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Earlier today, a well-placed source received a media advisory from the crew at ABC's Nightline. It noted that tonight's program would include a segment on the president's visit to the UK, followed by a segment on Wacko Jacko. No mention of gay marriage.

Later on in the day, same well-placed source received an update: No Bush, wall to wall Wacko Jacko.

We're at war, and the president is on a state visit to our closest ally--a visit fraught with import. A state supreme court has overturned several millennia of our understanding of marriage and family. But the only story worth a half hour with the Koppelgangers is the pending arrest of a 45-year-old weirded out has-been entertainer.

Says something about the times we live in, doesn't it?

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Posted by B. Preston on November 19, 2003 3:37 PM
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This is unreal. The MJ story isn’t even (new)s.

NRO is reporting that today Bush gave one the “most significant” speeches since taking office. Instead of broadcasting our President, the networks offer Thriller and lies about Billy Jean.

Pa-thetic.

Posted by Alex on November 19, 2003 4:23 PM

It was a drama competition for the hearts and minds of the ABC execs.

If the ‘antiwar militants’ in London had succeeded in downing a helicopter or setting Buckingham Palace on fire, Bush’s trip would have been acceptable news. But the huge expenses invested by ABC in sending camera crews to London was wasted - only a few ‘protesters’ showed up, not enough even to make a good soccer riot.

Frustrated by lack of violence in London, ABC turned its interest to celebrity sex in California. News be damned.

Posted by Insufficiently Sensitive on November 19, 2003 5:22 PM

Yes, it says it’s time to do away with outdated concepts and antiquated traditions, and I (a hetero) am all for it.

Posted by bsti on November 19, 2003 8:51 PM

I think it says that the TV news audience isn’t overmuch different from the reality TV audience, or the E! network audience .…. quite a feather in the cap for the pretentious Koppel and his prime time news pals! Congratulations! You wanted ratings, and now you’ve been forced to dumb down your news coverage to attain them. No doubt the news execs are quite happy with the increased ad revenue from such a strategy.

Bleh. Watching TV news has been a waste of time for decades now.

Posted by Jeff Brokaw on November 20, 2003 7:34 AM