Comments on: CITY-TV’s “Breakfast Television” Introduces Full-Scale Infantilization to Local Morning News http://bstewart23.com/blog/2006/10/17/city-tvs-breakfast-television-introduces-full-scale-infantilization-to-local-morning-news/ This. That. No Other. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:31:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: bstewart23 http://bstewart23.com/blog/2006/10/17/city-tvs-breakfast-television-introduces-full-scale-infantilization-to-local-morning-news/#comment-311 bstewart23 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:57:49 +0000 http://bstewart23.com/blog/?p=130#comment-311 Oh, I can answer that "why do we watch?" question in three ways: 1) There is, of course, a certain, schadenfruedelicious fascination in seeing just how low they'll go 2) It's more likely that I'll be able to catch the inaccurate weather forecast on <i>BT</i> than it is to catch the inaccurate weather forecast on The Weather Channel, and 3) Of the six captioned television sets facing the cardio machines during my morning gym regimen, there's at least one tuned to <i>BT</i> and, seriously, aren't the eyes always drawn to the most appalling material? Oh, I can answer that “why do we watch?” question in three ways:
1) There is, of course, a certain, schadenfruedelicious fascination in seeing just how low they’ll go
2) It’s more likely that I’ll be able to catch the inaccurate weather forecast on BT than it is to catch the inaccurate weather forecast on The Weather Channel, and
3) Of the six captioned television sets facing the cardio machines during my morning gym regimen, there’s at least one tuned to BT and, seriously, aren’t the eyes always drawn to the most appalling material?

]]> By: Paul http://bstewart23.com/blog/2006/10/17/city-tvs-breakfast-television-introduces-full-scale-infantilization-to-local-morning-news/#comment-312 Paul Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:25:55 +0000 http://bstewart23.com/blog/?p=130#comment-312 So why do we watch? I can't answer that question either. Although I used to think Jennifer V. was one of the sexiest women on TV. A couple of kids on her part, and a couple of years more maturity on mine, and things change, you know. Now she's just vapid, and I go back to reading whatever blog's on my little screen when she appears on my big screen. Now, this new airhead, who replaced the airhead who's just had a baby, is making me grind my teeth. Someone needs to slap her, and tell her, "it's not all about you." Of course, you'd get to, "it's not al--," and she'd run out of attention span and be pointing at kittens out the window, and giggling, so it wouldn't help, would it? Thanks for the e-mail comments. -Paul So why do we watch? I can’t answer that question either. Although I used to think Jennifer V. was one of the sexiest women on TV. A couple of kids on her part, and a couple of years more maturity on mine, and things change, you know. Now she’s just vapid, and I go back to reading whatever blog’s on my little screen when she appears on my big screen.
Now, this new airhead, who replaced the airhead who’s just had a baby, is making me grind my teeth. Someone needs to slap her, and tell her, “it’s not all about you.” Of course, you’d get to, “it’s not al–,” and she’d run out of attention span and be pointing at kittens out the window, and giggling, so it wouldn’t help, would it?
Thanks for the e-mail comments.

-Paul

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