Robert Thompson
Robert Thompson
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They like gimmicks and gizmos, ... They see these things as the constant promise in America that a new idea can change their lives. These people are frequently disappointed when they buy that can of spray to cover up their bald spot.
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There's this almost defeatist attitude in the Midwest that Brazil has captured most world markets growth recently and the U.S. WTO round proposal will significantly cut subsidies linked to production of specific commodities.
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There was a sense that everything we were hearing we'd heard before. This was like a rerun. ... So much of this had already been on, there were no bombshells dropped.
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If you're a U.S. senator and your sex tape is leaked, it could end your career. If you're Paris Hilton, it makes your career.
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In print media, the only one that's a growth industry is the celebrity magazines.
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He still has some of the same mystique, but now the mystery has flopped from an asset to a liability. 'Who is the real Michael Jackson?' is not a question people want to ask anymore, when you're accused of something like this.
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Geraldo was that voice in the news business who didn't mind giving his opinion . . . wore his heart and his opinions on his sleeve, ... Once upon a time, that was unusual. Now, turn on any cablecast and you'll see the same things. Geraldo is still a brand on its own . . . like Kleenex or Xerox . . . but there are a lot of people doing Geraldo these days.
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How long have we been hearing about all this new technology and the breathless cries of revolution, and it never happened? This year, the tipping point occurred.
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How television and the culture are absorbing Katrina is certainly different than how they absorbed Sept. 11. Four years ago, all culture was put on pause. But people have continued to watch comedies and dramas and reality shows throughout, even when things were at their grimmest.
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Interviewed after their transformation the girl said she still liked them ? but only as much as she did before.
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The genius of Nickelodeon is that they figured a couple things out, ... They knew that especially among the very young, it was the parent that chose to turn on the TV, so Nickelodeon came up with a program that would appeal to their targets and the parents. They had shows that were cool enough that even the older sibling would watch.
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The ESPN prestige, the ESPN penetration, the ESPN coverage has a lot to be said for it,
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The hardest thing is going to be surviving the analysis of the first week. People are going to be talking about her hair and her clothes and her lipstick. She's going to be under a microscope, and people will judge success not by the slow (ratings) climb that Schieffer started, but by whether she completely turns CBS around.
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The idea of taking this very modern 21st century story of tender love between two cowboys and putting it into the time period of an old Western opens up the floodgates for telling jokes. Comedians can't resist because we all know what a cowboy movie is and this challenges it.