I Can't Even Think Of Something Suitably Sarcastic
Someone, somewhere, thought that this was a reasonable statement to make:
The debate [was] moderated by NBC News' Tom Brokaw... That the local television stations across South Carolina agreed to pre-empt a new episode of the hit comedy "Friends" underscored the level of attention paid to the race.
Let me be clear on this point: if there was ever a single synapse devoted by anyone in any position of authority to the idea that the debate that could decide the Democratic nomination was not important enough to preempt Friends, then we should just go ahead and wrap this thing up, call off the whole democracy thing, and just admit that we're a bunch of flaming idiots who don't deserve to choose our leaders. Seriously. The fact that we now consider it noteworthy that a presidential race preempts a sitcom is nothing short of terrifying.
The debate [was] moderated by NBC News' Tom Brokaw... That the local television stations across South Carolina agreed to pre-empt a new episode of the hit comedy "Friends" underscored the level of attention paid to the race.
Let me be clear on this point: if there was ever a single synapse devoted by anyone in any position of authority to the idea that the debate that could decide the Democratic nomination was not important enough to preempt Friends, then we should just go ahead and wrap this thing up, call off the whole democracy thing, and just admit that we're a bunch of flaming idiots who don't deserve to choose our leaders. Seriously. The fact that we now consider it noteworthy that a presidential race preempts a sitcom is nothing short of terrifying.
