# Sad state of the media

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-state-of-the-media/589090>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 15, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-state-of-the-media/589090 "2011-07-15T02:18:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-state-of-the-media/589090/1 "2011-07-15T02:18:45Z")

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And now, for a story so shocking, so sad, so horrifying, we will repeat it as many times as possible, with video.

You know which one I’m talking about.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-state-of-the-media/589090/2 "2011-07-15T02:39:16Z")

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What? Bill and Kathy leaving California? How is that shocking or horrifying? (Sad, maybe, depending on whether you’re a monarchist.)

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-state-of-the-media/589090/3 "2011-07-15T03:52:05Z")

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You must be referring to my obsessive compulsive ass scratching and the ensuing pus filled lesions. I refuse to release the video until the pictures of Osama’s corpse are released, so they can be fairly compared against each other.

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**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-state-of-the-media/589090/4 "2011-07-16T03:11:43Z")

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Last night on the Joy Behar show, Roseanne shared her opinions on the Casey Anthony case. Surely every person on the planet has something better to do than watch this.