Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 09, 2009

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    D-i-c-e-R  over 15 years ago

    @GEE1A You forgot that commercials make up half of the broadcast.

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    StrangeTikiGod  over 15 years ago

    There is no actual news in the news anymore. It’s all pablum and trite banalities. Information? Please, it’s a wonder these anchors can pronounce their names consistently, much less deliver anything resembling actual information. It’s all “infotainment” now, cuz that’s what brings in the kids!

    If I hear one more word about Michael Jackson or Mariah Carey on the evening national news, I swear I’m gonna puke.

    Also, if you’re reporting on a story, and one side is demonstrably bat-crap insane? It’s not being “biased” if you call them on it. It’s called “investigative journalism.” Research it.

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    mrsullenbeauty  over 15 years ago

    They never should have let Bill Hemmer get away.

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    lewisbower  over 15 years ago

    Ever consider PBS?

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    jpozenel  over 15 years ago

    Walter is gone.

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    CogentModality  over 15 years ago

    Hooray!

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    marchman3354  over 15 years ago

    Love the line that they will fit into any newroom budget. Everything is the bottom line, new is no longer community inrterest but just another bottom line profit center…or else.

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    pibfan868  over 15 years ago

    You have it right here why I don’t even OWN a TV!

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    3hourtour Premium Member over 15 years ago

    …and they are only 12….

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    DoctorDan  over 15 years ago

    Cogent - Are you really so crass as to cheer the death of perhaps the last universally respected journalist?

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    jimpow  over 15 years ago

    Yeah, but what would Paris Hilton think?

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    KenyarJad  over 15 years ago

    I tried watching a Blu-Ray DVD the other day (speaking of hi-def) and it freaked the hell out of me. There’s realism, and then there’s being so realistic that you realize that the “natural” lighting in a scene is artificial. HDTV is ruining everything these days.

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    mjd.kwanyin  over 15 years ago

    yes PBS is great but try LINKTV! Democracy Now is fantastic and their world news is world news!and the entertainment is marked as such. do you remember 40 yrs ago on PBS when they showed stuff no one else showed? that is LINK now!

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    David Benton Premium Member over 15 years ago

    see that switch….the one that says “on/off”?

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    Alabama Al  over 15 years ago

    If you look up the definition of the word “gravitas” the last panel will make more sense (in a satirical way.)

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    Lyons Group, Inc.  over 15 years ago

    Jack Anderson

    Paul Harvey

    Walter Cronkite

    Gone are the true most trusted names in journalism..

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    Basqueian  over 15 years ago

    PBS! BBC! NPR! Who ya gonna call?

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    ChiehHsia  over 15 years ago

    StrangeTikiGod - with that attitude, you’re never going to make it into big-time broadcasting. ;-)

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    Herbabee  over 15 years ago

    NPR?? (RollingOnFloorPukin’MyGutsOut) Careful there, friend.

    http://nprcheck.blogspot.com/

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    Potrzebie  over 15 years ago

    NPR!

    Do you guys listen to WWDTM? I love trying to guess the news items!

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    Herbabee  over 15 years ago

    Ohhh, you mean “Wait, Wait Don’t Taze Me Bro” - they got a real chuckle out of that lil’ incident, I heard (second-hand).

    I want my misspent member contributions back, dammit!

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