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nicnic
nicnic
Battered Shoe

Mar-4-2009 16:54

I don't know if anyone has noticed lately, but the Local News on TV has become something that almost insults my intelligence when it is labelled as "news".

With all that is happening in the world, somehow the local channels manage to come up with the most assinine and outrageous stories that they usually have a spoiler for during primetime programming to get you to stay tuned...

Let's post some of the particularly crazy ones here.

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Carolyn Spark
Carolyn Spark
Vigilante

Mar-10-2009 16:55

I don't even understand how something like that could happen...

Coco Axton
Coco Axton
Old Shoe

Mar-10-2009 17:27

Apparently she was an older woman and her dog knocked her into it backwards ass-first. But they showed the bucket on the clip and it was a full sized garbage can so I would think this is a very freakish event, if it is in fact true :S

Carolyn Spark
Carolyn Spark
Vigilante

Mar-10-2009 18:22

That's so bizarre. And WHAT makes this news worthy?

Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Thespian

Mar-10-2009 20:14

they have nothing better to report? i mean, the financial crisis is bothering anyone, is it? here wait... why is it called a financial crisis?

^^^^^totally sarcastic there^^^^^

;D

Carolyn Spark
Carolyn Spark
Vigilante

Mar-10-2009 21:13

*follows sarcastic trend*
It's probably called a crisis because it's unnewsworthy, and no one wants to hear about it.


Anikka
Anikka
Babelfish

Mar-10-2009 21:44

Personally, I already think the media yammers on endlessly about the economic crisis - or whatever the hell euphemism they're using today.

Local news of a woman sitting helplessly in a recycling bin for three days is newsworthy on a local level, because it's, well, local - you know, about someone in the neighborhood. Of course, in these days of satellite and cable, my local news is for the big city an hour and a half away from me, so point taken there. On the other hand, it reminds people to look out for their neighbors. Also, look at it this way: it would be truly newsworthy if they'd found her dead body, right? Thank god she was alive!

The news always has some type of human interest story(ies) because, frankly, everything else is too damned depressing to deal with. I'll take my economic crisis with a side order of puppies and rainbows, please!

PS - you want the real reason? They have to fill out the half hour/hour so that they can discuss everything again when the next news program starts. You know, when this one is over. That way they have jobs for all the people who think they should be on TV because they're beautiful. Or someone's nephew. Or slept with a producer. And also because there are too many freaking channels and so there might as well be as much round-the-clock news as possible, so they have to have something new to throw in now and again.

By the way, if you couldn't tell, I'm sick and medicated for it. Hence the rambling. If it doesn't make sense but you got a laugh, I refuse to apologise. If you didn't laugh but you do agree, I refuse to apologise. If you thought it all made sense, I'd like to know what meds you're on - they might be better than mine.

Sheesh, I hate being sick. But you know what I hate more? Unsalted peanuts. Oh, well.

Lady Jas
Lady Jas
The Chosen One

Mar-10-2009 22:00

It all made sense to me Ani and I'm not even on any meds....maybe I should be though...hmmm..


OH, but I completely agree with you on your entire post.

Ms Helen
Ms Helen
Con Artist

Mar-10-2009 22:15

Poor Ani I'm sure you didn't mean to be a babbling baboon, at least you didn't sound like one to me. But then I've spent that much time talking to you when you're 'not with it' maybe I've just become immune to you :D

Carolyn Spark
Carolyn Spark
Vigilante

Mar-10-2009 22:23

I'm still stuck on how weird this is. Can you imagine what a bizzare experience that would be? Being trapped in a bucket for 3 days?!
This should be a scripted mystery...

ctown28
ctown28
Huntsman

Mar-10-2009 22:28

What would make it more bizarre is if she was trapped in the bucket and all she had to eat was unsalted nuts! Ohhh the horrors! ;-)

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