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 Maybe trying to push a streaming service in the midst of a game-changing merger was a bad idea. Maybe CNN should bundle with HBO, seeing as the later isn't doing news. Nevertheless, CNN main can focus on hard-hitting stories like why the White House has run out of glassware . 

 Now that the war-happy mainstream media has turned on Joe Biden for a troop drawdown that didn't really happen , expect pundits, politicians and people of all stripes who were previously authorities in all things scientific (from the effectiveness of masks to the efficacy of vaccines to the behavior of viruses) to become experts on all things Afghanistan (from troop levels and strategies to diplomacy and  international relations).  If this storyline drags on more than a week, than expect the culture-war nonsense that has propelled Governors Greg Abbott (Texas) and Ron DeSantis (Florida) into the spotlight to be replaced with graphics of the Middle East. Expect the "voting reform" that going on in Texas to be replaced with "testimony" from those experiencing the horrors of the Taliban running amok. Anti-vaxxers will be replaced by war hawks. Not that the culture wars will go away, or even be ignored for long. For better or for worse, cable news channels can...

Ask no more .

If the attacks 9/11/01 occurred over a weekend (like the Iranian elections), would the cable news (CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews) have covered it?

She keeps it real .

Watch them for a day or so and see how meta they are, meaning how much they talk about themselves (or other networks in relationship to themselves) versus actual news stories. I can barely watch FoxNews themselves because just about every ten minutes is a little more than a circle jerk of "anchors," "pundits," and "analysts" talking about either how great they are, whether its themselves, their co-workers or the network as a whole. Or they are reacting to someone talking about their network . Or they compare their numbers to other networks. I can honestly say that it's rare to see Wolf Blitzer or Anderson Cooper do this. At most, CNN brags about their "election technology." MSNBC's Keith Olbermann makes fun of FoxNews regularly, but it's mostly to piss Bill O'Reilly off (and I can't remember the last time he talked about CNN in the same manner). And as far as the likes of Joe Scarborough, Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow: whe...

It just dawned on me that whenever Fox Studios produces a movie, they can't help but try to have Fox News people (either local talent or the better know kin from the cable network) do cameos. I don't see this from other networks. For example, Disney owns ABC but I don't see the people from "Nightline" popping up in "The Incredibles" or "Angels in the Outfield." But on the flip side, movies like "Fantastic Four" and "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" has enough Fox News clips to be noticed by the average viewer.

I remember seeing this on my local Fox station...last week. Well, I guess the WashPost wanted to make sure that they got their story straight. Not that I condone violence, but it's like the saying goes: "sometimes you need a hammer to get Comcast's attention."