DirecTV the National Leader in Bullshit HD Hype

Never has a company promised more and delivered less then DirecTV in 2008.  With the launch of D11 we were promised 150 HD channels; well we’re at 134 right now; but they’ve gotten there with PPV.  They announced in 2007 that PBS HD would be added in 2008, here we are only about 15 weeks left and absolutely no sign of PBS HD being added (none of the local PBS facilities have been contacted by DirecTV) and only promises of “soon” from DirecTV.

It’s a good product, I’m not complaining that DirecTV’s HD offering is light, but that the hype their PR department uses is absolute outright lies; nothing but pure bullshit.  When you use filler channels like regional sports channels (most of which have no content) and PPVs (often duplicates showing the same movie) you’re gaming the system in claiming 134 HD channels.  And if you have no plans on adding a channel in a given year don’t fucking make the announcement the year  before; is it really that hard to not be full of shit?

The Sarah Palin Interview

The McCain campaign has been reticent (trying to avoid) about letting the evil media ask Sarah Palin actually questions.  They had three real options: 1. Continue to avoid letting her take part in sit downs and jump start a new round of questions about her capability.  2. Let her do an interview with Fox News and admit that she can only handle the sort of fawning butt kissing that a GOP candidate gets from Fox.  Or 3. Find a member of the non Fox MSM that will provide a fawning butt kissing interview.

Charlie Gibson come on down!

Anybody saw the debate on ABC between Obama and Clinton hosted by Gibson and George Stephanopoulos knows that Charlie has a soft touch for the ladies.  That or he really just doesn’t like Obama; at any rate, I think we can rest assure that Charlie won’t be asking Palin the sort of questions that the McCain camp fears.  You know questions like “why did you flip flop on the bridge to nowhere” or “why do you insist on calling snowmobiles snow machines?  What are you Canadian?”  No instead I’m guessing Charlie will reach deep down and find his inner Colbert when interviewing Gov. Palin, observe:

“Gov. Palin: great mother, or the greatest?”

“Admit it, you should have won Miss Alaska?”

“If you were selling me on eBay, how would you describe me?”

“If I was you child what eccentric name would you give me?”

So clearly we can all expect that the enigma that is Sarah Palin to be decoded by Charlie Gibson.