And these people that don't understand satire are the same the make Jerry Springer our top entertainment export.
Since they're owned by the same parent coporation (read: Turner) then I'm not surprised that CNN would want to snag CC's Stewart to include something intelligent...
To clarify for everyone else: Internationally it's still called, "The Daily Show"- just with "Global Edition" added- and it appears on our export version of CNN (aka CNNI)
You might have missed my point--- lemme try to put it a little more eloquently...
Fact is, lamenting the sad state of affairs betwixt the media & body politic in on a forum like/. is either of two things: futile or redundant. Items like this meet with malaise or abject apathy probably 90% of the time. For the remainder, it's simply preaching to the choir, oh citizen...
Seriously, a line needs to be drawn between media for entertainment's sake (The Onion, TDS, TV Guide)- and media as an information bullhorn (CNN, NYT, Barbara Walters Specials.) It cannot be the media's responsibility to educate every slack jawed person too lazy to read below the fold (already lost 85% of the gen. pop. on that one...)
Comments like that, those that hold media responsible- are the kind that are, imho, causing the gradual 'dumbing down' of our fair nation... Each outlet of the media has a simple responsibility- to provide profits to it's shareholders of the parent companies... Anything beyond that is ludicrous and, though utopian and nice, simply not gonna happen.
Of course, we can throw all this out the window and go with a model like Al Jazeera... That would come closer to responsible programming... But it would still do nothing to motivate anyone to be any more civic minded. (Maybe if you pre-empted the reruns of "Friends" for a week with a 10 minute discourse on Constitutional Ammendments pending decision... but sponsors would complain too much and TIVO would make it futile...)
Frankly, I doubt 1/4 of the people looking at this could tell the majority needed for a vetoed bill to become a law... But I can guarantee all of the could get the answer in just over 1.25 seconds if they were motivated...
Alas, I come back to apathy...
What the parent poster is forgetting here is the fact that TDS is on a network called, "Comedy Central." It in no way purports itself as a news station. In fact, there's the famously funny exchange on crossfire where Stewart has to remind his hosts their show is on CNN whereas his show is followed by puppets making crank calls.
C'mon buddy--- get real... If anyone's looking to "Comedy Central" for news on what's going on in the world, they've got bigger problems than a left-wing bias- that's for damn sure.
And as much as Blogs might be a concern, frankly, if you have the wherewithall to subscribe/read a blog, then you're far better off than the remote jockey that takes in his news in the 30 minutes before South Park. Chances are you're aware of the slant and prefer that blog for that specific reason- and remember, blogs are not governed with the same liability and adherence to source material as traditional broadcast media... But, hey, at least you're literate- Congrats!
I'd have modded ya up anyway just for the assertion that FOX/CNN/MSNBC are absurd- even sans the caveat...
My.02--- keep the change.
It's not just automotive repair, folks--- don't get hung up on the anology--- It's pretty much any repair. If I can't watch someone do the work, I want proof that the work was done (the old parts.) Yes, it's a cramp to have to dispose of them yourself- but it's work knowing it's been done right. In short- if you can't replace a HDD- ask for your old one back. When I do this for other people, even if the old one is completely torqued, I end up giving them the old drive and tell them to either shove it under a 100lb magnet for a week or keep it in a safe deposit box. Then again- I'm an honest chap.
What ever happened to some of the basics of being a consumer?
Are we all that lulled into a sense of security from the GS's white shirts and sometimes skinny black ties?
C'mon!
I imagine the folks in the story are a lot like my relatives- not quite luddites, but know enough to know they don't know everything.
Listen, I can change my own oil--- but I know that if I need a new catalytic something-or-other, I want the old part back (or at least to see my old part) from the mechanic... Isn't that just a common practice when we go to garages to have our heaps fixed? Or am I the only one still doin' that??? Same thing should go for these folks---
Frankly, while I agree it shouldn't happen, people need to be a little more aware and safeguard themselves to at least SOME degree of common sense. Putting the blame solely on the evil corporation that doesn't pay it's teen techs nearly enough isn't gonna work. That's like saying playing Quake will make you a serial killer or that McDonald's makes you fat.
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As for voting Bush. Since I'm not a US citizen, that would require use of the password '12345678'.
Amazing... That's the combination of my luggage!!!
And these people that don't understand satire are the same the make Jerry Springer our top entertainment export.
Since they're owned by the same parent coporation (read: Turner) then I'm not surprised that CNN would want to snag CC's Stewart to include something intelligent...
http://edition.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/daily.show/
To clarify for everyone else: Internationally it's still called, "The Daily Show"- just with "Global Edition" added- and it appears on our export version of CNN (aka CNNI)
You might have missed my point--- lemme try to put it a little more eloquently... Fact is, lamenting the sad state of affairs betwixt the media & body politic in on a forum like /. is either of two things: futile or redundant. Items like this meet with malaise or abject apathy probably 90% of the time. For the remainder, it's simply preaching to the choir, oh citizen...
Seriously, a line needs to be drawn between media for entertainment's sake (The Onion, TDS, TV Guide)- and media as an information bullhorn (CNN, NYT, Barbara Walters Specials.) It cannot be the media's responsibility to educate every slack jawed person too lazy to read below the fold (already lost 85% of the gen. pop. on that one...)
Comments like that, those that hold media responsible- are the kind that are, imho, causing the gradual 'dumbing down' of our fair nation... Each outlet of the media has a simple responsibility- to provide profits to it's shareholders of the parent companies... Anything beyond that is ludicrous and, though utopian and nice, simply not gonna happen.
Of course, we can throw all this out the window and go with a model like Al Jazeera... That would come closer to responsible programming... But it would still do nothing to motivate anyone to be any more civic minded. (Maybe if you pre-empted the reruns of "Friends" for a week with a 10 minute discourse on Constitutional Ammendments pending decision... but sponsors would complain too much and TIVO would make it futile...)
Frankly, I doubt 1/4 of the people looking at this could tell the majority needed for a vetoed bill to become a law... But I can guarantee all of the could get the answer in just over 1.25 seconds if they were motivated...
Alas, I come back to apathy...
In fact, there's the famously funny exchange on crossfire where Stewart has to remind his hosts their show is on CNN whereas his show is followed by puppets making crank calls.
C'mon buddy--- get real... If anyone's looking to "Comedy Central" for news on what's going on in the world, they've got bigger problems than a left-wing bias- that's for damn sure.
And as much as Blogs might be a concern, frankly, if you have the wherewithall to subscribe/read a blog, then you're far better off than the remote jockey that takes in his news in the 30 minutes before South Park. Chances are you're aware of the slant and prefer that blog for that specific reason- and remember, blogs are not governed with the same liability and adherence to source material as traditional broadcast media... But, hey, at least you're literate- Congrats!
I'd have modded ya up anyway just for the assertion that FOX/CNN/MSNBC are absurd- even sans the caveat... My .02--- keep the change.
It's not just automotive repair, folks--- don't get hung up on the anology--- It's pretty much any repair. If I can't watch someone do the work, I want proof that the work was done (the old parts.) Yes, it's a cramp to have to dispose of them yourself- but it's work knowing it's been done right.
In short- if you can't replace a HDD- ask for your old one back.
When I do this for other people, even if the old one is completely torqued, I end up giving them the old drive and tell them to either shove it under a 100lb magnet for a week or keep it in a safe deposit box.
Then again- I'm an honest chap.
Are we all that lulled into a sense of security from the GS's white shirts and sometimes skinny black ties?
C'mon!
I imagine the folks in the story are a lot like my relatives- not quite luddites, but know enough to know they don't know everything.
Listen, I can change my own oil--- but I know that if I need a new catalytic something-or-other, I want the old part back (or at least to see my old part) from the mechanic... Isn't that just a common practice when we go to garages to have our heaps fixed? Or am I the only one still doin' that??? Same thing should go for these folks---
Frankly, while I agree it shouldn't happen, people need to be a little more aware and safeguard themselves to at least SOME degree of common sense. Putting the blame solely on the evil corporation that doesn't pay it's teen techs nearly enough isn't gonna work. That's like saying playing Quake will make you a serial killer or that McDonald's makes you fat.
Sorry- just don't buy into it.
It's a good wake-up call I guess to wise-up.