http://bstewart23.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/city-tvs-breakfast-television-introduces-full-scale-infantilization-to-local-morning-news/ bstewart23 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:39:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://bstewart23.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/city-tvs-breakfast-television-introduces-full-scale-infantilization-to-local-morning-news/#comment-850 bstewart23 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:57:49 +0000 http://bstewart23.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/city-tvs-breakfast-television-introduces-full-scale-infantalization-to-local-morning-news/#comment-850 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?

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