Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 26, 2015
Transcript:
Lucy: What's your homework assignment? Danae: Write a report on nature. Lucy: Oh. Which part of nature? Danae: Any part we want. My teacher lets us choose a subject to write about. Lucy: Ah...so you chose human nature, eh? Danae: Uh...what are you talking about? Lucy: The nature of making up stuff to support your preconceived notions. Danae: It's called cable news research, snarky-pants.
Varnes almost 10 years ago
Human Nature….Not just for breakfast anymore…..
Alabama Al almost 10 years ago
If you were right, we would be in agreement.
mpguy2 almost 10 years ago
We distort. You decide.
ammittai_is_available almost 10 years ago
I wish I had gotten that assignment in school. I would have written it about the different types of spoor found in nature and every type would have described what I thought of school work.
pbarnrob almost 10 years ago
Cable News research; in the local library, look under Fiction!
alviebird almost 10 years ago
Cable news? More like cable speculation nowadays.
Brass Orchid Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Experienced researchers are able to find supporting data for any preconceived notion, and present it as scientific evidence.This is what keeps scientific progress from outstripping the limited ability of humankind to adjust to change.You just have to be careful not to step in the popular movements.
keenanthelibrarian almost 10 years ago
I’m not quite sure that THAT sort of nature was what she was meaning – more like birdies, flowers and wholesome things like that. But cable news research?? Never heard of it.
Varnes almost 10 years ago
I wonder what the next “Big story that is the only thing you can find on cable, as if nothing else is happening in the world” will be
Guilty Bystander almost 10 years ago
Simply brilliant, whether she meant FNC, MSNBC, NewsMax or CNN. Or all of the above. Murrow really is dead.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) almost 10 years ago
What ever happened to good ol’ Wikipedia?
puddlesplatt almost 10 years ago
snarky- pants…I like that.
NoCents almost 10 years ago
All Network news – not just cable. Print too.
garcoa almost 10 years ago
Give her points for using her imagination, anyhow.
dabugger almost 10 years ago
What does she mean ‘snarky’? Poor teacher, has to deal with a nature like Danae….
comixbomix almost 10 years ago
Now that we’ve found out what it’s called, no need to look further…
Diane Lee Premium Member almost 10 years ago
The Supreme Court upheld Fox’s right to lie. When broadcasters were fired for refusing to lie, they sued, it went all the way to the Supreme Court and Fox won with the argument that they were presenting entertainment and had no obligation to be factual.
luvdafuneez almost 10 years ago
Cable News, where they speculate on their assumptions (‘cause they got nuthin’)…
Dtroutma almost 10 years ago
William Randolph Hearst and “Remember the Maine” say it isn’t exactly a new phenomenon, but the exception has become the rule. “Yellow journalism” is now just standard, or is the stuff they put out closer to burnt umber?
nosirrom almost 10 years ago
Cable news is an oxymoron.More like Cable I-don’t-have-a-clue factoids.
hippogriff almost 10 years ago
Justjoking: The main thing a meadow is for is grazing livestock. Erosion control, oxygen recharge, and aesthetics are additional uses.
reynard61 almost 10 years ago
@ Varnes: Right now it seems to be the Winter storm that’s rampaging along the East Coast. After that, who knows?
alviebird almost 10 years ago
Anyone who thinks science and religion are mutually exclusive and irreconcilable has an incomplete understanding of at least one of the two.
lindz.coop Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Wonder what kind of grade you would get using Faux News.
Brass Orchid Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Only one side of the meta are phor that.The other side is for pushing up daisies.
Brass Orchid Premium Member almost 10 years ago
It’s all science until the morning light.