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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:20 PM Original message |
Today's "journalists" arent worthy enough to carry Cronkite's jockstrap |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. nor I guess are any of us citizens who listen to the news |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. There are no journalists left - |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. it's all Info-tainment now. No news gets reported these days |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I watched the Evening News for a while |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. There are NO journalists left, only propaganda infotainers, imo |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. And I wonder how many of those airheads |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I agree, integrity is shunned these days, facts without opinions attached.. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. What really kills it for me is the latter-day |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I just hope that one of the cartoonists like Mike Luckovich... |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Let's be fair |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. Cronkite would never get on air today, if he were just starting out - not pretty enough. |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bill Moyers? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Do you see Moyers as a journalist? |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Yes, I thought of him immediately |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's just business. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. They are not worthy enough to clean |
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sarah553807 (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. I feel bad for this and the next generation |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. Amy Goodman !!!! |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Hey - I was wondering when you were going to show up. |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Yes, I remember you well! |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. K&R |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
21. Kinda reminds me of what Tim Russert is purported to say of journalists. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
22. I don't blame JUST the journalists.. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
23. A news show starring Conkite's jockstrap... |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
25. The Newshour with Jim Lehrer is excellent journalism. n/t |
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