Reminds me of how they do the news. First commercials during the day and through prime-time with just enough info to scare you into watching. Then the teaser in the beginning of the news where they summarize all the upcoming stories without actually giving you any new information. The intro where they talk about what they’re going to talk about before they talk about it. Then the long, drawn out, personal interest stories to fill the time slot–punctuated by more talking about the upcoming story without revealing anything pertinent. And finally, the disappointing conclusion of the news where you realize that “the cupcakes that might be giving you cancer” were safe all along and it was only a fabrication to get you hooked. Meanwhile, the political story is so mired in bias and buried in “expert analysis” that you don’t even know what either party actually is proposing.
rdh288 over 14 years ago
Yes! Repetition prevails!
eb110americana over 14 years ago
Reminds me of how they do the news. First commercials during the day and through prime-time with just enough info to scare you into watching. Then the teaser in the beginning of the news where they summarize all the upcoming stories without actually giving you any new information. The intro where they talk about what they’re going to talk about before they talk about it. Then the long, drawn out, personal interest stories to fill the time slot–punctuated by more talking about the upcoming story without revealing anything pertinent. And finally, the disappointing conclusion of the news where you realize that “the cupcakes that might be giving you cancer” were safe all along and it was only a fabrication to get you hooked. Meanwhile, the political story is so mired in bias and buried in “expert analysis” that you don’t even know what either party actually is proposing.
Informative indeed.