because there'd be nothing coming after it, so why bother?
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PandoraSpocks
11/10/09

In reply to The Beginning of the End of the Jay Leno Experiment
I've watched it. And I cannot believe that some network asshole thought this would work AND someone else signed off on it for five nights a week.

When the unemployment rate hits 10%, is that like the opposite for TV programmers? The get to hire 10% of the idiots they owe a favor to? #jayleno
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JennaW
11/10/09

In reply to The Beginning of the End of the Jay Leno Experiment
To my shock, certain comments on this page lead me to believe that there are people who have actually watched this show! #jayleno
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SpyMagician
11/10/09

In reply to The Beginning of the End of the Jay Leno Experiment
Here, you want ratings, do the following:
- Ditch Leno.
- Get HD video of cute animals. Crisp, clear, cute.
- One hour each night of cute animal videos.

Tada! You have any idea how many people waste time during the workday staring at this stuff? MILLIONS OF HOURS! C’mon network TV; nobody wants to see talking heads. WE WANT TO SEE CUTE ANIMALS!
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thursdaynext27
11/10/09

@SpyMagician: They could do a puppycam (like those adorable shiba inus). Puppies Leno #jayleno
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Charlotte Rae's Web
11/10/09

@thursdaynext27: My heart actually got happy flutters when I saw 'shiba inus". Web video of puppies excites me more than the idea of Jay Leno. #jayleno
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SpyMagician
11/10/09

@Charlotte Rae's Web: Exactly. I’m not joking about any of this, but I think network TV barely understands what people like anymore.

HDTV makes Jay Leno’s face look uglier, but HDTV makes puppies, kittens and others look cuter! #jayleno
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Charlotte Rae's Web
11/10/09

@SpyMagician: Your research is closer in tune with what people really want than NBC execs. #jayleno
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NorthernLite
11/10/09

@SpyMagician: If Shit My Dad Says gets a show on the teevee, why not LOLCats? Each month we get closer to the complete integration of the old tube and the intertubes so it could be a live interactive show.

Hmm, I may have something here. (Or this may be like one of those ideas that sounds good in the middle of the night when you turn on the light to write it down but in the morning you read: "Goats dancing down Wall Street.") #jayleno
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SpyMagician
11/11/09

@NorthernLite: Look, this is all I knows. Some Japanese cat named Maru runs into boxes, becomes a YouTube hit and a Japanese star and guess what? That cat has a FULL DVD of his antics for sale in Japan!

THIS IS A NO BRAINER! The Japanese have a market for this! Which means the rest of the world will follow! C’MON TV EXECS, DO THIS!

[tokimeki-p.com]
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ddhboy
11/11/09

@SpyMagician: I hope this is a joke. The internet is shit when you put it on TV, sorry. Tons of shows have tried to take the "hey, people love it on the internet, so they must want to watch it on TV right?" approach and all those shows have failed miserably. For one, they almost always require some sort of input of opinion from the host, who boils it down to unfunny garbage (see: Tosh.0), they always look bad on TV graphically since they're rezzed up to work with the resolutions networks have to deal with now, and more important, when I'm watching a video of a kid falling off of his bike and into a lake or something like that on the internet, its funny because its like a minute long. I'm not going to sit down and watch that same piece of crap for 24 minutes.

If any NBC exec kills leno to replace him with an internet clip show, then they should be laughed out of their career, not only for giving Jay Leno a platform to ruin the network, but for replacing Jay Leno with an even cheaper show with a smaller audience and a worse effect in dragging down the network audience as a whole. #jayleno
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magstheaxe
11/11/09

@SpyMagician: Hey, it works as counter-programming for Animal Planet on Super Bowl Night! I LOVE PUPPY BOWL! #jayleno
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