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dominic_dice
Skeptic Friend
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 10/31/2004 : 13:11:33
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Last night a show was on TV called Physic School. Because I was curious, I decided to watch it. It should have been funny:-
'Student' : "I sense guitars"
'Client' : Wow! My Uncle's Sister's Mother's Brother's Friend's Dog's Aunt used to play a guitar (it was actually a Brother's friend).
But it wasn't, mostly becuase they (TV station) were presenting it so seriously.
Do you think that there ought to be rules about what TV stations can claim to be truthful?
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 10/31/2004 : 14:20:38 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by dominic_dice
Last night a show was on TV called Physic School. Because I was curious, I decided to watch it. It should have been funny:-
'Student' : "I sense guitars"
'Client' : Wow! My Uncle's Sister's Mother's Brother's Friend's Dog's Aunt used to play a guitar (it was actually a Brother's friend).
But it wasn't, mostly becuase they (TV station) were presenting it so seriously.
Do you think that there ought to be rules about what TV stations can claim to be truthful?
Nah. The loosly wrapped will believe what they want to believe regardless of what the toob tells them. And if these idiot shows were taken out, some good ones might follow them. Overkill is a tradition in today's media.
I would like to see John Edward among others exposed for the fraud he is, though and follow Miss Cleo into obscurity. A pity there's no programs devoted to that.
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 10/31/2004 : 14:21:30 [Permalink]
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| Yeah, but if you require evidence for claims made you'll have to remove FOXNews from the airwaves and cable. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 10/31/2004 : 20:21:18 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dude
Yeah, but if you require evidence for claims made you'll have to remove FOXNews from the airwaves and cable.
What a novel idea... Let's go for it! |
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
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Posted - 11/01/2004 : 07:03:58 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dude
Yeah, but if you require evidence for claims made you'll have to remove FOXNews from the airwaves and cable.
And you say that like it's a bad thing. 
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
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Posted - 11/01/2004 : 08:53:48 [Permalink]
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| I still can't believe they took CNN en Espanől out to put FOXNews up (available on cable tv). |
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dominic_dice
Skeptic Friend
United Kingdom
53 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 11:11:13 [Permalink]
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| I often watch Fox. It is interesting to compare how they present a story compared with how CNN show it (and occasionally BBC, but unless it's a big story the BBC will usually ignore the American stuff, for obvious reasons). |
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