Comments on: Media Gets Punked, Again

By: Michale

Michale — Sat, 21 May 2011 23:25:27 +0000

Oh My Gods!!!

Just finished the season finale of Supernatural!!

I am floored!!

Cas going dark side....

It's going to be a long, long summer...

Michale.....

By: Michale

Michale — Sat, 21 May 2011 12:28:19 +0000

If you like the funny episodes, you'll also like THE FRENCH MISTAKE.. Sam & Dean are transported to an alternate reality (by Balthazar) where they are two actors named Jared Padalecki & Jensen Ackles and star in a TV show called "SUPERNATURAL"... Dean:"No, seriously, why? Why would anybody want to watch our lives?" Sam:"Well, according to that reporter who interviewed me, not many people do." :D Michale....

By: Michale

Michale — Sat, 21 May 2011 12:06:58 +0000

I never knew that... :D

He originally intended for the car to be a '65 Mustang,

Now you HAVE to watch the MY HEART WILL GO ON episode..

Trust me, you'll thank me...

Michale....

By: Chris Weigant

Chris Weigant — Sat, 21 May 2011 09:44:30 +0000

Michale - The only episode I enjoyed was the one that sent them back in time to the American West, a la Star Trek (TOS) into the OK Corral ("Spectre Of The Gun," I believe...). Hilarity ensued, but I still like the shots of the Impala, personally... As Wikipedia puts it: Growing up, Kripke connected to television shows that had signature cars, such as The Dukes of Hazzard and Knight Rider. This prompted him to include one in Supernatural. He originally intended for the car to be a '65 Mustang, but his neighbor convinced him to change it to a '67 Impala, since "you can put a body in the trunk" and because "you want a car that, when people stop next to it at the lights, they lock their doors." Kripke has commented, "It's a Rottweiler of a car, and I think it adds authenticity for fans of automobiles because of that, because it's not a pretty ride. It's an aggressive, muscular car, and I think that's what people respond to, and why it fits so well into the tone of our show." Heh. -CW

By: Michale

Michale — Sat, 21 May 2011 08:50:25 +0000

Oh, and my wife enjoyed your quote, as she is currently watching the season finale of "Supernatural." DON'T SAY A WORD!!!!!! I can't watch it until tonight.. :D I only ever watch the show to see their cool car, myself... Hehehehe You should watch that MY HEART WILL GO ON episode.. It's hilarious!! I know you will love it... Michale.....

By: Chris Weigant

Chris Weigant — Sat, 21 May 2011 03:52:15 +0000

Osborne -

You are 100% right about that "not ever paying a price" thing. Bill Kristol commands a stupendous salary so that he can prove to be wrong on every single issue he ever comments upon, for instance.

Michale -

I like the BBC because they treat the rest of the world as actual news, instead of just a footnote -- something the American media simply cannot do unless there's a natural disaster involved.

I've also been looking a Al Jazeera, because they are providing the best coverage of the day-to-day situation in Libya.

Oh, and my wife enjoyed your quote, as she is currently watching the season finale of "Supernatural." I only ever watch the show to see their cool car, myself...

:-)

-CW

By: Michale

Michale — Sat, 21 May 2011 00:21:54 +0000

I don't care how much money Ashton Kutcher is now making; on general grammatical sensibilities I refuse to use his preferred term: "Punk'd." "Dude, dude, rule one. No Kutcher references." -Dean Winchester, SUPERNATURAL, My Heart Will Go On :D Michale....

By: Michale

Michale — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:09:40 +0000

I have checked out both...

I actually like the BBC, for the most part, because they don't have the "tingle" effect regarding Obama that the US MSM has... :D

The BBC is not in the bag for Obama like the vast majority of the US MSM is, NPR included...

Michale.....

By: akadjian

akadjian — Fri, 20 May 2011 18:43:18 +0000

I don't see Public Radio being any better than the MSM.

Maybe you should give it a listen. Or check out a world news service like the BBC.

Unless, that is, you feel you'd fall under the mind-corrupting spell of the news ... heheh.

-David

By: Michale

Michale — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:43:53 +0000

I'm going to go make a donation to public radio during their fund drive.

I don't see Public Radio being any better than the MSM....

Other than feeding at the Public trough, that is..

Michale......

By: akadjian

akadjian — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:37:28 +0000

As long as people keep clicking on it, it's not going to get any better in the current system.

You get paid for viewership (or clicks). What drives viewership and clicks? Scandal.

*sigh*

I'm going to go make a donation to public radio during their fund drive.

-David

By: Michale

Michale — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:25:19 +0000

The Bushies played them like a fiddle in whipping up a case for war.

Such control over the media is not just the purview of the Bush Administration..

Factual evidence proves that the Obama administration has a bigger stranglehold on the press than Bush could ever hope for..

And the press willingly allows it..

Michale.....

By: Osborne Ink

Osborne Ink — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:49:28 +0000

Chris, it's awful -- but is it surprising? After all, while the US was deploying 120,000 troops to the Middle East a full year before the invasion of Iraq, the same morning show was interviewing them from "secret locations" with their own network cameras. The MSM knew the preparations for war with Iraq were under way -- they had to know -- but they did not tell us. The Bushies played them like a fiddle in whipping up a case for war. Nothing changed in the last eight years because no one in the media ever pays a price for this kind of bad behavior.

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:52:16 +0000

...and that, in a nutshell, is exactly what is wrong with the so-called "mainstream" media. (i'm sure the "scare quotes" are warranted there as well.)

By: Michale

Michale — Thu, 19 May 2011 23:35:07 +0000

To which, of course, the adult response is: "If everyone else jumped off a bridge because someone said there was a juicy story to be gained by doing so, would you jump off the bridge with them?"

If it would make a bigger story, I bet they would!!

Michale.....