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		<title>Sunday news is like opera</title>
		<ownerName>Dave Winer</ownerName>
		<ownerEmail>dave.winer@gmail.com</ownerEmail>
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		<outline created="Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:07:17 GMT" pgfnum="15983" text="&lt;img src=&quot;http://static.scripting.com/larryKing/images/2012/12/16/fatlady.gif&quot; width=&quot;115&quot; height=&quot;181&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; style=&quot;float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;&quot; alt=&quot;A picture named fatlady.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/280326568889430017&quot;&gt;A comment&lt;/a&gt; from Jay Rosen reminded me that Sunday news programs are so totally predictable. "></outline>
		<outline created="Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:07:40 GMT" pgfnum="15984" text="On each topic there are a fixed set of talking points. When a news event happens, the conductors -- Bob Schieffer, Chris Hayes, George Stephanopoulos, David Gregory, etc get out the script, and call in people to sing each role in the opera of the day. "></outline>
		<outline created="Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:17:02 GMT" pgfnum="15986" text="There's a male lead, a female lead, comic relief, someone to be murdered. All the usual characters. And they sing. If it's a big enough story, we just hear one opera per show. If it's a slow news week, we get a variety of songs. "></outline>
		<outline created="Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:09:47 GMT" pgfnum="15985" text="The only thing that's new from week to week is which operas are performed. Maybe a little stylistic variation. But always the same plot, and outcome."></outline>
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