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    From Hawk Hubbard@46:1/204 to All on Sun Apr 2 12:08:55 2023
    When was the last time you actually enjoyed watching US news of any kind?
    It's been a shit storm for so long I can't say I really ever enjoyed it.
    The levels of vitriol increase every week here in the US.

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  • From jack phlash@46:1/145 to Hawk Hubbard on Sun Apr 2 12:33:15 2023
    on 02 Apr 2023, Hawk Hubbard said...

    When was the last time you actually enjoyed watching US news of any kind? It's been a shit storm for so long I can't say I really ever enjoyed it. The levels of vitriol increase every week here in the US.

    You're probably not looking for a serious answer, but sometime in the early 2000s. These days I prefer to cherry pick articles from headlines that interest me from a variety of sources (news aggregation sites/tools rule) and even then, relatively small doses.

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  • From esc@46:1/111 to Hawk Hubbard on Sun Apr 2 22:49:27 2023
    When was the last time you actually enjoyed watching US news of any kind? It's been a shit storm for so long I can't say I really ever enjoyed it. The levels of vitriol increase every week here in the US.

    I think the problem is that the news is mostly boring, especially if things are ok, which is at odds with the corporate 24hr news mantra of keeping people outraged and tuning in. I agree it sucks. I don't watch the news at all and just have a handful of places where I read the news periodically.

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  • From HusTler@46:1/700 to Hawk Hubbard on Wed Apr 5 06:59:48 2023
    Re: The News in the USA
    By: Hawk Hubbard to All on Sun Apr 02 2023 12:08 pm

    When was the last time you actually enjoyed watching US news of any kind? It's been a shit storm for so long I can't say I really ever enjoyed it.
    Now that this shit with Trump is going, on the news media is acting like a bunch of vultures. No I don't enjoy the news. There are very few facts and a boat load of opinions I could care less about.

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  • From Atreyu@46:1/109 to Hustler on Wed Apr 5 09:19:14 2023
    On 05 Apr 23 06:59:48, Hustler said the following to Hawk Hubbard:

    When was the last time you actually enjoyed watching US news of any kind? It's been a shit storm for so long I can't say I really ever enjoyed it.
    Now that this shit with Trump is going, on the news media is acting like a bunch of vultures. No I don't enjoy the news. There are very few facts and a boat load of opinions I could care less about.

    We better brace ourselves because the Trump coverage will be non-stop. Like him or not, its really remarkable how much free-press the guy gets. He has the media eating out of the palm of his hand. I loved how everyone around me would call him an "idiot". An idiot could not have the media reporting his every move, every word, every fart. If he really is an idiot, then that logically speaks volumes about our news media.

    That and news media got incredibly lazy by quoting Twitter nonsense. Its why we're in the mess we're in now with pronouns and gender-identity nonsense and better watch what you say or you be doxxed or "cancelled".

    Atreyu

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  • From esc@46:1/111 to Atreyu on Wed Apr 5 09:41:55 2023
    If he
    really is an idiot, then that logically speaks volumes about our news media.

    This is accurate.

    That and news media got incredibly lazy by quoting Twitter nonsense. Its why we're in the mess we're in now with pronouns and gender-identity nonsense and better watch what you say or you be doxxed or "cancelled".

    Ah yeah, doxxing, like Don Jr did to the judge's kid. Cancelling, like what people do when they don't like election results.

    I digress.

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  • From Dumas Walker@46:10/121 to ATREYU on Wed Apr 5 17:36:00 2023
    That and news media got incredibly lazy by quoting Twitter nonsense. Its why we're in the mess we're in now with pronouns and gender-identity nonsense and better watch what you say or you be doxxed or "cancelled".

    Indeed they did, and I think you are right. People think all they need to
    do is tweet nonsense to get attention, and that they can get more attention
    by doing so as a gender-bender.


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  • From Hawk@46:1/104.2 to HusTler on Wed Apr 5 09:21:05 2023
    When was the last time you actually enjoyed watching US news of any kin It's been a shit storm for so long I can't say I really ever enjoyed it
    Now that this shit with Trump is going, on the news media is acting
    like a bunch of vultures. No I don't enjoy the news. There are very few facts and a boat load of opinions I could care less about.

    Roger that!

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