PJ_Soul said:

brianlux said:

unsung said:

PJ_Soul said:

Why would you think that topic is satire, even sarcastically?

I don’t.  I was being sarcastic.  In the world we live I am shocked that this is a story, much less a real thing.  

I'm not in the least bit surprised.  Most media outlets seem to be gearing themselves in a kind of FaceBook-as-news fashion.  They publish nonsense or trivial issues that appeal. Even worse, they publish rubbish that distracts from important issues.  Distraction  and amusement, the order of the day.

amuse (v.) late 15c., "to divert the attention, beguile, delude," from Old French amuser "fool, tease, hoax, entrap; make fun of," literally "cause to muse" (as a distraction), from a "at, to" (from Latin ad, but here probably a causal prefix) + muser "ponder, stare fixedly".

But this wasn't breaking news. As someone else said, the news covers a variety of topics, including lifestyle ones. This is not unusual, and I don't know what the problem is Brian. The news channels have always had lifestyle fluff pieces like this to give a break from all the horrible depressing shit. I don't think it's meant to distract anyone at all. On the contrary... I'm surprised they have left any room for this at all, given that they are so obsessed with Trump and all his bullshit. THAT is where they distract from real issues. Not with lifestyle piece about makeup.

brianlux said:

PJ_Soul said:

brianlux said:

unsung said:

PJ_Soul said:

Why would you think that topic is satire, even sarcastically?

I don’t.  I was being sarcastic.  In the world we live I am shocked that this is a story, much less a real thing.  

I'm not in the least bit surprised.  Most media outlets seem to be gearing themselves in a kind of FaceBook-as-news fashion.  They publish nonsense or trivial issues that appeal. Even worse, they publish rubbish that distracts from important issues.  Distraction  and amusement, the order of the day.

amuse (v.) late 15c., "to divert the attention, beguile, delude," from Old French amuser "fool, tease, hoax, entrap; make fun of," literally "cause to muse" (as a distraction), from a "at, to" (from Latin ad, but here probably a causal prefix) + muser "ponder, stare fixedly".

But this wasn't breaking news. As someone else said, the news covers a variety of topics, including lifestyle ones. This is not unusual, and I don't know what the problem is Brian. The news channels have always had lifestyle fluff pieces like this to give a break from all the horrible depressing shit. I don't think it's meant to distract anyone at all. On the contrary... I'm surprised they have left any room for this at all, given that they are so obsessed with Trump and all his bullshit. THAT is where they distract from real issues. Not with lifestyle piece about makeup.

In your life time maybe, young lady. 

HughFreakingDillon said:

I was watching batman v superman last night, and the news people were watching in the movie were actual CNN correspondents, like Anderson Cooper, Brooke Baldwin, etc. Does no one else think this blurs the lines between respected truths and entertainment? Should real journalists be playing themselves in a fictional medium?

The Juggler said:

Currently on Foxnews.com

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/03/15/annual-bigfoot-hunt-garners-big-attention-in-small-pennsylvania-town.html

Annual Bigfoot hunt garners big attention in small Pennsylvania town

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File picture - 'Bigfoot Crossing' sign (iStock)  (JLFCapture)

The legendary creature known as Bigfoot could be in California, North Carolina or any number of places it's been reportedly sighted over the years. But the people of Wampum, Pa., which has a population of 717, are going out on a hunt on a St. Patrick's Day Sasquatch search.

The Wampum Chapter of the North Country Trail is hosting its annual St. Patrick's Sasquatch Search on Sunday, The Ellwood City Ledger reports. It's highly unlikely that any of the members will actually see a creature many believe to not be real, but that isn't stopping the hikers.

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The group, which has a Facebook page, says the hike will start at 1 p.m. on Sunday and let people hike "up the scenic hill where Bigfoot has been sighted in the recent past and back down."

VIDEO: IS IT... BIGFOOT? HARD-TO-MAKE-OUT FOOTAGE PURPORTING TO SHOW LEGENDARY GIANT IN CANADA FOREST GOES VIRAL

The chapter's marketing chairwoman, Tina Harkins, said last year residents almost saw Bigfoot. “They almost saw Bigfoot, but one of our members in a Bigfoot getup got his big feet stuck in the mud,” Harkins said, adding that over 100 people joined last year.

There are several options for the hike, including one trip is 2.8 miles round-trip, one option which is 5.2 miles and another which lasts 9.4 miles.

“To be sure everyone is safe on the hike, chapter members are in front, middle and end of the hike with walkie-talkies,” Harkins added.

Following the hike, all of the participants will meet at Wampum Train Station, will be privy to eating hot dogs, a pot luck dinner and share hiking stories with one another.

'BIGFOOT' REPORTEDLY SIGHTED IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, PICTURES GO VIRAL

Recent "sightings"

Bigfoot, which could be anything from a bear to a man in a suit to an actual creature not known to science, has fueled a number of claimed sightings in different parts of North America.

Last month, footage of a Canadian wilderness hike went viral with the filmmakers claiming they'd captured Bigfoot on camera.

Bigfoot, which may or may not have relatives (would they be 'Bigfeet' then?) was also reportedly spotted in Northern California in October 2017, according to Jeffrey Gonzalez, a self-described paranormal expert who heard about the sighting from a local farmer who said he saw the creature and five others running on his ranch near Avocado Lake.

“One of them, which was extremely tall, had a pig over its shoulder," Gonzalez said in comments obtained by Fox 26, a Fox News affiliate. "And the five scattered and the one with the pig was running so fast it didn’t see an irrigation pipe and it tripped, with the pig flying over."

Bigfoot was also reportedly spotted in a North Carolina forest two months prior, so he either is a very fast walker or has a good travel agent.

 

The Juggler said:

^
Modern journalism.

unsung said:

The Juggler said:

OnWis97 said:

There are only three trustworthy news sources: Fox News, Breitbart, and the Twitter account of Donald Trump.

(Perhaps I've turned satire)

Don't forget Infowars and Gateway Pundit, where Unsung gets a lot of his news.

Never been on either hotshot.

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

I was watching batman v superman last night, and the news people were watching in the movie were actual CNN correspondents, like Anderson Cooper, Brooke Baldwin, etc. Does no one else think this blurs the lines between respected truths and entertainment? Should real journalists be playing themselves in a fictional medium?

It doesn't both me. Movies are allowed to reflect the real world.

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

I was watching batman v superman last night, and the news people were watching in the movie were actual CNN correspondents, like Anderson Cooper, Brooke Baldwin, etc. Does no one else think this blurs the lines between respected truths and entertainment? Should real journalists be playing themselves in a fictional medium?

It doesn't both me. Movies are allowed to reflect the real world.

of course, but the movie studio would have PAID those journalists, and they would have PAID CNN for the use of their logo. You don't find that a little ethically grey?