Eugene David ...The One-Minute Pundit |
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Jut-Jaw sidekick and ED MURROW groupie Brian does the NBC Nightly Senior Medicine Revue, starring "the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis ('ask your doctor if you’re healthy enough for sexual activity'), the flu medication Coricidin (for those with high blood pressure), and Beano (take it before you eat 'so there’ll be no gas')":
Remarkably, the broadcast offered not a single international story. Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, China, the world economy—all took a back seat to Oprah, Twilight, Tim Russert, Santa, and Zoo TV. The broadcast seemed almost a Saturday Night Live parody. Sadly, this is what the network news in America has become: parochial, sentimental, self-absorbed. We deserve better. Well, if Brian's doing SNL parodies he's learned from the SOURCE. And isn't 30 Rock the GREATEST SITCOM EVER?
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