Regarding the word "blather" -- it occurs to me that dictionaries could accurately define it with a picture of Joan Rivers. Regarding those ominious "teasers" -- I remember when my children were teens (before cell phones) and out for the evening, how troubling it was to hear a 10 p.m. teaser for the 11 o'clock news, such as, "Four high school students were killed tonight in Scioto County. Details at 11." A parent can die a thousand deaths in an hour.

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