Thread: This is Lame! More Neutering of the American Male!

Originally Posted by Jimbo7

I would just like to point out what I perceive to be a glaring oversight by all of you with regard to this topic. I feel it is necessary to clear some things up. Shame on you for letting the inaccuracies persist this long.

It's called "two girls, one cup." There is not, nor has there ever been, a bowl. To imply--much less contend--that a bowl is used is dishonest and shameful.

This is the first I've heard of this whether it be a cup or a bowl. I won't attempt to find it on the web. Things of the world, I can live without seeing it, whatever it is ...... i can only imagine.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

The 24 hour news cycle is another thing. This has made us , the public, a beast that needs to be fed constantly. The media seizes upon anything it can exploit to stoke the fires. When the news was thirty minutes in the morning, afternoon and evening, and most people got their info from newspapers, there was less hyperbole and more facts. We are overloaded with information and much of it B/S to push an agenda from one side or the other.

You don't have news in the US.
You have infomercials. It's an entertainment show involving anchors, who spin events with a slant that will be appreciated by the viewers of that particular channel.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

The 24 hour news cycle is another thing. This has made us , the public, a beast that needs to be fed constantly. The media seizes upon anything it can exploit to stoke the fires. When the news was thirty minutes in the morning, afternoon and evening, and most people got their info from newspapers, there was less hyperbole and more facts. We are overloaded with information and much of it B/S to push an agenda from one side or the other.

Originally Posted by Bruno

You don't have news in the US.
You have infomercials. It's an entertainment show involving anchors, who spin events with a slant that will be appreciated by the viewers of that particular channel.

I'd have to say that it's not really much different anywhere else in the world. There are reliable news outlets in the US, though they need to be sought out. Yahoo, Fox, CNN and other media outlets are simply the loudest, not the only.

The sad fact is that journalism costs money, and good journalism costs more. Whoever supplies that money has the most say in what gets covered and how.

Bruno is correct, I have noticed that if you want to know whats happening in the US you need to watch/listen to a foreign news source, the same is true everywhere. The powers that be, wish to remain.

Or NPR.....

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Bruno is correct, I have noticed that if you want to know whats happening in the US you need to watch/listen to a foreign news source, the same is true everywhere. The powers that be, wish to remain.

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

Or NPR.....

...or Reuters or ProPublica...

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

Or NPR.....

............

Really? There is real news out there somewhere? Are you sure?

James.

...and AP...