Just a moment ago, droning in the background, WUSA TV 9 ran a promo for it’s news. The promo began like a special report: “This just in, a car bomb has exploded in Saudi Arabia.” After a few more moments, the logo appears and the promo for the news begins.
This is unfair, especially in this day and age. It was obviously designed to make people drop what they are doing and turn to the TV to find out what happened, only to be marketed to.
Bastards.
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I would like to know when Middle-Eastern car bombs were allowed back into the ‘breaking’ news catagory. Also, water is wet, the sun is dry and salmon is tastey.