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Old 01-31-2015, 01:38 PM
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Just stop poisoning your mind with these overpaid, vacuous, sold-out corporate-govt. shills. The mainstream is owned, bought and paid for. They are nothing more than a "reality" show.


Reality is what journalism is SUPPOSED to be! CNN, Fox and HLN are farce and nothing more!
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Old 01-31-2015, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by BATOL View Post
Reality is what journalism is SUPPOSED to be! CNN, Fox and HLN are farce and nothing more!
No, Wait!

BREAKING NEWS!!

Somebody took a dump on the lawn of the White House!

It's not news any more, it's just entertainment TV.

Like Honey Boo Boo, but without as much class...
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Old 01-31-2015, 05:55 PM
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This was CBS News' version:

FAA investigating after JetBlue plane nearly collides with small plane near NY airport - CBS News

Other than their phrase "nearly collides" for an uncomfortable but normal encounter with a VFR aircraft, they seem a little more objective. At least they didn't just make stuff up.
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We should ground all air traffic in order to prevent these insanely close calls! While we're at it, we should stop all motor traffic too! We shouldn't have any near wrecks to talk about either.

All of these mainstream media networks shou be ashamed.
If it bleeds or look like it might bleed....it leads!
The profession of journalism has turned into plagiarism, fiction and lies.
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Old 02-01-2015, 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by RI830 View Post
We should ground all air traffic in order to prevent these insanely close calls! While we're at it, we should stop all motor traffic too! We shouldn't have any near wrecks to talk about either.

All of these mainstream media networks shou be ashamed.
If it bleeds or look like it might bleed....it leads!
The profession of journalism has turned into plagiarism, fiction and lies.
Yup, but it's nothing new. Remember Dirty Laundry, from what, about 30 years ago?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNC4FHR4XLA

Speaking of dirty laundry...here's a video of Timbo back in the CVG MD88 Crash Pad days:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0huPnNi6ZhQ
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Old 02-01-2015, 07:03 AM
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Holy cow, can CNN possibly get any worse?

At least Don Lemon hasn't asked about black holes. So it could be worse.
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I liked how they jetBlue 94 was transcribed as "Deborah 94"

You pretty much to fail at life to get it that wrong. CNN = joke
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Old 02-01-2015, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by deadstick35 View Post
At least Don Lemon hasn't asked about black holes. So it could be worse.
Well, if there is anyone who needs to know about black holes, it's him!
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And this one with a runway incursion is a "near disaster". All airport ops are near disasters with her sensationalism.

Also how she says that "the aircraft flew at 7000 feet to burn off fuel" while the video clearly show the 777 dumping fuel over Atlanta.

http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/01...s/scary-skies/
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Old 02-01-2015, 09:09 AM
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I ditched CNN after that last website re-design. Too cumbersome on both phone and PC. Although I'll still watch Robin Mead while I'm getting ready in a hotel
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