Has Anyone Else Completely Lost Faith In The Media?

[mlmpetert]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

That is correct. I mistakenly went on RFK, jr.'s article about it being banned. It is in fact not banned in Canada, and I even researched the few cable stations that carry it after JR's correction.

I guess “few” means something different depending on the person.

But for those like me it may be worth noting that when NCSkins says "the few" he means more than 10 and what i would normally refer to "the vast majority”. There is however “one” notable exception, as Videotron, Canada’s third largest cable provider which is targeted towards the French speaking Canadians does not carry the channel. I would offer an opinion as to why but I am unable to read French-Canadian:

Services de Téléphonie, Internet, Télévision et Mobile | Vidéotron

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

I guess “few” means something different depending on the person.

But for those like me it may be worth noting that when NCSkins says "the few" he means more than 10 and what i would normally refer to "the vast majority”. There is however “one” notable exception, as Videotron, Canada’s third largest cable provider which is targeted towards the French speaking Canadians does not carry the channel. I would offer an opinion as to why but I am unable to read French-Canadian:

Services de Téléphonie, Internet, Télévision et Mobile | Vidéotron

My words should have been "a few" and not "the few". I didn't look at every single carrier in Canada, just a few. If I remember correctly, Videotron is one of the ones that didn't carry it because they already had another type of "fox news" conservative type station already.

[mlmpetert]

Fair enough. We all make mistakes, even the media. Its the imflamatory stuff that none of us like.

When this batman shooting happened i honestly thought there was a good chance the guy was going to be associated with the Occupy movement. Hes a young white guy who couldnt get a job even though he was well educated. That sounds a lot like OWS to me. I was dead wrong. But i didnt go around proclaiming it like an idiot on national TV or ANYWHERE else. Unfortunitly Brian Ross's insidious remarks didnt seem all that uncommon.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

Fair enough. We all make mistakes, even the media. Its the imflamatory stuff that none of us like.

When this batman shooting happened i honestly thought there was a good chance the guy was going to be associated with the Occupy movement. Hes a young white guy who couldnt get a job even though he was well educated. That sounds a lot like OWS to me. I was dead wrong. But i didnt go around proclaiming it like an idiot on national TV or ANYWHERE else. Unfortunitly Brian Ross's insidious remarks didnt seem all that uncommon.

The Occupy movement. They would have to have a meeting on the subject with only half the people showing up stinking like they have not taking a bath for weeks. Half way through the meeting it would break out into total confusion and the people would walk away. They would have a second meeting to talk about funding but their unemploment checks would have been used purchasing drugs. Without the funds to purchase the weapons they would decide to just throw human feces at people and thats how shit happens.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

Fair enough. We all make mistakes, even the media. Its the imflamatory stuff that none of us like.

When this batman shooting happened i honestly thought there was a good chance the guy was going to be associated with the Occupy movement. Hes a young white guy who couldnt get a job even though he was well educated. That sounds a lot like OWS to me. I was dead wrong. But i didnt go around proclaiming it like an idiot on national TV or ANYWHERE else. Unfortunitly Brian Ross's insidious remarks didnt seem all that uncommon.

Couldn't get a job? Wasn't he in Medical School?

[mlmpetert]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Couldn't get a job? Wasn't he in Medical School?

This is what i was going off of. I get the feeling he didnt want to go to school.

The bookish demeanor concealed an unspooling life. Holmes struggled to find work after graduating with highest honors in the spring of 2010 with a neuroscience degree from the University of California, Riverside, said the neighbor, retired electrical engineer Tom Mai.

Profile of shooting suspect: Quiet loner, an unspooling life | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Couldn't get a job? Wasn't he in Medical School?

He was hiding there , a professional student afraid of the real world.

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by Giantone

He was hiding there , a professional student afraid of the real world.

Much like most of the tenured Professors around the country.

[NC_Skins]

What the hell is wrong with Fox News?

Fox News Publishes Name Of SEAL Who Led Bin Laden Raid | ThinkProgress


Nice job you dumbasses.

[NC_Skins]

Yahoo is pretty legit when it comes to news, but I found this hilarious. SOmehow this got through the cracks and was posted on their main site.


AT&T just pulled a dick move with FaceTime over cellular - Yahoo! News

It’s no secret that AT&T (T) is a terrible wireless carrier — just ask anyone who uses, or has used AT&T. Its calls drop, data is unusable in any location with more than four wireless subscribers within a square mile, and it nickel and dimes every single ****ing thing. You know what set me off though? The fact that AT&T is limiting FaceTime over cellular and making subscribers switch to a new shared data plan if they want to use it. It was bad enough AT&T brazenly charges you a fee if you want to use the data you pay for on another device via tethering, but now AT&T is trying to control just what you can and can’t do with your own data, which you pay for every month, down to the specific application.

Here’s AT&T’s full statement:

AT&T will offer FaceTime over Cellular as an added benefit of our new Mobile Share data plans, which were created to meet customers’ growing data needs at a great value. With Mobile Share, the more data you use, the more you save. FaceTime will continue to be available over Wi-Fi for all our customers.

Let’s look at this another way… you lease or buy a car. Could you imagine the leasing company or bank saying that you can’t park your car in certain locations, can’t listen to certain radio stations, and can’t drive it faster than 50 MPH unless you pay more? That’s what AT&T is doing — it is telling you exactly what you can and can’t do with your data that you pay for every month down to the specific applications and uses. I’m tired of this shit. It’s not even about the cost or new plan so much as it’s about two things:

The fact that AT&T’s competitors are not charging for FaceTime over cellular speaks loudly. Sprint (S) announced that it won’t charge for FaceTime over cellular, and while Verizon Wireless (VZ) hasn’t announced anything, they have no current plans to limit FaceTime on existing or new plans, we’ve been told from a source.
It means that the majority of AT&T’s iPhone users won’t have access to FaceTime — the most reliable system-integrated video calling service on mobile devices — on AT&T’s network because they won’t want to switch to pricier mobile share plans.

FaceTime over cellular should have happened long ago, but now that Apple is finally introducing it, AT&T goes and ****s it up for everyone — just like it messed up tethering, and just like it screwed people over on SMS plans. Well guess what? I cannot wait to buy a next-generation iPhone on Verizon with LTE and tell AT&T to go screw themselves after being enslaved to them, and spending way over $50,000 with them in service fees since I originally signed up. Peace.

Never seen a news article in my life like this.