Interesting...

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Interesting article, Terpy.

It's all the "Decoder Ring" from "A Christmas Story." Everybody's trying to sell something.

To be fair, Disney's Good Morning America did do a story in which Diamondback's announcement was mentioned (with the off-ride animation on the screen) in August of 2008.

They also did a piece on Banshee on GMA soon after it opened.

Nothing new since Disney and its likes were created, self promotion is key, the moose out front should have told you the park was closed. It hit a grandslam even in the original Wally World story in National lampoons vacation, just like the new movie with Christina Applegate is trying to recreate, we watch his movies, we buy his stuff.

Self Promotion is great except now the difference is NBC, and ABC, is news people also, or the down graded News.

I would never qualify morning news/entertainment shows as breaking news. They are not designed to be that way.

They are targeted at a certain demo. That demo does not care for breaking news. They want a little bit of national news with a plethora of field good stories and interesting life stories. That is who how the morning shows are organized.

If you want news check the evening news which is made for a demo that wants harder hitting news.

It makes sense for a multitude of reasons that the mornings shows have a sense of self promotion. For the stations it's easier to get "our" guys to interview. Not to mention that it's a "free" 2-4 minute commercial.

Honestly, it's no different than ABC broadcasting the Disney Parade (free programming) l...

Nothing new since Disney and its likes were created, self promotion is key, the moose out front should have told you the park was closed. It hit a grandslam even in the original Wally World story in National lampoons vacation, just like the new movie with Christina Applegate is trying to recreate, we watch his movies, we buy his stuff.

Self Promotion is great except now the difference is NBC, and ABC, is news people also, or the down graded News.

What IS different is this. When Disneyland was created, the hype and promotion were on The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) Television Network. Walt himself, the company, showcased on Sunday nights. ABC wasn't owned by Disney. And NBC's owner didn't own theme parks, Universal or otherwise.