The Cellar!!

busterb · 12-27-2007, 08:18 PM

I'd almost bet that by the time CNN got the word about the lady being killed, it was posted on the cellar. "Time stamp please." Slang post it. Which brings this question to mind. Are news print a thing of the past? I buy a Sunday paper each week and realize that I've already read most of the stories on line. Not that I troll the news. All the news programs tell ya about the "new" things, after showing you them for days! Off rant

Undertoad · 12-27-2007, 08:24 PM

Slang had it at 10:30 AM EST. CNN had it at about 9:00 AM EST.

slang · 12-27-2007, 08:39 PM

There was a technical problem with my machine and my original attempt at posting a longer comment/thread about an hour before the actual post.

Does that qualify me for the news guy position here at the cellar?

slang · 12-27-2007, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by busterb

Not that I troll the news.

I troll the news all the time. CNN, BBC, Foxnews, Drudgereport, Manila times online.

It's fascinating to see the different coverages and story details.

classicman · 12-27-2007, 08:58 PM

I do pretty much the same online. I worked for a newspaper for over a decade. Haven't worked there in 4 years and can't tell you when the last time I bought a paper was. They are NOT worth it in my opinion. More than 70% of any Sunday paper is/was printed on Thursday and/or Friday. The one I worked for was one of the largest in the country and from what I understand, they are all produced the same way.

busterb · 12-27-2007, 09:14 PM

Classicman, I worked in the mail room for the times picayne, in New Awlins back in the 70s while in electronic school. I still stand by it's gone. IMHO bb

Drax · 12-27-2007, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by slang

There was a technical problem with my machine and my original attempt at posting a longer comment/thread about an hour before the actual post.

Does that qualify me for the news guy position here at the cellar?

Only if you had a TARDIS, or a flux capacited Delorean.

Seriously though, it would be nice if we could get some Ex Islers over here.

busterb · 12-27-2007, 11:39 PM

Boy! You just won't leave well enought alone will ya??

Drax · 12-27-2007, 11:50 PM

Why do you wish to anger me?

LJ · 12-27-2007, 11:52 PM

i actively avoid the news....you fuckers are my sole source....other than what i get while waiting for the traffic on KYW in the morning....

at least i get thoughtful analysis instead of compelling headlines.....

jinx tells me stuff too......

busterb · 12-27-2007, 11:56 PM

Why do you wish to anger me?

Quote:

Only if you had a TARDIS, or a flux capacited Delorean.

Seriously though, it would be nice if we could get some Ex Islers over here.

Need I say more? bb

Razzmatazz13 · 12-28-2007, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LJ

i actively avoid the news....you fuckers are my sole source....other than what i get while waiting for the traffic on KYW in the morning....

at least i get thoughtful analysis instead of compelling headlines.....

jinx tells me stuff too......

Ditto...except I don't have traffic, and jinx never tells me anything
*pout*

regular.joe · 12-28-2007, 01:03 AM

Yea, I'm with LJ, as another guy keeps telling us on other threads the news is skewed. It's way, way, way, way, way, oh yea did I say way?, skewed to the negative.

I figure if it's bad enough some one will tell me. I don't need to inundate my life with negative news.

Drax · 12-28-2007, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by busterb

Need I say more? bb

Yes. I've been trying to be a bit less assholish around here, and I'm complimented for it. Then I make a couple of harmless comments, which apparently pissed you off, and here we go again.

Now, I ask again: Why do you wish to anger me?

Aliantha · 12-28-2007, 02:57 AM

Maybe buster didn't get the Dr Who reference Drax. Your post was a bit obscure I have to say. I don't quite get it...so maybe you could explain?

12-27-2007, 08:18 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	The Cellar!! I'd almost bet that by the time CNN got the word about the lady being killed, it was posted on the cellar. "Time stamp please." Slang post it. Which brings this question to mind. Are news print a thing of the past? I buy a Sunday paper each week and realize that I've already read most of the stories on line. Not that I troll the news. All the news programs tell ya about the "new" things, after showing you them for days! Off rant __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

12-27-2007, 08:58 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I do pretty much the same online. I worked for a newspaper for over a decade. Haven't worked there in 4 years and can't tell you when the last time I bought a paper was. They are NOT worth it in my opinion. More than 70% of any Sunday paper is/was printed on Thursday and/or Friday. The one I worked for was one of the largest in the country and from what I understand, they are all produced the same way. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-27-2007, 09:14 PM	#6
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Classicman, I worked in the mail room for the times picayne, in New Awlins back in the 70s while in electronic school. I still stand by it's gone. IMHO bb __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

12-27-2007, 11:39 PM	#8
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Boy! You just won't leave well enought alone will ya?? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

12-27-2007, 11:52 PM	#10
LJ i am myself Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: via blackberry, maybe Posts: 750	i actively avoid the news....you fuckers are my sole source....other than what i get while waiting for the traffic on KYW in the morning.... at least i get thoughtful analysis instead of compelling headlines..... jinx tells me stuff too...... __________________ Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show ... -C.Dickens

12-27-2007, 08:24 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Slang had it at 10:30 AM EST. CNN had it at about 9:00 AM EST.

12-27-2007, 08:39 PM	#3
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	There was a technical problem with my machine and my original attempt at posting a longer comment/thread about an hour before the actual post. Does that qualify me for the news guy position here at the cellar?

12-27-2007, 11:50 PM	#9
Drax Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gallman, MS, USA Posts: 1,933	Why do you wish to anger me?

12-28-2007, 01:03 AM	#13
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	Yea, I'm with LJ, as another guy keeps telling us on other threads the news is skewed. It's way, way, way, way, way, oh yea did I say way?, skewed to the negative. I figure if it's bad enough some one will tell me. I don't need to inundate my life with negative news. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

12-28-2007, 02:57 AM	#15
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Maybe buster didn't get the Dr Who reference Drax. Your post was a bit obscure I have to say. I don't quite get it...so maybe you could explain? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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