What exactly is it that I like about shows like Dateline, CBC Marketplace, etc. I remember being at Girl Guide camp when I was somewhere between the ages of 10 and 12 and thinking (no actually saying out loud to someone else) "Oh man I am missing 20/20 tonight"

There was just a segment on Dateline about critical food violations in supermarkets. In particular, these are my favourite types of stories (in fact I hate the adventurey I survived this or that type of story). I LOVE consumer reports. In fact, once again dorky child that I was, I wanted a subscription to Consumer Reports magazine when I was a preteen.

Of course, the whole Dateline story is moot because I live in Canada and we don't have any if the same supermarkets here. But I stopped watching Criminal Intent. I at least wanted to know what kinds of critical food violations can occur in supermarkets.

It is interesting how we (or people like me) will turn to these shows to "tell us the truth" about certain products. I'm sure a favourite of most is the car insurance crash tests. BANG! Don't buy that one, buy this one.

Are all these consumer reports actually striking fear? Well, sure...the reporter uses that alarmist tone. But at once they soothe. Especially if the place you most like "wins." But it is also soothing to know that the TV people are looking out for us consumers. They don't want us to stop consuming. They just want us to be healthy while we do it.

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It's lonely here so far.


I'm not a blogger. Yet. I had this idea last night in a bar.


I wasn't drinking. So I guess it's somewhat serious for now. Because the guy who writes the television column for my free local daily sucks.


And I am both silly and serious about television (and yes I have an exhausting full-time job as well).


So I guess you could call this my first foray into the blogger world. Like I somehow gave in and decided to go see Brokeback Mountain.


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