YZRacer
Posts:1580
 | | 07/26/2007 4:37 PM |
 Alert | I have always watched the news (usually the 5 or 6pm show). But some days I find it so depressing that I'm sorry that I tried to watch it. But when I don't watch it, I feel like I'm not finding out about what is going on in the world.
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Robert B
Posts:759
| | 07/26/2007 4:39 PM |
Alert | your on here we will let you know whats up. | | | |
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bizybeth
Posts:569
| | 07/26/2007 4:41 PM |
Alert | I don't much anymore. I usually check a major newswire, then azcentral. that ususally catches me up for the day. I did catch a news show I had recorded accidentally once--too many commercials, too many reporters telling you they are going to report on a story later in the newscast!
Cnn headline news every once in a great while is interesting though. | |
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rule11
Posts:344
| | 07/26/2007 5:33 PM |
Alert | | i don't watch it as much as i did before. majority of the news are bad news, of course bad news makes money. | |
i don't like people who uses "signature" on their profile. TAKE IT OFF!!! | |
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DesertDweller
Posts:2539
| | 07/26/2007 6:38 PM |
Alert | | I always TiVo the news and look it over when I can. I am sort of an addict, especially for local news. It just really frustrates me how they cut stories short and then spend the time telling you what they're going to tell you at 10 PM. If it's news, tell me now! | |
Stupid should hurt!
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shinyredstar
Posts:83
| | 07/26/2007 6:41 PM |
Alert | | I usually don't watch it because I find it's either full of bad news or it's too much entertainment, not enough real news. Once in a while I tivo BBC news. | |
As Bertrand Russell once said, "The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation." I think we can all appreciate the relevance of that now. | |
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sarahc
Posts:631
| | 07/26/2007 6:43 PM |
Alert | I am an internet only news type of gal. I make the rounds once a day. If I happen to be in my car in the evening on my way in or out of town I will catch CNN or something on Sirius.
I don’t watch the news. Same story over and over piled with a bunch of crap I don’t really care about.
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Jason
Posts:3377
| | 07/26/2007 7:13 PM |
Alert | Rarely. 200 word newsbytes interspersed between celebrity sightings, sports and product reviews is not my idea of news. I check several different websites for news, some aggregate news sites and some specialty (technology) news sites.
Even azcentral is getting hard to read. Their "journalistic" quality has gone in the tank. Articles consist of 10 one sentence paragraphs, spelling and grammar errors are the norm and that is when you can find news! Probably 80% of the site is entertainment. | |
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twostep23
Posts:1675
| | 07/26/2007 8:21 PM |
Alert | | Every night the TV goes to Fox News at 9:00. I listen to it as I'm working around the house, working on the computer or playing on the computer. Use the 10:00 to catch up on the main highlights that I might have missed doing something and not being within ear shot of the TV. | |
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Nickswebcamfriend
Posts:1292
| | 07/26/2007 9:10 PM |
Alert | | I get my news from this forum as everything on here that is posted is TRUE!!! | |
Who's using me, what should we do? Because you can't be a pimp and a prostitute too. - White Stripes
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CrownNCoke
Posts:810
| | 07/26/2007 9:21 PM |
Alert | | Kill your TV! | |
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
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Satra
Posts:14
| | 07/26/2007 9:33 PM |
Alert | | I listen to the morning show on channel 10 when getting ready for work, but most of my info comes from the internet. | |
I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good | |
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Fritzydoodle
Posts:918
| | 07/26/2007 11:56 PM |
Alert | | If you could watch a local news for Pinal County - would you? | |
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Jason
Posts:3377
| | 07/27/2007 12:06 AM |
Alert | | Depends on if it is actually news or "news-tainment". | |
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YZRacer
Posts:1580
| | 07/27/2007 10:06 AM |
Alert | Posted By Fritzydoodle on 07/26/2007 11:56 PM
If you could watch a local news for Pinal County - would you?
probably not. why? because i don't feel like i wanna be lumped in with tucson. i think maricopa has more maricopa county ties than pinal. but that's just my 2 cents | |
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Fritzydoodle
Posts:918
| | 07/27/2007 10:17 AM |
Alert | Posted By YZRacer on 07/27/2007 10:06 AM Posted By Fritzydoodle on 07/26/2007 11:56 PM
If you could watch a local news for Pinal County - would you? probably not. why? because i don't feel like i wanna be lumped in with tucson. i think maricopa has more maricopa county ties than pinal. but that's just my 2 cents
Tucson is Pima County not Pinal County. | |
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richfellow
Posts:233
| | 07/27/2007 10:39 AM |
Alert | Posted By Fritzydoodle on 07/27/2007 10:17 AM Posted By YZRacer on 07/27/2007 10:06 AM Posted By Fritzydoodle on 07/26/2007 11:56 PM
If you could watch a local news for Pinal County - would you? probably not. why? because i don't feel like i wanna be lumped in with tucson. i think maricopa has more maricopa county ties than pinal. but that's just my 2 cents Tucson is Pima County not Pinal County.
It's tie to Tucson is the "520" area code. Other than that it is really a "Phoenix" area town.
Those of us that have been here a few years, how many times have you heard this? "Oh, I dialed 520 and thought I was calling someone from Tucson!" Or given someone your phone number to have them ask, "is this a Tucson number?". | | | |
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Nickswebcamfriend
Posts:1292
| | 07/27/2007 10:56 AM |
Alert | Or people ask where you live and you tell them Maricopa and they laugh and say "Oh, so you live in North Tucson" ha ha ha...funny...
and the news thing....Naked News does NOT count...cause we know your not really listening to anything they are saying! | |
Who's using me, what should we do? Because you can't be a pimp and a prostitute too. - White Stripes
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sarahc
Posts:631
| | 07/27/2007 1:13 PM |
Alert | I have been out here so long we used to tell people we lived in Maricopa and they would look at you funny and say "county?"... then you would have to explain... its a town in Pinal county with a DQ and a two gas stations...
Then they would say "that’s weird!"
I hated going through all that.
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