http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1218/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:00:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1218/comment-page-1/#comment-14665 Brett Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:04:54 +0000 http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1218/#comment-14665 Nope, I wouldn't want to see that dreck even on a slow news day. I was absolutely appalled. Nope, I wouldn’t want to see that dreck even on a slow news day. I was absolutely appalled.

]]> http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1218/comment-page-1/#comment-14651 Alice Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:25:16 +0000 http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1218/#comment-14651 Some days, you'd hope for a slow news day to spend reveling in celebrity babies. Some days, you’d hope for a slow news day to spend reveling in celebrity babies.

]]> http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1218/comment-page-1/#comment-14624 Stacey Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:01:12 +0000 http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1218/#comment-14624 At work, we often listen to Fox, CNN and MSNBC when news is happening. Yeah, it's all crap. During breaking events, all of them seem to rise to the occassion, though the level of intensity each organization brings is amusing. During news lulls? It's the same intensity, but the news is like, wtf? At the beginning of the Iraq invasion (part II), I once switched sources between the TV news and ours... it was a hoot. "DOOM AND GLOOM" *click* "Doom and Gloom!" *click* "Doom and Gloom?" *click* "So General, can we trust what we're hearing about this doom and gloom?" Depending on your political beliefs, you can decide which one NPR was. If I'd had Pacifica on the dial, it would've been "The man wants to feed us some 'doom and gloom' shit." I'm sometimes saddened when someone high up in news decides a celebrity breakdown is a news event. At least here I don't <i> think </i> the decision is based on just filling out minutes of air time. Small comfort, but I cling to it. At work, we often listen to Fox, CNN and MSNBC when news is happening. Yeah, it’s all crap. During breaking events, all of them seem to rise to the occassion, though the level of intensity each organization brings is amusing. During news lulls? It’s the same intensity, but the news is like, wtf? At the beginning of the Iraq invasion (part II), I once switched sources between the TV news and ours… it was a hoot. “DOOM AND GLOOM” *click* “Doom and Gloom!” *click* “Doom and Gloom?” *click* “So General, can we trust what we’re hearing about this doom and gloom?” Depending on your political beliefs, you can decide which one NPR was. If I’d had Pacifica on the dial, it would’ve been “The man wants to feed us some ‘doom and gloom’ shit.”
I’m sometimes saddened when someone high up in news decides a celebrity breakdown is a news event. At least here I don’t think the decision is based on just filling out minutes of air time. Small comfort, but I cling to it.

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