What I've learned from watching TV lately:
1. Any smear campaign, negative ad, or bully tactic used against President Bush is applauded, encouraged and "needed" in this "most important election, ever."
2. Any smear campaign, negative ad, or bully tactic used against John Kerry is "an example of bias," "politically partisan," "unfair," and "hypocritical."
3. Fox News is "extremely biased," "bigoted," "a pawn for the Republican party," "out of touch with America" or "the majority of voters," "not to be taken seriously," "politically partisan," "unfair," "unbalanced," and "hypocritical."
4. On the flipside, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, CNN, PBS and MSNBC are "completely objective" and "truthful."
The common thread?
All of aforementioned accusations/characterisations are false.
It's amazing. When you turn off your TV, it's much easier to think objectively about your TV.
Posted by colrus at August 20, 2004 09:50 AM | TrackBackI find it more pleasant to turn my TV off and think about things that aren't on my TV.
Posted by: mesh at August 20, 2004 10:20 AMme too. though the first few minutes after shutting it off in my house usually go something like this:
"What a moron! Why do I even watch that crap?!!?"
Then, I move onto other things that bring me peace.
...Like the Red Sox...
Oh wait...
Posted by: Bill Colrus at August 20, 2004 10:26 AMPLEASE Wolf Blitzer... PLEASE don't throw me in that there briar patch. PLEASE!!!
Posted by: b edwards at August 20, 2004 11:12 AM"And you're BAAAAAACKKKKK!" Yes!
Posted by: hugo at August 20, 2004 12:06 PMFox news is pretty bad no matter what side you look at it from.
Posted by: James at August 20, 2004 03:17 PMdefine "pretty bad."
Posted by: Bill Colrus at August 20, 2004 03:34 PMpretty bad = really annoying
Posted by: James at August 20, 2004 06:10 PMi can see that.
Posted by: Bill Colrus at August 20, 2004 09:51 PMBut you have to admit, not many things are as annoying as Dan Rather or Tom Brokenjaw.
Posted by: Chuck at August 28, 2004 01:28 AM