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Originally Posted by rwood8
Missing 30 seconds of what I believe is a terrible TV show has you all up in arms? That just makes the cyclone in Myanmar look like a baby wind storm. Give me a break.
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I don't mind a "we interrupt this program" cut every now and then so long as it's necessary, just like I don't mind having my sleep interrupted by the sound of emergency responders' sirens during an emergency. However, I'd have a problem if the firemen and police sounded their sirens while racing to the scene of a papercut accident, and I think you'd have issues with this also.
Now, imagine this happening frequently over a period of time and you'll start to see where we're coming from. Whether or not
YOU appreciate the show that's being interrupted is completely irrelevant because the person who is watching the show is tuning in for a reason. Everyone has different tastes. I just get frustrated with a "Breaking News" report over trivial things.
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Originally Posted by rwood8
And another thing -- you really must not watch the news if you think reporters only report what the sponsors want them to report. That is completely ludicrous and undermines the ethics of journalists everywhere.
Believe it or not, journalists do have standards...very high standards, in fact.
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I'll be waiting to see a news report critical of an agency's sponsor. When that happens, your statement might have some credibility.