Why is it that media sources- usually the official gate-keepers and transmitters of the latest trends, coolness and hippitude are so ancient in their thinking.

They believe that they can dick consumers around forever with no repercussions. Then, when consumers fight back they push for legislation to beat them down.

I see media now like the last Russian Czar. Clueless about the power of the people.

They’re old dusty white men wearing masks that say MTV and HBO. But stuff like last night is where their oldmanness starts to show bigtime.

I watched Desperate Housewives last night to see what all the hubbub was about, but mostly b/c I needed to fill the void between Battlestar Galactica and Huff. It wasn’t too bad. Until the end. The extended two minute end. That was L A M E.

Two aggravating extra minutes. Don’t think we don’t know why you’re doing this.

Then I read this story where NBC tries to say, “oh, that’s just, um, a new thing for ad revenue.”

Yeah, it’s just a coincidence that PVRs are sorta on the rise. Then TIVO chimes in with “ABC is our friend. NBC wouldn’t lie to us.”

Since when is TIVO ABC’s bitch? And at what benefit?

I don’t know about you, but when as soon as I get the feeling that I’m getting played I split. I don’t care about your show, I don’t care about your words, I care about my power as a consumer. Quit making it hard to access your subpar CRAP. Quit pretending that you don’t need to be consumer-focused.

I hear you loud and clear, Mr. Network Excutive.

“It’s not my job to make it easy for people to leave our network,” -ABC scheduling chief Jeff Bader

= “It’s not my job to meet consumer needs”

= “It’s not my job to pull my head out of my butt in time to see the market taken over by a competitor/substitute who will.”

And it’s not our job to watch your crappy show.

Plus they’re so not hot. Isn’t Terry Hatcher like 52 or something?

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