The red warning light on Richard Branson’s space flight

Re:The red warning light on Richard Branson’s space flight by dylan604 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @07:55PM (#28387050)

yeah, you're right, sports have never been rigged <eyeroll>

you might of well have responded with the one word reply of "Wrestling!"

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Re:The red warning light on Richard Branson’s space flight by sellyme on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:01PM (#28387925)

You literally said "100%".

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Re:The red warning light on Richard Branson’s space flight by dylan604 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:16PM (#28388014)

You honestly believe that the NBA has never had officials go soft on calls for their star players, or not call the rules for how many steps without putting the ball on the floor, or the whole under the ball carrying or whatever the rules are they decide not to call?

You think no officials of any sport did or didn't make a call because of some bet somewhere? You think a sports player didn't make a catch? You think sports players aren't using performance enhancing drugs so that you might be entertained while they get rewards?

Some people just really want to believe that television is real. It's just not healthy to have this much faith in TV.

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Re:The red warning light on Richard Branson’s space flight by sellyme on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:46PM (#28388156)

> You honestly believe that the NBA has never [...]

I've never watched the NBA, so I'd have no idea.

> You think no officials of any sport did or didn't make a call because of some bet somewhere?

Just so you're aware, there are numbers between 0% and 100%.

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Re:The red warning light on Richard Branson’s space flight by dylan604 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @11:12PM (#28388294)

Any number >0 means something was not real

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Re:The red warning light on Richard Branson’s space flight by Dylan16807 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @12:14AM (#28388589)

Unless you're claiming it happens every single game, you're applying the wrong number.

Or are you backing your claim down to "100% of content on TV has some faked element in some episode eventually"? Because that's not a very useful claim.

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Re:The red warning light on Richard Branson’s space flight by dylan604 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @12:35AM (#28388680)

TV is entertainment, and any faith in the images coming from it is undeserved. Is 100% hyperbole, yes, of course. Is the majority of content on TV fake and over produced, yes, of course it is. It used to be that the label news meant something, but the definitions have been blurred so that opinion shows are now touted as news. After the news label, anything else appearing on the boobtube is meant for entertainment. Believing that the "unscripted" "reality" programming is real is farsical to me. I've worked in production for so long that maybe I'm jaded, but I've worked for religious programming, sports programming, drama/comedy production, live interviews, etc. Everything is touched up in some form or fashion. Education channels exist, but depending on what camp you're in, even those are faking/pushing agendas.

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Re:The red warning light on Richard Branson’s space flight by Dylan16807 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @04:26PM (#28396907)

> Is the majority of content on TV fake and over produced, yes, of course it is.

That's not a very useful statement either because most TV is openly fictional.

You made a really strong claim and doubled down on it, but I'm not sure if you actually mean anything close to what you said.

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