"Black Friday" news coverage

Most reporters are dumb, vapid cunts these days.

I remember when we were so ignorant as to refer to it as “colored” Friday. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if we slid backward to using it during these Trumpian times.

R1 Flipping through the channels for my 'evening news' and I can't believe what I was seeing. I mean it's a group effort to be this idiotic. NO ONE had the common sense to say, "Let's move the shot from the empty JC Penney and go to the other end of the mall where Macy's is actually open..." or "Let's go to the wing of the IMAX and get a shot of families going to see 'Wicked' and say how busy it is here.."

I thought Americans were flat ass broke and starving to death, according to the Republicans, Trump and the 80 million asshole who voted "R."

As it is most days, the lobby of my building is crammed with delivered packages from Amazon, FedEx, and UPS, but today it is exceptionally full and will be daily between now and Christmas.

Again, I thought Americans were on the brink of starvation

Tell the reporters to point out the hypocrisy of people who claim they can't afford groceries but can afford tons of Christmas shit. The airports are packed too, so apparently they can also afford plane tickets

What are you talking about R2 ?! lol

I just got back home yesterday evening with nothing in the cupboard. I was dreading going grocery shopping today thinking there would be hordes of people. To my delight, Costco was the emptiest I've ever seen. Grocery stores too (my usual store was out of parsley so I had to venture into WinCo, which is usually like steerage on the Titanic).

A very pleasant shopping day! Preparing a nice pork and pumpkin stew for dinner now.

R5, don't forget the hundreds of thousands of people who will be packing stadiums and arenas throughout the land this weekend, to watch both college and pro football, and NBA/NHL games. Tickets to sporting events are incredibly expensive.

Not to mention the hordes of people packing theaters to see "Gladiator" and "Wicked" at $20/ticket plus another $30/head for snacks.

Yea, poor Americans, being ground down to pure pulp by the burdens of poverty.

R4 Let us remember Trump's story of 'the little old lady who went to the market and bought 3 apples, and when the cashier told her the total price, the little old lady had to return one to the 'refrigerator' in the store. Sad to say, it resonated with voters just like Trump's story of the (black) Welfare Queen in Chicago who used 'food stamps to buy lobsters' 40 years ago. Disgusting.

R7 The weekend after Thanksgiving and Christmas is the BEST time to go grocery shopping. People have shopped before the holiday and don't need to return.

Can't afford eggs and food but I can easily afford 3 new 60" smart tvs.

I know a woman who spends thousands on Taylor Swift concerts. She also repeats MAGA talking points about inflation and $10 eggs.

My local news is doing their annual 'Black Friday' coverage about a 'bomb scare' that has sent thousands of shoppers out of the mall, waiting to get back in while the police search the building. It started at 430, and now the crowd is thinning as more and more people are heading for their cars and going to other area malls for evening shopping.

I say 'annual' because this has happened EVERY 'Black Friday' evening since 2001. Every year. It will be repeated a few more weekends through the season. Bah-humbug!

Let us not forget the MAGAs who can't afford eggs, but they can afford a mattress for more than a grand or two.

Anyone crushed by the stampede of Walmart hogs this year?

OP you should have included some sort of reference link. Do better next time or, I guess just give up.

R15 Read the original post again. I state very clearly I was 'channel surfing' and catching snippets off each network. I'm not writing a thesis, I'm just giving an opinion - no references required. If this is too confusing for you, skip over it.

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[quote] I say 'annual' because this has happened EVERY 'Black Friday' evening since 2001.

You've got to stop shopping in Beirut, pal.

[quote]Let us not forget the MAGAs who can't afford eggs, but they can afford a mattress for more than a grand or two.

As Wilma and Betty used to trill during a joint shopping spree, "CHARRRRGE it!"

Now CNN news coverage is showing footage of shopping malls with 'last minute shoppers filling the stores'. Unfortunately, their video footage shows nothing of which they speak. Sure, there are people in the mall - but not like malls used to be 20, 30 + years ago when you were shoulder to shoulder with people. It looked like what we used to call a 'rainy Saturday' in the malls in the summer back in the 90s. And most of the people in the camera shots had no bags in their hands - browsers ain't buyers.

At least one reporter admitted one of their sources monitoring Christmas shoppers admitted in-store sales have been down, while on-line shopping has increased.