"OM" wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:08:02 -0500, "Jeff Findley"
wrote:

Remember, no bucks, no Buck Rodgers.

...On the other hand, if the taxpayers don't get Buck Rogers, they're
also less apt to whine less about spending the bucks. That's the
problem with the space program since the camera failed on A12 and the
networks decided to listen to the blue-haired soapsjunkies and quit
giving NASA so much airtime. These days, all they show is about 5
minutes of a launch and 3 minutes of a landing, and then it's back to
who Britney ****ed in a gay bar, or who Lindsay ****ed in a straight
bar while trying to provide OJ with an alibi, all to provide filler
in-between stories about some crackhead's daughter being missing and
maybe found in a garbage bag, and stories about how the Big Three
automakers want more money that the goddamn Mafi...er..."Unions" will
demand be funnelled into their swiss bank accounts.

sigh You know TV news is worthless when you find more information
from an aircheck tape copy of a 1969 WNBC news show that's been capped
& posted to YouTube. Floyd Calber, you are missed...

Sad, but true. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if the decline of the TV news
media was caused by the media or caused by the media simply giving the
viewers what they "want" on the news.

Otherwise, how do you explain shows like Nancy Grace on CNN. WTF is up with
that show? All you ever see on it is Nancy ready to hang a suspect up by
their toenails before the case even goes to trial. It's little more than a
modern day witch hunt, hosted by one of CNN's queen witches!

Jeff
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"Many things that were acceptable in 1958 are no longer acceptable today.
My own standards have changed too." -- Freeman Dyson