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dpb

On 2/23/2012 7:33 AM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
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The kid isn't the issue. The fact that the news media thought it was a good
idea dreadful, though not unexpected.
....

If there's 24/7 of air time to fill, _something_ has to fill it. Drivel
is as good a filler as anything else (and probably better than some that
wouldn't be as far as ratings are concerned).

Commentators/interviewers aren't being paid to think; they're there
simply as actors to read the script/follow the interview outline to have
something to put out over the air so the advertisers can be billed for
their air time.

Whether there's any content, factual or not, is totally immaterial and
secondary (or tertiary or even lower yet in ranking) to not having dead air.

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