"Dear madam or sir, I'm writing in
today to express my outrage over the pathetic use of your news network as, not
an actual news organization, but as a wanna-be reality show. You must believe
all your viewers are nothing more than on a par with the family pet, to be
patted on the head and told to go lie down--incapable of understanding all but
the easiest of commands--'watch, boy!' or, 'watch, girl!' Well, I'm here to
tell you you're wrong, both about the smarts of the family pet (even they would
be embarrassed for you people!) and our need to get more than simplistic news
of only the presidential race. There are more of us than you seem to
realize--or, the truth must be that you just don't care about viewers with a
double-digit IQ. I'm through thinking that eventually, even you'd have to be
embarrassed at having nothing but the political race on, 24/7, and covering it
like a sporting event, not as important because it's going to affect us all,
double-digit IQ dudes, and farm-animal stupid non-comprehenders!"
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