Writers on Strike

 I love the Daily Show / Colbert Report interviews!!!! Sometimes you get a real insight into the "true selves" of the people interviewed - it may be slightly unfair, but you really get to see whether or not they can think on their feet. Gotta love the people who seem not to realize that it's a comedy show, lol! And then there are other people who do a great job. I watched a rerun of Stewart's interview with Vicente Fox this morning, very fun! I love the shows because they sort of "think outside of the box" (unlike that phrase, lol). It's like critical thinking news reporting. In general I HATE TV news... during the worst of the CA fires, I was watching an interview:

Interviewer: "Ma'am, you just watched your home burn down and you lost all of your possessions, is that true?"

Sobbing woman: ":::sniffle::: Yes."

Interviewer: "Are you upset?"

???????

Not to mention the sensationalist trailers... "Could something in YOUR carpet be KILLING YOUR CHILDREN? Find out tonight at 9!"

IMO, television (like any other drama/media) is nothing without good writers, so if the writers want a bigger cut then too freaking bad for everyone else. Without the writers, they wouldn't be getting anything!

Cita

It's like critical thinking news reporting. In general I HATE TV news... during the worst of the CA fires, I was watching an interview:

Interviewer: "Ma'am, you just watched your home burn down and you lost all of your possessions, is that true?"

Sobbing woman: ":::sniffle::: Yes."

Interviewer: "Are you upset?"

???????

Not to mention the sensationalist trailers... "Could something in YOUR carpet be KILLING YOUR CHILDREN? Find out tonight at 9!"

Ahahaha..and LA news is just the freaking worst... I want to throw up every time they say "And WE brought this story to you FIRST!" and "Breaking news! Britney Spears is in rehab!!" WHO CARES??????

My husband and I have a laugh riot every night at 10 when our local news comes on. It's just this nonstop litany of all the reasons why you should be TERRIFIED OF EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE. With the occasional animal abuse story thrown in for good measure. Oh, and the Steelers (which, okay, I'm down with that). It seems designed to give people the impression that if they leave their homes, they are doomed, but also if they stay in their homes they are also doomed because EVERYTHING WILL KILL YOU! But they won't tell you about it until you sit through 45 minutes of other news.

chelsea_b

"Breaking news! Britney Spears is in rehab!!" WHO CARES??????

A bit OT, but the "breaking news" yesterday was that the "Mother of the Year" is preggers again ... just in case anyone missed that earth shaking tid-bit. Anyone taking bets on who the daddy is?

Joyce

I want to know when she's going to show up on "Cops"!