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Delilah
Member
07-08-2005
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:22 pm
Can we please stop calling this an article? Articles give facts, not opinions. This is a commentary ... an opinion piece, an editorial. Thanks!
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Vickielg
Member
08-10-2006
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:23 pm
Loppes, I love you!! Well, you know what I mean. I love your passion and honesty. Most of us just sit back and think what you are so willing to write. I love you for that!!
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Tvwatcher
Member
04-17-2004
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:23 pm
Great article, and right on! It's about time someone told it like it is! Shame on CBS - Shame on AG! I can only pray that enough pressure is put on CBS & AG so that this pathetic display isn't repeated in BB9
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Mssas
Member
08-04-2006
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:24 pm
Jeanne, you mean when Dick was telling Dani about his sister that injected their father's IV with stuff to make him go into a coma which he told us all about this morning?
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Jeanne
Member
07-15-2005
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:25 pm
No worries Loppes. Not afraid to post in general, but if I provided the example, I am a bit afraid of how I might be judged because of the subject matter involved. LOL
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Jeanne
Member
07-15-2005
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:26 pm
Mssas ... sorry, I'm not sure what point you are trying to make with your post?
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Seattlemom
Member
05-10-2005
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:28 pm
since I was not in Daniele's head I don't know what menatal telepathy she was sending her Dad! I know I have a mute button and I use it every time Dick starts! But do I continue to watch? Yes! Will I watch BB next year Yes! Do I think Dick Crossed the Line Definatly, Do I think others in the house also passivly watched him do it and at times like I seen Eric do they encouraged or egged him on Yes! If a crowd watches a person get beat up and does nothing are they much better? NO! Should CBS have stopped Dick yes! But they Didn't and we continued to watch.
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Vickielg
Member
08-10-2006
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:31 pm
You are right Seattlemom, I mute him all the time!! And yes, they were all just as bad for standing back and letting it happen.
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Loppes
Member
07-12-2002
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:31 pm
Vickie lol (sometimes it gets me in trouble though...) but thanks I enjoy reading your posts as well... It's probably just that I'm a fast typer and tend to type my thoughts in verbatim lol. Back on the blogs etc, I really think if BB and Alison Grodner had set some more clearly defined benchmarks on how far they would go to maintain the "integrity" of show, that there would not be such public outrage toward Dick's behavior. Sadly, I don't see any indication that BB has made that effort.
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Ecoop
Member
07-07-2005
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:33 pm
It's also an article. Articles are not only about facts.
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Loppes
Member
07-12-2002
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:34 pm
Jeanne, hey roflmao likewise, I fully understand we have different preferences and I have no doubt, every single viewer/poster right now is tense for what will happen tonight to their individual favorite in that house. Heck, I realized this morning I had to get real life business and errands out of the way, so I could just focus on being tense for a television show tonight lol...
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Laura11103
Member
08-13-2002
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:35 pm
I watched about 15 minutes of showtime too when Dick kept saying "Sweets" this and "sweets" that and all that "panty muncher" stuff... it was actually kinda funny (but I turned it off after 15 minutes so maybe it got a lot worse)... long as you take it for how dumb it was, seemed to me it wasn't so much personal as ED would've found anything to throw at whoever was up there... I don't think just anybody could keep up a rant like that and not just anybody could take it for what it was and not personally, so good for Zach for not giving in, just egged ED on further... my boyfriend who watches once in a blue was cracking up...
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Jeanne
Member
07-15-2005
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:35 pm
True journalists would argue with you strongly about that one Ecoop. Articles are not supposed to distort facts (nor should an opinion piece, IMO) or show a bias.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:35 pm
Actually many of us have seriously limited the amount of time we have spent watching the Evel Dick show. For the last few years I lost a LOT of sleep (and work time for that part) watching the live feeds (I would put my headphones on the minute I got to work and never take them off all day). After the first few weeks this year I have simply listened when I don't have anything better to do or when there was something going on. Perhaps my family and my company should thank Evel Dick for weaning me off live feeds. I still watch the shows but that is because they can't show the majority of Dick's actions.
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Jeanne
Member
07-15-2005
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:36 pm
Yes ... better person you are Loppes ... I've gotten almost nothing done today! LOL
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:36 pm
There are few true journalists anymore. Journalism has resorted to sensationalism, or has become a venue for showing your bias towards one thing or the other.
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Bbcole
Member
08-27-2007
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:37 pm
Smiles and giggles (on Dani's part)....I don't think that shows dissappointment in what is being done. It pretty much means approval even satisfaction (in my book).
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Vickielg
Member
08-10-2006
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:37 pm
Fast typer...lol I had to choose between Drivers Ed or typing. Couldn't take them both. I'm sure you know which one I picked. I would love to get in on this discussion but hubby just pulled in and I have to cook dinner. I'll be back though...lol
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Jeanne
Member
07-15-2005
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:38 pm
Yes, Roxip. Sad, isn't?
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Caycaye
Member
09-14-2001
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:38 pm
Not ME Seattlemom! I turned it off every time, and cancelled my live feeds three wekks ago because I couldnt stand Dani and Dick's incessant gloating...but I was "paid up" until Sept. 28....so I watched this final HoH between the three to see how ZACH was holding up....when I saw Zach was being GOOD and silent....I turned off the sound.... Cannot STAND to listen to Dick and won't give him the satisfaction of listning to his hate.... P.S. And I read lips and what I SAW Danille mouth to her father was ..."TALK!!!!" while motioning to Zach....you couldn't get plainer than THAT! I CHALLENGE CBS to show THAT little bit of manipulation and Dani's "evil smile" right after Dick complied! (But, it'll NEVER happen...not the way CBS has "edited" the Donato Angels!)
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Laura11103
Member
08-13-2002
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:39 pm
I can't help remembering how verbally abusive Howie was to April and her dog Pepperoni... he didn't seem much better than ED to me..
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:40 pm
expect a vacation for 80-90 odd days! I wish we would all get over it. most of us regulars expect it to be a fun although sometimes aggravating vacation.
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Vickielg
Member
08-10-2006
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:40 pm
Me too Caycare, I cancelled too but I'm paid up until Oct. 8th so I watched the silly thing too...lol
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Loppes
Member
07-12-2002
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:42 pm
Laura I totally agree with you on Howie and that incident. The difference in my view between Howie and Dick, is that Dick has never stopped his verbal abusive nature. In the beginning, I had really hoped it was periodic, but when it became clear that it was nonstop and never ceased 24/7, I couldn't support him as a player.
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Delilah
Member
07-08-2005
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:43 pm
I have to disagree, Ecoop. Articles *are* factual reports. Even the Web site labeled this as "Commentary By [Author's name]" It's important to note because someone causually reading this might get the impression that ... ED's attacks were ACTUALLY encouraged by CBS AND THERE IS PROOF AND EVIDENCE FROM AN UNBIASED THIRD PARTY. Rather than what it is ... ED's attacks were encourged by CBS BASED ON THIS AUTHOR'S OPINION AND HER VIEW OF HOW THE SEASON WENT DOWN. I'm not saying its not valid to read this commentary or that she doesn't make any good arguments. I'm just concerned that calling it an "article" gives it the weight of it being fact, when it is actually opinion. just my thoughts. peace.
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