Comments on: And the 1 Millionth English word is… a sham?

By: leonard

leonard — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:45:09 +0000

bob dylan – talking world war III blues (newport 63′) 4/16

By: leonard

leonard — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:50:07 +0000

Quote

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“In the end, everything is a gag.” – Charlie Chaplin 1889-1977

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By: pennsyltucky9

pennsyltucky9 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:51:29 +0000

Excellent link, it makes sense. My roommate watches network news regularly, but I’ve been supplementing that by watching whatever European news programming I can find on public education channels just to get a feel for what the hell’s going on here. Thanks, muggins.

-Kent

By: muggins

muggins — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:22:58 +0000

Corporate news entities don't want to spend the money for the reporters, so they go for the scandals, which are cheap to cover, and certain stories that are, in reality, commercials pushing some product. I bookmark refdesk which lists domestic and overseas newspapers in order to cross reference important stories.

By: leonard

leonard — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:44:55 +0000

:lol:

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By: pennsyltucky9

pennsyltucky9 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:05:06 +0000

Right on. Stunts such as this definitely erode authority. Good observation, muggins.

I am reminded of network newscasters who fail to tell us what’s really going on in other countries from day to day because network execs, sponsors and producers make them read fake “news stories” about programs aired on their own network. Case in point: updating us on the latest developments of “American Idol” contestants. :roll: That’s NEWS?

Clearly, the network execs don’t trust us with real-world current events. OMG, what would happen if we actually knew what was really going on? In effect they are telling us, “You don’t NEED to be informed. You only need to be distracted and entertained, so watch THIS.”

No news is good news, apparently. Oh, they’ll go on and on about a fire or a bus plunge or plane crash, but never tell us about important decisions other members of the world community are making every day. WTF? “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! I am the great and powerful Oz!”

Fact is, if I cared to know about the contestants from some game show, don’t they think I’D JUST WATCH THE FREAKING SHOW?

To quote Marina, “DUH.”

By: gregnz

gregnz — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:45:43 +0000

So glad I could brighten your day. :smile: And I rest my case.

By: muggins

muggins — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:23:18 +0000

"Web 2.0" is a word? Yeah right. Since when are phrases, words? This phrase that we're talking about is actually four [4] words: Web two point zero. English isn't French. There is no ultimate authority. But that's not to say that people or orgs can't establish themselves as some sort of authoritative resource. But to do that, they have to prove themselves as such and be subject to criticism. The Global Language Monitor just shrank it's authority with announcing that Web 2.0 is a word. This is actually a stunt to get people to notice them. And stunts erode authority. Other than that, I have no opinion on the matter. No wait, I have more opinions but breakfast is ready and I have my priorities.

By: rguitphil

rguitphil — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:16:23 +0000

I feel dirty just reading about it.

By: alex

alex — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:25:04 +0000

correct spelling and grammer

hahahahaha! rofl. looooooooooooool. “grammer”, yeah. correct spelling, uh huh.

i love idiots like you. <3