tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post4541591320506801835..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Patriot ActMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-37041931608302346802008-03-18T17:15:00.000-05:002008-03-18T17:15:00.000-05:00In these times of infotainment (yikes, an Orwellia...In these times of infotainment (yikes, an Orwellianism!) the lines are not only gonna get blurred, but downright surrealistic! (the NoPR kiddies must've gotten a nice lil' kickback for such a fawning infomercial - unless they are really that easily fascinated?) De-evolution is apparently underway, thanks in part to the media robber barons leeching copius amounts of dumb-down into the airwaves. So call me a conspiracy theorist.<BR/><BR/>I actually used to watch 24 in its day (not reality tv, at least I can boast!); first season was okay (dealing with an agent's efforts to rescue his family from kidnappers) but it gradually sunk into a wheel-greaser for gov't sanctioned torture, and after so many hackneyed, beat scenarios of "Chloe, it's Jack" and a dark complected 'bad-guy' issuing threats to give him what he wants, I eventually came to the belief that they jumped the ol' shark with guns a-blazin'.<BR/><BR/>No cable here either, for exact same reasons as stated above (get on those converter box coupons real quick!) - just another way to karma-free livin' (in addition to hissing at NoPR at every available opportunity).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-9241893604623429212008-03-18T10:49:00.000-05:002008-03-18T10:49:00.000-05:00I warned you, Matt--they announced this show the d...I warned you, Matt--they announced this show the day before it aired on Minnesota Public Radio.<BR/><BR/>Wasn't it just sick? That is why I think the people at NPR don't have a conscience, never had a conscience.<BR/><BR/>And no, Port, it's OK: I haven't had cable since I lived with my parents in the 1980s.<BR/><BR/>Why would you pay $50+/month for 300 channels of commercials? So in effect, you would be paying for the crappy channels and the commercials.<BR/><BR/>Thank heavens for the internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-16492883862609455452008-03-18T00:30:00.000-05:002008-03-18T00:30:00.000-05:00Sorry, sorry, sorry days, these, when a great (?) ...Sorry, sorry, sorry days, these, when a great (?) nation futzes around with such erroneous issues as massaging an audience's basest instincts, all for the cause of ratings! It's a cliche that simply rules today. It's all been institutionalized. These are the standards today. I've never seen this Bauer character, and I don't know a thing about him or his show, but it sounds like he's a porno-like figure, ready to service the prurient needs of a panting American consumer class. Huh?<BR/>(Haven't had cable since 1991; yeah, that makes me irrelevant, right?)<BR/><BR/>I heard Jimmy Breslin on 'On Point' a few days ago. (WBUR, not NPR!!!) I guess I'm with Jimmy on many issues. We are a civilization in decline. That's not the worst thing for me to accept; I have a harder time with media outlets that are fiddling while Rome burns.Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.com