Apparently MSNBC chose to play the same footage of five Blackwater contractors walking across the street fifty-four times in fifteen minutes. That is correct: 54 in 15. That would be 3.6 plays per minutes, or one play every 16 2/3 seconds.
The most frustrating part of this for me is that I know this happens all the time. Watching TV news is unbearable because the repetition and simplification is so drastic and blatant. This is really not okay.
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Welcome to my world. I haven't watched TV news in years. As I wrote before, I've been trying to find bearable TV commentary (punditry), and while Rachel Maddow's the best pick so far, I'm even taking a short break from her - I can't watch the same clips of Bush wandering around seemingly aimlessly juxtaposed with the Obama doing Important Things any longer.
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