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Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 26, 2015
Transcript:
Lucy: What's your homework assignment? Danae: Write a report on nature. Lucy: Oh. Which part of nature? Danae: Any part we want. My teacher lets us choose a subject to write about. Lucy: Ah...so you chose human nature, eh? Danae: Uh...what are you talking about? Lucy: The nature of making up stuff to support your preconceived notions. Danae: It's called cable news research, snarky-pants.
Varnes about 10 years ago
Human Natureā¦.Not just for breakfast anymoreā¦..
Alabama Al about 10 years ago
If you were right, we would be in agreement.
mpguy2 about 10 years ago
We distort. You decide.
ammittai_is_available about 10 years ago
I wish I had gotten that assignment in school. I would have written it about the different types of spoor found in nature and every type would have described what I thought of school work.
pbarnrob about 10 years ago
Cable News research; in the local library, look under Fiction!
alviebird about 10 years ago
Cable news? More like cable speculation nowadays.
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 10 years ago
Experienced researchers are able to find supporting data for any preconceived notion, and present it as scientific evidence.This is what keeps scientific progress from outstripping the limited ability of humankind to adjust to change.You just have to be careful not to step in the popular movements.
keenanthelibrarian about 10 years ago
Iām not quite sure that THAT sort of nature was what she was meaning ā more like birdies, flowers and wholesome things like that. But cable news research?? Never heard of it.
Varnes about 10 years ago
I wonder what the next āBig story that is the only thing you can find on cable, as if nothing else is happening in the worldā will be
Guilty Bystander about 10 years ago
Simply brilliant, whether she meant FNC, MSNBC, NewsMax or CNN. Or all of the above. Murrow really is dead.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) about 10 years ago
What ever happened to good olā Wikipedia?
puddlesplatt about 10 years ago
snarky- pantsā¦I like that.
NoCents about 10 years ago
All Network news ā not just cable. Print too.
garcoa about 10 years ago
Give her points for using her imagination, anyhow.
dabugger about 10 years ago
What does she mean āsnarkyā? Poor teacher, has to deal with a nature like Danaeā¦.
comixbomix about 10 years ago
Now that weāve found out what itās called, no need to look furtherā¦
Diane Lee Premium Member about 10 years ago
The Supreme Court upheld Foxās right to lie. When broadcasters were fired for refusing to lie, they sued, it went all the way to the Supreme Court and Fox won with the argument that they were presenting entertainment and had no obligation to be factual.
luvdafuneez about 10 years ago
Cable News, where they speculate on their assumptions (ācause they got nuthinā)ā¦
Dtroutma about 10 years ago
William Randolph Hearst and āRemember the Maineā say it isnāt exactly a new phenomenon, but the exception has become the rule. āYellow journalismā is now just standard, or is the stuff they put out closer to burnt umber?
nosirrom about 10 years ago
Cable news is an oxymoron.More like Cable I-donāt-have-a-clue factoids.
hippogriff about 10 years ago
Justjoking: The main thing a meadow is for is grazing livestock. Erosion control, oxygen recharge, and aesthetics are additional uses.
reynard61 about 10 years ago
@ Varnes: Right now it seems to be the Winter storm thatās rampaging along the East Coast. After that, who knows?
alviebird about 10 years ago
Anyone who thinks science and religion are mutually exclusive and irreconcilable has an incomplete understanding of at least one of the two.
lindz.coop Premium Member about 10 years ago
Wonder what kind of grade you would get using Faux News.
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 10 years ago
Only one side of the meta are phor that.The other side is for pushing up daisies.
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 10 years ago
Itās all science until the morning light.