Christ! The Pope Coverage Is REALLY Starting To Piss Me Off

[matcom]

:grr:

24/7 NOTHING else. NO "news"

fucking BULLSHIT!

if it wasn't for DU i wouldn't even know what the stock market did today!

fucking OBNOXIOUS!!! :argh:

i HATE HATE HATE our media. worthless fucking bastards

[BlondieK143]

1. Don't worry.

I'm sure some other celebrity will molest a kid or someone else's feeding tube will get pulled out. If we're lucky, someone famous will run over someone else in a mad rage. :eyes:

[Skittles]

2. I am traumatized by the Easter/Schiavo/Pope trifecta

I've had enough of phony "Christians"

[4_Legs_Good]

8. I don't know how the pope figures into that...

I can understand Easter and Schiavo, but the pope? I don't think he was just a publicity stunt...

:shrug:

david

[Skittles]

21. don't want to get into it

not at all

[4_Legs_Good]

25. Not really sure why you said it then,

but I say stuff I regret a lot too.

david

[RetroLounge]

28. Media Coverage, you think?.

The MSM has been on a orgy of faith, mostly fake faith.

I'll give you a clue. Everytime someone mentions the Pope is not an attack on the Pope.

:victim:

RL

[4_Legs_Good]

29. I don't watch the MSM

much, so I guess I'm missing out.

Still, I think this is more an orgy of ritual and pomp, no? That stuff I like.

Anyway, point well taken. The freaking dude who played Jesus in the Gibson movie was on Larry King last night.

:puke:

david

[RetroLounge]

32. I try to stay off the MSM also. Just pisses me off...

Thanks for that laugh. Like the ACTOR who played Jesus has some insight into the Pope's death?

:media-orgy:

RL

[KFC]

15. I'm pretty fucking sure that the Pope was a true Christian

Even though I have not reviewed his resume.

[Tweed]

19. "Phony Christians"?

Schiavo I'll grant you. The people extolling her case are hypocrites times ten if they claim they are Christians and voted for Bush among other things.


But the Pope? Leave it to DU not have a single thread about the Pope NOT contain anti-Catholic posts.

[Skittles]

22. there are phony "Christians" EVERYWHERE

a lot of those people fawning over the Pope support the war in Iraq, for example

[Tweed]

24. You do realize that the Pope was against the war, right?

Apparently you also don't know that the majority of Catholics are against the war too. I suggest you do some research before throwing wild accusations around.

[Skittles]

30. I never said the Pope was a phony

but all the "Christians" I know in Texas support the war - and a lot of them are Catholic. These are not WILD accusations.

[rug]

3. who cares about the stock market

[4_Legs_Good]

6. Exactly what I was thinking, plus I'm sure Yahoo market

isn't only covering the Vatican market.

david

[Red State Rebel]

4. Take a deep breath guy!

I know it's getting tedious but this too shall pass....

In the meantime you should be researching more articles for Matcom news :)

[Ellen Forradalom]

5. Do you need my thread-nuker?

It's a Perl script. Run it on the command line with some arguments to automagically hide threads based on a keyword. Then DU will become even more the haven than it is now.

[imenja]

7. TIVO is the solution, or your cable company's DVR

Then you record the news shows you want and forget the rest. For me its the NewsHour and Nightline, and Charlie Rose, though that's not quite news. You can also fast forward through what you don't want to watch. I no longer watch the cable news garbage.

BTW, mine costs about 7 bucks a month.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. If not for my DVR I'd never turn on my set these days.

I go through the schedule pick the few things I do want to see, set the DVR and then fast forward past the junk. It's a sanity saver indeed.

[imenja]

37. and you never have to watch a commercial again!

I love it.

[davidinalameda]

9. emote

don't hold it in!!!!

[Adams Wulff]

11. Turn on ESPN

It's Opening Day!

[ikojo]

16. Chicago Cubs on WGN right now...

They are playing the Arizona Diamonbacks and they are WINNING!!

[48pan]

12. Did the Pope die???

I hadn't noticed. I guess there wasn't much news coveraged.

[leftofthedial]

13. Jesus H Christ on a trailer hitch!

why don't they just crucify all of us and be done with it?

[6000eliot]

14. Every day I'm more and more happy

that I gave up the MSM on November 2.

[CatWoman]

17. now, now, my Son

[Jesus Saves]

18. You're angry

:argh:

[MissMillie]

20. I'm watching West Wing Monday on Bravo

I love Mondays. "24" in a couple of hours

[jonnyblitz]

23. Many devout Catholics even think it is a bit much. nt

[4_Legs_Good]

26. I actually think the pomp is kinda cool

Coverage is silly, but the history and ritual I kinda like.

Mourning and crying, though, hardly. He's been going for a very long time. He wasn't snatched up too early or anything.

JFK, I'd cry for, the pope, I'll just be nervous about his successor for a while...

david

[Hardrada]

34. I still miss John XXIII when I remember him.

I think with JPII that it still too soon to get an accurate historical appraisal. He was larger than life so one has to do some distancing. My background is Lutheran so I appreciate his reaching out to us as he did.

[4_Legs_Good]

35. John XXIII was slightly before my time, but

In my mind he's the greatest pope in modern history. I love reformers! I hope we get another like him.

I agree that the outreach to various groups and religions, along with the apologies he made will stand as some of the greatest part of the legacy of PJPII.

david

[Speck Tater]

27. Have somebody show you where the OFF button is.

I've been blessedly free of such junk since I disconnected my cable TV two years ago. You can be free too. Just say no to schlock "news".

[candle_bright]

31. The Pope's death

affects billions of people all across the globe. The heavy coverage should come as no surprise.

[pres2032]

33. but some people need the news to cover THEIR needs

24/7 or watch out, all hell breaks loose.

[sleipnir]

36. And it also doesn't effect billions at all.

I could care less if the Pope died or was resurrected, really. And billions share my views.

In other news that actually does apply to everyone, the US economy is going further and further down the shitpipe (world economy based on US consumerism) and the Iraq war is threatening to spread to regional, if not global, conflict in a matter of months.

The coverage is just a smoke screen of easy news that requires no heavy digging or getting one's hands dirty. If the MSM had any scruples, they'd be blaming the Pope, and rightfully so, for the deaths of millions of Africans from AIDS.