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Post number 7864

owillis — Mon, 21 May 2001 17:10:16 -0800

But is it harmless fun, or a breeding ground for pedophiles? We've also got hard hitting stories on pornstars, used car scams, and no-surgery breast implants, here in LA. What kind of stupid, sensationalistic scare stories are your local news stations doing for May sweeps?

By: benbrown

benbrown — Mon, 21 May 2001 18:48:08 -0800

My only comment is, God, that was either the worst edited or the worst written and edited piece I've ever seen.

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Mon, 21 May 2001 20:15:24 -0800

ben: i think it's actually just a transcript of the local tv story. at least it reads that way.

By: bradlands

bradlands — Mon, 21 May 2001 21:12:20 -0800

New Shimmer is harmless fun and a breeding ground for pedophiles! Plus it makes a fabulous dessert topping!

By: elle

elle — Mon, 21 May 2001 21:51:01 -0800

may sweeps doesn't affect the local news, they run similar human interest stories year round.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Mon, 21 May 2001 23:49:38 -0800

Libraries are breeding grounds for encyclopediaphiles.

By: abosio

abosio — Tue, 22 May 2001 06:11:44 -0800

My local news station decided to feature two spewing blow-torches aimed at fabricated walls in "live" promos leading up to the late news show. The story was about flame-retardant paint, but there's nothing MORE FUN THAN BURNING STUFF WITH TORCHES! Woo...hoo.. Makes me sick.

By: harmful

harmful — Tue, 22 May 2001 06:32:19 -0800

may sweeps doesn't affect the local news... Are you serious? Not only do local news broadcasts save up their most sensationalistic "investigative" stories for sweeps periods, and promote them heavily, they run a ridiculous number of "stories" on the network's TV shows. The local WB affiliate is especially bad about this; they run a lot of network puff pieces on stars of WB series, usually the ones shown that night so they can advertise an "exclusive interview" with the star of the show you're watching.

By: tolkhan

tolkhan — Tue, 22 May 2001 06:48:13 -0800

schools are breeding grounds for pedophiles too. i'm pleased to report that i haven't watched a news broadcast in years, mainly because of crap like that.

By: owillis

owillis — Tue, 22 May 2001 08:06:52 -0800

A tv guy who left for print, because "tv sucks"