Tonight's CTV Moonbat Moment
Apparently CTV has decided to preempt most of the national news tonight to cover the retrieval of the trapped Chilean miners.
And boy-o-boy... Count Floyd & Lisa LaFlamme are milking this alpaca for all it's worth. I haven't heard excitement like this since the television coverage of the moon landing.
So far we've heard about all the medical dangers the miners might face on their 700 meter journey to the surface.
Hells bells... they've even got a name for the container that's gonna pull the guys up outta the hole.
I won't bore you with the banal details, but poor Lloyd is so flustered by not having his teleprompter that he has already called CTV "medical specialist" Dr. Marla Shapiro... "Martha".
Oh gawd... Dr Marla's back... she's yapping about bone loss, muscle loss... blood pressure, sensitivity to light... dear gawd, the miners might vomit on the way up the shaft.... and on and on ad nauseum.
I think I'll go drink some drain cleaner.
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FROM THE COMMENTS:
"You're an ugly ugly man. I feel sorry for you. I honestly do. It must hurt to live inside your bitter cynical brain."Yes, Carlos... of course.
Let's reserve the largest part of a daily national newscast for a "rainbows & unicorn" view of the world... instead of, say... the stark reality.
Have a really nice day!
(h/t shaidle)
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UPDATE: And again, 24 hours later...
Once again, CTV News has just devoted the first third of tonight's program to this fairy tale. Lloyd has just assured his national audience that we will... "all remember for the rest of our lives... where we were during the 'mine disaster'."
And hey... he promises more mine tales later in the broadcast.
And the final word from reporter Tom Walters? Apparently this event will... "allow us to see a truth about all our lives."
Good grief.
14 comments:
You're an ugly ugly man. I feel sorry for you. I honestly do. It must hurt to live inside your bitter cynical brain.
so, carlos... instead of reporting on events that affect hundreds of thousands of unfortunates... say, the genocide in darfur, or oppression & corruption in china... after weeks of non-stop media peek-a-boo... you still prefer ctv's little dog and pony show?
i guess it takes all kinds.
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You could always, umm... Change the channel like I did? Last time I checked CTV was a private business and can run whatever coverage of whatever stories they want. Nobody's forcing me (or you) to watch.
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"djb says... a private business and can run whatever coverage of whatever stories they want."
and i, in turn, am a private citizen and can write whatever i feel about it.
just curious though... how do you really feel about an organisation with a national reach that so blatantly & routinely manipulates the emotions of it's audience?
i choose to push back.
ps... we're on peasant-vision here at the halls and get 3 channels.
the 11 o'clock news is sort of background noise... but it's always informative to see how far lloyd & company will go on any given night.
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"just curious though... how do you really feel about an organisation with a national reach that so blatantly & routinely manipulates the emotions of it's audience?"
I feel that they're without exception contemptible assholes, especially the lying bastards who form government in this country, no matter what political party they happen to be members of.
Which is why the "off" switch comes so handy.
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"djb says... Which is why the "off" switch comes so handy."
that's certainly one option. i, on the other hand, choose to kick back.
carlos, apparently, slurps up every last bit of his pablum.
each to his own.
cheers.
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Yes, we appreciate the millions of tons of copper Chile exports every year. We just don't think that it's the only news happening in Canada or on the planet right now.
Personally, I'd like to hear more about the bus+train accident in Ukraine - but apparently the large Canadian population of Ukrainian descent ain't enough of an incentive.
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if this was actually about mine accidents, or mine safety... ctv could run a story about chinese mine collapses just about every other day.
not so many happy endings there, i guess.
good grief... they actually put the uber-enthusiastic lisa laflamme on a plane to chile... so she could, what... slobber all over these folks in person?
what exactly did that add to this, uh... scintillating "coverage"?
and, for gawds sake... please, please, please... give lloyd back his teleprompter... it was like watching somebody's feeble grampy trying to eat spaghetti & meat balls.
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I wouldn't expect you to understand this moment, judging by the cynical attitude show proudly displayed in your blog.
This event is important on many levels. It matters to the families of all miners who have perished down below whether in Copiapo or Cape Breton.
There are good news stories out there and this is certainly one of the best we've seen in some time.
I suppose it's not newsworthy in your world until someone dies a horrible death. The majority of people watching this rescue unfold are inspired. One wonders what it is about your character that makes you so angry to see so many joyful?
We see misery day after day on display in all forms of media. What a shame that your own nature won't allow you to enjoy a precious moment.
At the end of the day, the only one who suffers here is you. Like I said before, I feel sorry for you.
Hey, we have "Chilean-Canadians", must be true I just heard it on my local radio station.
Funny how every nationality gets a hyphen for context when it's the news.
Just curious if they mentioned that the technology and know-how for the rescue comes from the Great Satan (with a little help from us less minions).
Mitchel44
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"carlos rojas snarls... an ugly ugly man... makes you so angry to see so many joyful?"
well, carlos... that's really nice that you and the "sunshine nation" got your daily rainbows & candied unicorns moment.
let's just forget about all that other unpleasant stuff... let those darned darfuris worry about all that nastiness... 'cos today, it's not chilly in chile.
and hey... thank goodness you're not judging me, huh?
maybe if you read a little slower... you will see that this is about my concern about how most folks can be so easily manipulated by the media.
i especially enjoyed hearing about the compression socks the miners wore on their 700 meter journey... to prevent blood clots. who needs to hear about the hundreds of thousands of pesky children in africa who die annually from lack of potable water, huh?
if all you really have is a personal attack on what you see as my flawed character... it is i who feel sorry for you.
give peace a chance... and, as always... save the whales.
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I've watched this rescue with great joy and with great pride for my fellow Chileans. So have so many others. We'll got on just fine without your support. Enjoy chasing your ambulances.
There are 40,000 Chileans living in Canada. I wouldn't expect your readers you know this so the attitude of Mitchel44 comes as no surprise.
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"carlos rojas regurgitates... with great joy and with great pride for my fellow Chileans"
pride carlos? in what exactly?
as mitchel points out... "the technology and know-how for the rescue comes from the Great Satan".
not only is america expected these days to be the world's policeman and the world's doctor... now they have to be the world's lifeguard?
what exactly are you so proud of here? the chilean mining industry's safety record?
and, pardon my curiosity... but if you're such a staunch nationalist, what are you and 39,999 of your countryman doing in primitive, uncaring, cold-hearted canada anyway?
i don't get it.
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update:
hey carlos... how's your great joy & great pride coming along?
"Cash is king, Ms. Chilla said. The family is not asking for trips or other gifts because, she said, they have been promised so many already."
even a guy who missed his shift and didn't get trapped is riding the gravy train.
good grief.
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