tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post3285543492457499973..comments2024-03-28T12:29:39.157-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: They cry peace, peace, but there is no...what, what?FDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-3835753349768958392016-07-21T19:42:14.878-07:002016-07-21T19:42:14.878-07:00Depends upon what you watch, the aforementioned &q...Depends upon what you watch, the aforementioned "does America", there's another one, "Cyberwar", and their seasonal show on HBO do good journalism IMO. The other stuff is as you say jackassery, though Huang's World mimics Bourdain decently enough.<br /><br /><br />bb Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-56755142469774188912016-07-21T08:57:01.406-07:002016-07-21T08:57:01.406-07:00I keep getting Viceland ads during the Tour de Fra...I keep getting Viceland ads during the Tour de France coverage (my Bride is a Tour junkie so we watch every night...), basil, and to me it looks like a mashup of "Jackass" and a fraternity selfie video. Fun in a sort of guilty "Christ-am-I-really-this-shallow-as-to-enjoy-this" kind of way...FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-2504482855282945702016-07-20T12:43:58.041-07:002016-07-20T12:43:58.041-07:00Viceland has popped up on my viewscreen these days...Viceland has popped up on my viewscreen these days, a new TV channel, and is fast becoming where I go when I sit a spell.<br /><br />I caught the first 2 episodes of<br /><br />https://www.viceland.com/en_us/show/vice-does-america<br /><br />The Trio visited the Bundys, before they were hauled off to jail. Interesting bit.<br /><br />And a couple of my fave TV series are back, so I'm happy sans 24/7 cable spew and get what I want of news as I will.<br /><br />bbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-75263350402682915332016-07-20T12:30:24.793-07:002016-07-20T12:30:24.793-07:00I see and hear this stuff, mike, but it doesn'...I see and hear this stuff, mike, but it doesn't gag me for the reasons I listed above. Perfect example; the murderous asshole truck driver in Nice. Bad day there? Yep. While, at the same time, about a gajillion other towns and cities in France celebrated peaceably. The Tour de France rolled on. Thirty or forty people died in crashes on the autoroutes, in bed, from trips and falls.<br /><br />We saw no world wars. No pogroms. No mass migration of one people into another's lands with the attendant slaughter and misery. No plagues. No famines.<br /><br />These 24-hour news channels are utterly worthless except for rousing paranoia, fear, and rage sprung from helplessness. If I were king I'd shut them all down and mandate no more than three hours of news a day; one hour each in morning and evening with a third that would have to be an in-depth look at one issue. It wouldn't solve the problem of bad reporting and news-as-infotainment, but it'd help.<br /><br />It also won't solve the there-are-a-shitton-of-fucking-stupid-people problem, either. But at least it would help cut back their exposure to toxic "news"...FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-26678111297707475652016-07-19T19:45:16.268-07:002016-07-19T19:45:16.268-07:00For awhile I gave up American TV in favor of radio...For awhile I gave up American TV in favor of radio and print. They seem just as bad now. Then I went to BBC, but they seem to cover more American news that Brit or Commonwealth. Can't find the Can-eye-dee-ans on CBC any more on the dial. <br /><br />So the good news is I have retreated to the den and doubled up on reading history or an occasional mystery novel. <br /><br />But the bad news is my bride is a news junkie so I hear it from her. Or from my golfing buddies. Or from the people in line at the grocery store. mikenoreply@blogger.com