I think in that sense the "if it was on TV, it shouldn't be here"-thing is quite valid But "thing", you mean the sentence whose author just explicitly said it

I think in that sense the "if it was on TV, it shouldn't be here"-thing is quite valid But "thing", you mean the sentence whose author just explicitly said it doesn't apply to this story? I guess not... I guess you mean your insistent misunderstanding of said sentence. sigh