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| Which of the following, repeated over and over, particularly gets to you? |
| "We need to focus on the small details in order to appreciate the broader perspective" |
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15% |
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| "Forty thousand interviews - and I'm just warming up!" |
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45% |
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| "The Middle East - you make you know it, but do you really? Never ordinary. We explain the issues. And you'll meet the people shaping its surprising future" |
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27% |
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| "All of us are a walking target. Such is life in a world of suicide bombings. |
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12% |
[ 5 ] |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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I can't add much about Larry King, except, like Wolf Blitzer, them keeping him around is a complete mystery to me.
If you think CNN International is bad- you should see the home (US) version. All blond, all bimbo, all the time.
H.L. Mencken was right, you'll never go broke underestimating the taste of the American public.  |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| You don't have to watch CNN. BBC news is on Arirang TV in the mornings. |
I vaguely remember the BBC being good once upon a time, but, ever since I went back home a couple of years back and switched on the news it just revolts me.
Honestly, does anyone else feel like BBC news is a children's TV programme?
The website is pretty good, however, for a broad overview, not so hot on detail. |
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Kyrei
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 6:19 am Post subject: |
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| The one I hate the most is that skinny annoying British dude who reports from Iraq and says something along the line of: "If you want to understand the insurgency, you have to talk to IRAQI insurgents"... as opposed to...? |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 8:05 am Post subject: |
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| Has the BBC gone down hill? That is a real shame. It used to be great. I always liked that "Hard Talk" show. Tim someone, seemed to be a really informed and hard nosed interviewer. |
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el naked mariachi
Joined: 28 May 2006
Location: sounding like Depeche Mode
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 7:52 am Post subject: oddly enough, I heard this again this morning |
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| ...the Iraqis will either accept or reject the draft constitution... |
Are you sure about that?
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| endofthewor1d wrote: |
my favorite is one of the ads with christiane amanpour (sp?) praising herself.
male voice: "direct questions..."
christiane: "do you really see country after country falling into the fold of democracy?"
male voice: "direct answers..."
whoever she's interviewing: "democracy will mean different things to different nations."
that has to be the least direct answer to any question i've ever heard. |
That's King Hussein of Jordan. You're bang on as well.
That struck me in the same way. Doesn't get any more VAGUE than that!
Hmmmmmmm ... where's George Orwell when we need him?
For the record: the CIA and military have for years now infiltrated & sought to control popular electronic media.
They simply DON'T report on it |
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Bo Peabody
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Kyrei wrote: |
| The one I hate the most is that skinny annoying British dude who reports from Iraq and says something along the line of: "If you want to understand the insurgency, you have to talk to IRAQI insurgents"... as opposed to...? |
My vote goes to "The Middle East. You may think you know it but do you really?" Hala Gorani is too grating for TV - Her accent, her jaw bone, the way she jerks her head around. You look so mad all the time. WTF? |
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Bo Peabody
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Bo Peabody wrote: |
| Kyrei wrote: |
| The one I hate the most is that skinny annoying British dude who reports from Iraq and says something along the line of: "If you want to understand the insurgency, you have to talk to IRAQI insurgents"... as opposed to...? |
My vote goes to "The Middle East. You may think you know it but do you really?" Hala Gorani is too grating for TV - Her accent, her jaw bone, the way she jerks her head around. You look so mad all the time. WTF? |
I think she's pretty hot. She's a clever little thing as well - fluent in Arabic and French! I absolutely hate that Middle East jingle, however. She looks less hot in that than when she reads the news and it's just annoying as fook generally. My vote went to "we need to focus on the small details in order to appreciate the broader perspective". Trite, rhetorical, cliched and inane. |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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I always liked that Kristie Lu Stout. I can watch her give the news without getting sick.
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:48 am Post subject: |
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| flakfizer wrote: |
I always liked that Kristie Lu Stout.
I can watch her give the news without getting sick. |
Ironic you should say this. Personally, her tele-screen / prompter reading "skills" make me nauseous.
As does her cutesy little "voice like honey" act
On the bright side mind you, at least she doesn't much stumble over the sanitized & carefully scripted lines they give her.
Corporate eye-candy. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:12 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, but I wouldn't mind having her in my apartment for an in-depth discussion of world affairs...  |
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Bo Peabody
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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Rum Jungle
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: North Asia
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:46 am Post subject: |
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I kinda like Lorraine Hahn but then I don't get out much.
"Let's talk again. Next week." |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| Best source of news is the online Canadian operation, Naked News. Definitely sans Larry King. |
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