The Journalism Is Dead Thread

[undercoverbrother]

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by yads

At the risk of tarding this thread up

from the same wikipedia entry

In 1998 the channel began to distance itself from its original name "The Learning Channel", and instead began to advertise itself only as "TLC".

if they didn't want to be known as The Learning Channel, then change the name completely, don't just go by the acronym. TNN (The Nashville Network) did that when they changed their programming from country and western stuff and rebranded to Spike, can't see why they don't do the same

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

if they didn't want to be known as The Learning Channel, then change the name completely, don't just go by the acronym. TNN (The Nashville Network) did that when they changed their programming from country and western stuff and rebranded to Spike, can't see why they don't do the same

I don't think "The Midgets, Multiples and Morons" Channel rolls off the tongue as easliy as TLC does.

[burn_this_city]

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canadia...lands-1.990250

Oh no, passport covers are being made in Holland.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

I don't think "The Midgets, Multiples and Morons" Channel rolls off the tongue as easliy as TLC does.

and 3M is taken already

[OldDutch]

Really am I the only one to come in here and expect to see any Calgary Sun issue from... Ummm... The dawn of time?

Or is that what they call low hanging fruit?

[Stranger]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

I don't think "The Midgets, Multiples and Morons" Channel rolls off the tongue as easliy as TLC does.

How about TLC - Toddlers, Little People and Cake

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Stranger

How about TLC - Toddlers, Little People and Cake

[4X4]

I just watched a promo video for Honey Boo boo, and I just don't know what to say. It's almost depressing that people find this crap entertaining to the point where TV stations continue to degenerate to lower and lower levels to satiate the people that eat this crap up.

My ex watched Jersey Shore and all of those Housewives shows. Just such pathetic TV. Taking the worst qualities in people and splashing it all over TV as though it's cool to be a complete bitch.

How much more pathetic can it get? Watching a stoner sit in his parents' basement playing video games? Just a 24 hour feed. Here you go, lemmings. This is as pathetic as it gets. A 500 pound midget stoner that eats bricks of cheese and rips his headset off and has a tantrum when the other guy cheats. Channel 1

Channel 2? Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. A big fat disgusting pig of a woman that is raising all her kids to be fat. Congratulations.

Channel 3 - Housewives of Beverly Hills. Disgusting plastic bitches with gigantic, nasty lips that talk sh*t about each other all day and all night, and brag about being rich. Primetime TV.

Channel 4 - Jersey Shore. Pathetic, useless twentysomethings that care more about their hair than their life skills. But who needs life skills when you're orange? Physically f'n orange. I guess when you're orange they put you on TV and pay you. Just do your hair, be orange, and act like a 10 year old. Here's $50,000.

I mean, seriously. This is the crap on TV? It's no wonder that journalism is dead. No wonder that Newsweek is catering to this crowd. It obviously makes money. There's obviously a market. There's no use in being unbiased and boring news source when people want garbage drama. It wont be long before the evening news just dies altogether. But before it does, the producers will try anything to keep it on the air. Just find a fat orange midget for a news anchor and that'll give it a couple more years.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by 4X4

I just watched a promo video for Honey Boo boo, and I just don't know what to say. It's almost depressing that people find this crap entertaining to the point where TV stations continue to degenerate to lower and lower levels to satiate the people that eat this crap up.

My ex watched Jersey Shore and all of those Housewives shows. Just such pathetic TV. Taking the worst qualities in people and splashing it all over TV as though it's cool to be a complete bitch.

How much more pathetic can it get? Watching a stoner sit in his parents' basement playing video games? Just a 24 hour feed. Here you go, lemmings. This is as pathetic as it gets. A 500 pound midget stoner that eats bricks of cheese and rips his headset off and has a tantrum when the other guy cheats. Channel 1

Channel 2? Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. A big fat disgusting pig of a woman that is raising all her kids to be fat. Congratulations.

Channel 3 - Housewives of Beverly Hills. Disgusting plastic bitches with gigantic, nasty lips that talk sh*t about each other all day and all night, and brag about being rich. Primetime TV.

Channel 4 - Jersey Shore. Pathetic, useless twentysomethings that care more about their hair than their life skills. But who needs life skills when you're orange? Physically f'n orange. I guess when you're orange they put you on TV and pay you. Just do your hair, be orange, and act like a 10 year old. Here's $50,000.

I mean, seriously. This is the crap on TV? It's no wonder that journalism is dead. No wonder that Newsweek is catering to this crowd. It obviously makes money. There's obviously a market. There's no use in being unbiased and boring news source when people want garbage drama. It wont be long before the evening news just dies altogether. But before it does, the producers will try anything to keep it on the air. Just find a fat orange midget for a news anchor and that'll give it a couple more years.

it won 8 Oscars that year

[Slacker]

I thought Honey Boo Boo was just a South Park thing. I'm glad I barely watch TV.

[GirlySports]

I guess nobody is buying newsweek covers.

Newsweek ending print magazine, shifting to online format

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by Table 5

People always complain about the degradation of media, but then consume these crappy products anyway. Hate what TLC and reality tv is doing? Stop watching it. Don't even talk about their terrible shows just to make fun of it, because that's exactly what keeps them alive.

Stop buying stupid magazines like US Weekly, People and Newsweek, even if its at the airport and you're bored. Magazines tend to print what will get readers....they don't necessarily care if you respect what's printed as long as you buy it.

Oh, also start supporting good things. Buy that magazine you respect, and watch the show you claim to think is great. There are plenty of great tv shows out there and really solid magazines too (screw Newsweek, buy the Economist).

But where else will I learn that Stars are just like us?

They pick up their dry cleaning? Wow! That's just like me!

Look at you, Mr. 1-Percenter Economist reader... I can't keep up with the damn things! They come to fast (that's what she said).

[Komskies]

Know what else is dead?

Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.

[mrgreen]

The fact this thread was supposed to be about journalism and skipped straight to garbage TV shows show journalism really must be dead. TV news is really just YouTube videos of animals doing vaguely amusing things, crime stories that don't actually reflect the safe society we live in...and weather, of course. Oh, and (mainly) attractive women with big hair.

[Nyah]

Originally Posted by OldDutch

Really am I the only one to come in here and expect to see any Calgary Sun issue from... Ummm... The dawn of time?

Or is that what they call low hanging fruit?

I generally don't consider anything published by the Sun 'journalism'. The Toronto Sun is the worst.

[Itse]

Btw, forgot to mention it originally, but thought it was quite the coincidence.

The very same day this thread started, a friend of mine posted on Facebook an obituary of Finnish journalism. (In reference to headlines like "(Finnish writer) did not win the Nobel prize!")

Also, lately in Finland we have been following with a mixture of amusement and some worry a major story and long-continuing story in Russian media about how the Finnish government has taken 14.000 children of Russian descent into forced custody as a part of their actively anti-Russian policy. (For a point of reference, there are in total about 50.000 Russians living in Finland. Most of the story is based on the mad ravings of one rather crazy Finn, who for some reason gets plenty of media time in Russia.)

Luckily in times like these we can pretty much just laugh about it. But it's scary to think of how bad the media really is in some places.