Wait, is that television news? Haha. I remember the TV news. My parents used to watch that a couple times a week when I was a kid, back in the eighties. (Yes, yes, I know I’m getting old. I’ll be turning 40 in a year and 12 days.) My mom had a joke she liked to tell, “What do you get when you put a red wig on E.T.?”
Mom and dad watched the news, on TV, to find out things like whether it was raining outside that day (don’t know why they didn’t just look out a window), sports scores (Dad cares about junk like that, ‘cause he’s weird), and sundry current-events trivia. I never watched it much with them, on account of it was all boring adult stuff, but back then there was also stuff on TV that kids could watch, that was actually interesting. There was this one show that I really liked, called Bugs Bunny. It was funny and interesting, not like the chintzy cartoons they have now.
(What? Oh, right, the answer to the joke. Dorothy Fuldheim.)
I always found it a bit scary that “the news” is whatever the MSM decides to tell you. There could be lots of stuff happening that you should know about, but they decide to not tell you. OR, they tell you about stuff that really matters not. They really do have the power to guide your thinking.
“Now for the serious news items…….. Famous Hollywood actress, Snookie Shakespeare, was seen entering the ladies’ powder room at the awards ceremony, last night. Her agent refused to comment.”
With Faux, ABC, CNN, and most of the MSM parroting whatever they get in press releases from their corporate overlords, paying attention to the news is largely a waste of time anyway
Superfrog almost 11 years ago
No worries. We weren’t paying any attention then anyway.
jonadab almost 11 years ago
Wait, is that television news? Haha. I remember the TV news. My parents used to watch that a couple times a week when I was a kid, back in the eighties. (Yes, yes, I know I’m getting old. I’ll be turning 40 in a year and 12 days.) My mom had a joke she liked to tell, “What do you get when you put a red wig on E.T.?”
Mom and dad watched the news, on TV, to find out things like whether it was raining outside that day (don’t know why they didn’t just look out a window), sports scores (Dad cares about junk like that, ‘cause he’s weird), and sundry current-events trivia. I never watched it much with them, on account of it was all boring adult stuff, but back then there was also stuff on TV that kids could watch, that was actually interesting. There was this one show that I really liked, called Bugs Bunny. It was funny and interesting, not like the chintzy cartoons they have now.
(What? Oh, right, the answer to the joke. Dorothy Fuldheim.)
NoCents almost 11 years ago
I always found it a bit scary that “the news” is whatever the MSM decides to tell you. There could be lots of stuff happening that you should know about, but they decide to not tell you. OR, they tell you about stuff that really matters not. They really do have the power to guide your thinking.
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 11 years ago
in the land of BIG BROTHER, there is only one channel
pcolli almost 11 years ago
“Now for the serious news items…….. Famous Hollywood actress, Snookie Shakespeare, was seen entering the ladies’ powder room at the awards ceremony, last night. Her agent refused to comment.”
Greg Johnston almost 11 years ago
With Faux, ABC, CNN, and most of the MSM parroting whatever they get in press releases from their corporate overlords, paying attention to the news is largely a waste of time anyway
horqua almost 11 years ago
In the Land of Big Brother, the television watches YOU!