I had to search the webs for someone that was in the room. Jack Smith stared at Trump, and Trump would not look at Jack Smith [BTW no mug shot, but electronic fingerprints] Fact checkers later did a good job of indictment reads and probation conditions.
On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 5:22 AM <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > tvornottv@googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/tvornottv/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/tvornottv/topics> > > - Well, here it comes: the Trek musical > <#m_-2207119843657444988_group_thread_0> - 2 Updates > - Jacqui Oatley <#m_-2207119843657444988_group_thread_1> - 3 Updates > - The state of televised news… <#m_-2207119843657444988_group_thread_2> > - 5 Updates > - ItllBeOnTV: Tay-Tay first woman with four albums in top 10 on > Billboard 200 <#m_-2207119843657444988_group_thread_3> - 1 Update > > Well, here it comes: the Trek musical > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/84bacc676f8729f6?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > "Kevin M." <drunkbastar...@gmail.com>: Aug 03 09:25PM -0700 > > Just watched the Star Trek musical episode. As a musical, it wasn’t great > but could have been worse. I’d rank it better than the Buffy musical but > not as good as the Scrubs musical. > > But this was probably the closest we will ever get to a Star > Trek/Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy crossover. They basically stumbled > upon an infinite improbability drive floating around in space. The > references were too blatant to have been coincidental or unintentional. > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv>: Aug 03 09:42PM -0700 > > I noticed the same thing, and I should have gone back to see if the > stardate had a "42" in it. > > > Back to top <#m_-2207119843657444988_digest_top> > Jacqui Oatley > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/8782d677aacdfdee?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > PGage <pga...@gmail.com>: Aug 03 06:10AM -0700 > > Just wanted to again shout out Oatley’s work, this time in the Women’s WC. > Her call of the Jamaica-Brazil match was just stellar (“And still Jamaica > has not conceded”). > > I have now watched a lot more soccer, having seen every one of Arsenal’s PL > matches this season, and still feel she is the best. I’m hoping for the WWC > she will be doing the Finals. > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com>: Aug 03 03:14PM -0400 > > John Strong and Stu Holden were the top announcing team for the men’s World > Cup. When I looked at the teams for the women’s tournament they weren’t > working together. > > PGage <pga...@gmail.com>: Aug 03 05:16PM -0700 > > I followed her on Instagram, and saw that she posted she is working through > the quarter finals then done. That is an improvement over Men’s WC, but > would like to see her do two more games. > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > Back to top <#m_-2207119843657444988_digest_top> > The state of televised news… > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/34809bbed348a68a?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > "Kevin M." <drunkbastar...@gmail.com>: Aug 03 01:50PM -0700 > > There is a major news event occurring today, and every televised news > outlet is handling it the same way, which is to say wrongly. Each has their > own hosts and their own pundits speculating and pontificating instead of > reporting. They are operating under the assumption that a live shot outside > the courthouse is newsworthy, even though they aren’t reporting / can’t > report on what’s occurring inside. > > So instead of reading the indictment aloud and fact-checking the charges > with eye witnesses, video from Jan 6, or doing anything resembling > journalism, they are guessing whether Trump will have his mugshot taken. > > It’s nothing less than disgraceful. One of the most historic days in > American history, and it’s being covered by teams of morons. > > All the broadcast outlets (including Fox) interrupted regular scheduled > broadcasts… for what? To show Trump walk down the stairs from his private > jet? And to get that shot, they pointed cameras at a parked plane for how > many minutes? Hours? What is the f-ing point? > > Where is the substance? Where are the facts? Where is the journalism? Any > jagoff can point a camera at a building, but that’s not news. And these > morons are all going to drive home from work today patting themselves on > the back, genuinely believing they were a beneficial part of history, when > in actuality they were an embarrassment to the nation. > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > PGage <pga...@gmail.com>: Aug 03 02:11PM -0700 > > I don’t want to defend TV News, but I think this is a bit harsh. Images of > a past President arriving at federal court to be arraigned probably are > newsworthy, and this particular defendant is unconventional enough that he > could do or say anything at any point, so probably worth following him. > > While the history books will likely record 8/3/23 as the relevant date, the > actual breaking news date was 2 days ago, 8/1/23, when the Indictment was > announced. On that day the TV News I watched did do much of what you > suggest; they read large sections of the indictment (I strongly recommend > that every American read it for themselves, it is quite digestible by > laypeople), and had experts explain and analyze it. I am not sure about > your suggestion that they interview witnesses to fact check the indictment > - for the most part the criminal behavior alleged here occurred in public > and we are all witnesses. What they did effectively I think is draw the > lines between the well known behavior and why what may have appeared at the > time to just be whacky, desperate behavior by Trump extremists was actually > a criminal conspiracy. There were some crucial allegations that were not of > public behavior, but the witnesses (really, witness) was not making himself > available for fact checking. But again they did a good job explaining why > the only person who could be the prime witness against Trump is Pence. > > A day like today can really only be something of a circus; absent something > extremely unusual there will be no news made. But I thought the cable and > broadcast tv newscasts I saw Tuesday (namely, MSNBC, CNN and CBS) did a > competent to good job covering an actually breaking and complex story. > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > "Kevin M." <drunkbastar...@gmail.com>: Aug 03 03:06PM -0700 > > If today can only be a circus, don’t televise the circus. Put on a rerun of > the day you say the networks did read the indictment aloud. If they got > Tuesday right, it doesn’t excuse them getting Thursday wrong. > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > Jon Delfin <jondel...@gmail.com>: Aug 03 07:46PM -0400 > > and the other shoe to drop: > is there really no other news to report? things that have actually > happened, or are happening? > > the good news is, if you watch one hour of coverage this evening, you don't > have to watch cable news again until Monday evening at the earliest > > "Kevin M." <drunkbastar...@gmail.com>: Aug 03 04:49PM -0700 > > Two people pleaded guilty to billions of dollars in cryptocurrency fraud… > in the same courthouse. The morons couldn’t be bothered. > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > Back to top <#m_-2207119843657444988_digest_top> > ItllBeOnTV: Tay-Tay first woman with four albums in top 10 on Billboard > 200 > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/b877e8552db678a8?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Doug Eastick <east...@eastick.ca>: Aug 03 12:42PM -0700 > > 6 nights in Toronto was just announced. The country is now on pause, > while people register at ticketmaster.ca for the lottery to buy tickets. > > > > On Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 9:22:15 AM UTC-4 PGage wrote: > > Back to top <#m_-2207119843657444988_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/tvornottv/join> > . > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABxyyJTGOQfydvVdEiTiHgjAYLmXBLndYkSR%2B9P6kC60HT%3DeJA%40mail.gmail.com.
