Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 12, 2025

There’s no “fact checking” anymore anyway…

And canceled Firefly.

The real reason is that reality shows are cheap to make. And as H.L.Mencken wrote, nobody went broke by underestimating the taste of the American public.

To be fair, AI would probably come up with the same conclusion. Whatever makes money without taking any chances.

So-called “reality shows” feature people who can’t act trying futilely to act, people who can’t write, the same, people who can’t direct, the same, and people who can’t produce, the same. FUTILE. And watched by people who can’t think …..

Actually, this makes perfect sense.

That’s how I assume David Zaslav got his position. Still wonder what dirt he has on the board members because nobody that incompetent should have that job otherwise.

If it wasn’t true then it should be.

I believe that – explains so much

Both Meta and X are trump friendly now

Yeah. Whoever thought of following the Kardashians around with a camera didn’t have a brain, but sure made money.

I’ll believe it. My son was in one…the director told him: “Stand here and look like you’re doing this.”

TV free since ’82; pray tell, has humanity destroyed TV, or has TV destroyed humanity? My working theory has been “yes”.

Ummm actually, that explains a whole lot about “reality” television.

Sounds about right.

Is Zuckerberg an alien looking to conquer Earth? Gosh, I don’t know. If only there was a way to fact check such claims.

TBH, I don’t think Wiley is wrong.

Reality shows are just modern Village Idiot Parades.

Reality TV came about when networks needed to fill airtime during a writers strike, so they needed unscripted shows. Unfortunately, it showed how much cheaper it was to make dreck like that and we haven’t been able to get rid of them.

Now who else do we know who wears a blue suit and a red tie?

Hmmmmm…

Reality TV is like spam: cheap to produce and there are people gullible enough to fall for it.

mediabiasfactcheck have to add your .com thanks to GoComics.

Perfectly explains all those baking and cooking shows.

Probably heartless as well.