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Declan MacManus posted:i’m pretty uninterested in watching john oliver toe the company line so i doubt i’ll watch the clip It was a joke one of his writers came up with as an aside to the story, I don't think Oliver can be accused of toeing any lines here at least.
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Declan MacManus posted:i’m pretty uninterested in watching john oliver toe the company line man, what
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Basticle posted:man, what Maybe he’s anti HK I dunno
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Basticle posted:man, what i mean the general capitalism friendly hbo corporate line as a broader criticism of last week tonight not anything specific to the clip or the nba it functions on the same “let’s talk about the symptoms of global economic collapse without addressing the core crisis” that a lot of tedtalks suffer from, with admittedly punchier writing
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also hbo is co-owned with tnt and like if they piss off china enough who knows if they still wanna do business with warner/dc
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Agreed, american media (especially when it comes to political coverage) is far too nice and kind to china
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I honestly can’t tell if that is sarcasm
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Vertical Lime posted:also hbo is co-owned with tnt “This isn’t an S on my chest - it’s a symbol on my planet. It means ‘stick to sports’.”
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Declan MacManus posted:i mean the general capitalism friendly hbo corporate line as a broader criticism of last week tonight not anything specific to the clip or the nba It would be pretty boring to just come out and say  every week. Sometimes it's better to leave the subtext as subtext.
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https://twitter.com/RLJnews/status/1184253045309239297 oh my god this is beautiful
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General Dog posted:It would be pretty boring to just come out and say i guess so but that doesn't stop him from doing the "hurr hurr orange man bad" schtick every week either you guys probably don't care about my opinions about a moderately successful hbo comedy news program though so i'll leave it at that
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Declan MacManus posted:i guess so but that doesn't stop him from doing the "hurr hurr orange man bad" schtick every week either Not to throw punches after the bell, but I don't know if that's really fair. There is a hearty serving of "Trump bad", but I think most of the features make it pretty clear that whatever the broken system at hand is has been broken for a long time.
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CharlestheHammer posted:I honestly can’t tell if that is sarcasm right there with ya, buddy
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https://twitter.com/jon_bois/status/1184879707185123329 hell yeah
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there's at least one major outlet that's gonna carry the new cubs channel https://twitter.com/BillShaikin/status/1184917296424210432
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Oct 17, 2019 20:47
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Genuinely shocked that Craig Biggio wasn't in the highest per PA, but I guess him being a leadoff hitter made a big difference
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Oct 17, 2019 20:50
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God just shut the gently caress up Joe buck
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Oliver did a whole episode about Xi Jinping and how he hates being called Winnie the Pooh. That got HBO banned in China
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I miss SASWiki, seeing those dudes in the Zappruder film and 9/11 always lifted my spirits.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Oliver did a whole episode about Xi Jinping and how he hates being called Winnie the Pooh. That got HBO banned in China Yeah but it's not like they were actually broadcasting anything from HBO before that anyway. What would actually pass the censors? Maybe Sesame Street? You think Oliver would be employed by Warner if he upset their GoT gravy train from those sweet China Bux? It's a convenient lie from both sides that makes them look better, Oliver can be all I got HBO banned in China and China can ignore all this poo poo happening outside their firewall because lol as if this even registers as a blip to them.
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Lou Palmer, one of ESPN's original anchors, has passed away at 83
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https://twitter.com/DanHayesMLB/status/1185774421442781184 Joe Buck gets a lot of grief, both deserved and undeserved, but man this is quite a few times now I've seen him handle big MLB playoff walk-offs absolutely perfectly.
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Joe Buck's problem has NEVER been the big moments. He's pretty consistently good with those. And he's much more tolerable without Tim McCarver in the booth. But he's still a blowhard that consistently rubs me the wrong way when he's not literally telling you what's happening on the field.
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I don't mind him so much for baseball. He's definitely a blowhard but maybe my tolerance is better for that in baseball? You kinda need someone to make noises but not really say anything to fill the dead air. He's horrid for NFL. I won't say the worst but that's just because the bar is set so low.
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I think he's better than he used to be, but he doesn't seem to enjoy sports very much, which is kind of a problem. On the football side, I think he'd benefit from being paired with someone with a bit more personality than Troy Aikman.
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Buck has said on multiple occasions that he finds baseball boring and doesn't like watching it, but he keeps calling it because Fox throws bucketloads of money at him to do it.
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I first thought "wow, I can't believe he would say that" but if you're publicly saying you're only doing for a lot of money that's pretty powerful negotiating.
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Timby posted:Buck has said on multiple occasions that he finds baseball boring and doesn't like watching it, but he keeps calling it because Fox throws bucketloads of money at him to do it. This might be why I find him decent for baseball, I can relate to this.
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Timby posted:Buck has said on multiple occasions that he finds baseball boring and doesn't like watching it, but he keeps calling it because Fox throws bucketloads of money at him to do it. I do legit love that level of honesty from him.
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https://twitter.com/Buck/status/1186354955994558464 haaaaaa
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Joe Buck also has a hint of self-awareness off the air, which helps.
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like he spent the first part of his career trying to emulate pat summerall after that hair plug scare he just stopped giving a poo poo (in a good way)
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so here the nbc station in dallas had to apologize for not breaking into the cowboy game for tornado warnings https://twitter.com/NBCDFW/status/1186406089467879425
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Vertical Lime posted:so here the nbc station in dallas had to apologize for not breaking into the cowboy game for tornado warnings Probably quite a few fans who think they made the right call, this is a state where HS football is huge industry
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