The fact that all the accusations came from when he was at ABC indicates to me he was reprimanded or even fired for it; creeps don’t suddenly stop being a creeps (and change jobs) unless they get caught. In that light, his response is troubling;

I disagree. I think you’re presenting this as a false choice between compensating any potential victims of sexual assault Subway enabled, and compensating an innocent woman who married a pedophile because his employers were helping to cover it up. Subway is liable for the lives ruined by failing to report pedophilia…

I was talking about my own home town where it is certainly true, but there also seems to be some statistical support to the idea that these types of jobs have shifted to primarily being performed by adults;

You better believe I fixed that right quick. Phrasing!

I will go way out on a limb and say Matt Lauer sucks, boys and girls. He sucks rotten balls.

When I was a teen, the wealthy kids spent their summers in enriching activities like travelling or sports camps while the rest of us worked minimum wage. Now the wealthy kids do the same thing but the rest of the kids have nothing to do but watch t.v., since the entry level jobs are now permanently filled with adults.

At a certain point, Subway chose to keep children at risk and sacrifice this woman to the coverup, and they should pay dearly for that decision.

So not only does Tamblyn’s description of the encounter ring true, she follows/juxtaposes it with this;

He is a human shit stain who lives for the praise of other shit stains.

Exactly. This is pure racist spite that will hurt the economy and destroy hundreds of thousands of families for no discernible upside. I think it’s time to admit that Trump is a white nationalist and his party is a white nationalist party. The GOP can’t even hide behind “law and order” on this one- it’s just…

I don’t personally love the style of either Rachel’s or Lawrence’s show, but both daily put their names on precise reporting and critical commentary respectively, and that’s really as far as any corporate news media goes in the direction of objectivity.

that’s a glib tidy summary.

Oh hello! You’re still here too! Not sure why I decided to drop back in after away so long, but here we are. Have I missed anything in the last 6 months?

No, I don’t think those viewership circles intersect, lol. I think people simply tune out if the tone and narrative of the program isn’t compelling or comforting to them in their immediate political reality/context.

Agreed. The network built itself as a generally anti-government and specifically anti-Obama propaganda outlet for 8 years, and didn’t seem to anticipate that this strategy isn’t transferable to a GOP presidency and control of all branches of government. Ditto the GOP itself, who forgot that governing- as opposed to…

Snapshot of a country divided.

Rachel Maddow beat Hannity in ratings this month, after the two have been neck-and-neck most of the spring and summer. They can add this vile tart or any other novelty feature or stunt to the program they wish, but this is the longer term trend that scares FOX. He’s losing because people actually prefer plain old…

It’s a very compelling and comforting fantasy version of police.

When Trump talks about “law and order” he is never talking about justice. He’s really talking about the capricious, sadistic and *illegal* use of power and violence against vulnerable minorities, writ large by poster boy Arpaio. In truth, the opposite of justice.