from what i see, the "neighbor" didn't do anything so "bizarre" as the title says. i've seen all kinds of videos where a police officer demands you not tape him, turn off the video camera, or he'll bust you head and put you in jail. why can't a citizen demand that too? the neighbor was attacked and had a right to defend himself.

Time for Raw to stop covering this crap. There are real stories out there.

Good for you buddy. Get a punch in there for me. The media are the biggest slimeballs on the planet. Colluding in the destruction of America, ignoring the crimes of our overlords while harassing middle class Americans whenever they can make a story out of ridiculing them. Next time they attack you in your own yard, keep punching them, never let go!

It was not a member of the media who came up from behind the "concerned neighbor". Of course you can use any excuse to bash the media, as you just did, but in the end what would you have without the media. Our founders thought of the media as integral to the health of democracy. You say that the media is colluding in the destruction of America by ignoring the government's crimes while ridiculing the middle class. I guess you don't read newspapers or listen to news radio to know that there is constant reportage on the state of the nation and government. Granted a lot of it is partisan, but there is still lots of discussion. By your use of the term overlords, I suspect that you oppose Obama and the Democratic majority (spineless as it is). I will also venture to make another assumption. You didn't vote. In fact, you're probably not even registered. The reporters were just covering a story that many people are (unfortunately) interested in. They are serving the people's interest in this case. You may not like it, and I may not like it, but they are there and they serve a public function.

"but in the end what would you have without the media."

A much more accurate portrayal of what's going on in the world?

Oh, right.. you're pretending like FOX is "news", or that "balloon boy" is a real "news story" worthy of disrupting an entire neighborhood of people over.

"They are serving the people's interest in this case. "

No, they are satisfying the ignorant masses desire for entertainment, not doing anything that is actually in the people's "interest".

The level of intellectual juvinality in America is disgusting (and dangerous).

P.S. "Juvinality" is not a word. Look it up.

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doesn't matter if it's not a "word", you knew exactly what it meant.

most words were not words at one point.

evolve.

I misunderestimated your power to rationalize.

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I'm not the President giving a presser, either.

Nor does your quip invalidate my assertion.

And this is a completely different context seeing as how I'm not butchering the language over and over, but your misunderestimated potted plant did. Apples and Oranges, but whatever.

You just keep losing all over the place, don't you.

no.

juvenility is the correct spelling. He/she attempted to use a proper word but simply misspelled it.
You seem to imply the poster just made up a word out of whole cloth.

You're right, juvenility is a word and your spelling is correct. I didn't mean to imply that the properly spelled word didn't exist.

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I didn't think I was making it up.. heh, but my spell checker didn't offer an alternative, and I didn't bother surfing the web to find the right spelling just to post to some internet comments section.

So, thank you :)

No, I don't consider FOX to be a reputable news source. I'm not even suggesting that balloon boy is a serious news story. It is fluff, but some people obviously want to know about it. By the way, is there something wrong with entertainment?

I was struck by your elitist attitude when you referred to the "ignorant masses" just as I was struck by your generalization that that [the media] are "not doing anything that is actually in the peoples' 'interest'". All generalizations are false (including this one).

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the masses are, in fact, ignorant. Poll after poll show it.

And the media has become corrupted by profit-motive to the extent that the public is not being served by the media, corporate interests are. That's a fact as well.

Generalizations are just that, generalizations. They are not "false", but they don't apply to every instance that can be found.. if it did, it would be fact, not generalization.

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Oh, and if by "elitist" you mean "smart" and "educated", then yeah.. that's me. Go look at the bell curve of intelligence (as with all things across a demographic), someone has to be on the top end. That's what "elite" means, right? top end?

However, I'm not narcissistic. From your comment, I think you're conflating the two..

(oh, look! big words that really ARE words! now what will you straw man?!)

If you are "packin'" legally, and jumped "out" of your "vision" from behind , AND walking away-lock and load and fire..You are definitely, "in fear of your life." Lawyer up. I hope the station goes bankrupt and the dude owns them.

I would've grabbed the yellow shirt guy by the balls and ripped them off for that shit!

I would have capped him

Big man with a little prick.