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Originally Posted by rwood8
All I'm saying is this:
It happens. It's going to happen. Suck it up like everyone else has to and move on. Believe it or not, a majority of people LIKE the breaking news.
Also, those of you with skepticism about the ethics/standards of a journalist -- you should do more research before jumping to conclusions. They're probably the most ethical people you'll ever meet.
Think about it. Ever heard of libel/slander? Those are just a couple examples of how journalists are constantly maintaining their standards so they don't end up in a courtroom.
On another subject, someone researched the content of my posts? Creepy, much?
In response to it -- big deal. I enjoy TV news. Other people enjoy The View, All My Children, etc... I happen to like the news.
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I'm not going to "suck it up". It's retarded and it should stop. And while the responses in this thread are hardly representative of society at large, I think they're a good indication that the "majority" don't like their shows being interrupted by a story that doesn't impact their lives in any way.
How about this...How about your beloved newscast gets interrupted with American Idol updates and constant teasers for tomorrow's episode of The View? You like the news. Fine. You go right ahead and watch it. But don't make people that don't want to watch it be subjected to it. Last I checked, it's not a requirement of TV viewership.
Journalists being ethical? That's probably the most laughable thing I've read all week...And I read a lot of funny sh*t. Libel and slander are very easy to avoid by oblique inferences and ambiguous statements, it's very easy to call somebody a liar without actually saying it in order to lean towards the legal side of things. Politicians and internet trolls do it on a daily basis.
As for the creepy factor of researching your posts...It's about two clicks and they're all grouped together for easy parsing. You having relatively few posts makes it even easier.