Posted on 01/23/2015 6:17:19 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
Full title: TV News Priorities: 68 Minutes for Under-Inflated Footballs, Mere Seconds for Obama's Release of Terrorists
The three major networks have, so far, devoted a staggering 67 minutes and 49 seconds to obsessing over every aspect of whether the New England Patriots cheated in their AFC championship win on Sunday. Yet, only ABC allowed a scant 34 seconds to the Obama administration's release of five terrorists out of Guantanamo Bay and back to areas connected with extremist violence. The contrast is 120-to-1.
NBC was, by far, the most lopsided in terms of journalistic priorities. From Monday through early Thursday, the network's morning and evening shows produced 33 minutes and 35 seconds to the so-called "Deflategate." Last week, however, NBC didn't offer any coverage to the release of five detainees, just seven days after the slaughter of cartoonists in Paris.
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Yep. Local Florida media too. I saw tons of coverage on some NEW JERSEY shooting of a black suspect....and barely anything about Yemen.
The media is in the tank. Big time.
That is not a slur against FReepers but rather a challenge.
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There are many here on this forum who don’t or won’t back down from a challenge but when a poster tries to misdirect the operations or the established methods used here, then HE will will be challenged.
Therefore. I’ll issue a challenge to you. If you want to prove your point that FR is obsessed with ‘footballgate’, just go back and review all the posts that weren’t dedicated to it.
I think that you will find that your obsession is yours alone.
And yet there is a Religion Forum.
LOL! Stop the melodramatics!
I said there were many more stories posted on the issue than the released terrorists.
If you consider that an obsession, then so be it.
You win. I quit. Shall I ask the Admin Moderator to pull the thread?
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I am sure there are plenty at USC and Clemson that have come up with things and ideas that more people have benefited from and get little in return compared to football coaches.
If a university wants an overpaid sports freak, the fat salary for him and immediate staff comes from some kind of alumni or other money.
The masses that worship the ball won’t bat an eye.
Shall I ask the Admin Moderator to pull the thread?
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Nah don’t bother, let it die on it’s own.
I’ve been ducking the “deflategate” threads; way too many of them.
On another note, how about the US get into rugby more?
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