I was just channel-surfing and left the TV on NBC when the phone rang. When I got back, Brian Williams was reading a story about an increase in people getting bumped from flights. At the end of the story he said, "Experts tell us that if you get bumped and want to simulate the flight experience, just sit in the most uncomfortable chair in your house and eat 12 peanuts over a period of three hours." A joke! It is a funny line, but the problem was, he said it with the same expression and tone of voice that he used to read the story. He was trying to emulate Shep Smith at Fox and failed miserably. As much as the alphabet networks complain about Fox News, they are being changed by it and they just can't jump the bar.
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