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Smarmie Doofus

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1. Not sure re. MSNBC, but the $Media's coverage of the new pope makes my skin crawl.

Reply to barbtries (Original post)

Wed Apr 10, 2013, 05:48 AM

Apr 2013

For basically the same reason.

I think it's a chance to score brownie points with a large demographic w. not much of a downside.

And it's utterly formulaic: "Wow. This pope's really cooooool. He washes his own dishes and takes the bus."

M$M likes this sort of situation. They basically recycle the formula from when the LAST pope died.

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is MSNBC run by a catholic? [View all] barbtries Apr 2013 OP

Not sure re. MSNBC, but the $Media's coverage of the new pope makes my skin crawl. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2013 #1

you must be right. barbtries Apr 2013 #2

"Lapsed"... what a perversion of the language. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2013 #3