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To: Kirkwood

No, but usually during a major disaster there’s usually extended coverage, frequently with insightful information, especially here in FR. I have not seen much of that in this case.

And that is my point. Most people seem to operate in a mob mentality. If a story isn’t stirred up by the MSM, then it doesn’t exist. Witness how they flamed and then buried the ebola crisis, for example.

And that’s the point of this thread. What constitutes a news item that’s worthy of our attention? Only what the MSN can get up in a frenzy, or as in this case, a real life, ongoing survival story?

Obviously now, the answer is the later.


73 posted on 10/04/2015 8:49:38 AM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
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To: cll

I think you probably don’t know how to look for newsfeeds on stories. Here is an update from the past hour. The USCG website also puts out updates as they come in.

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/10/04/new-search-for-ship-lost-off-bahamas-in-hurricane-joaquin


74 posted on 10/04/2015 9:05:12 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: cll
Witness how they flamed and then buried the ebola crisis, for example.

After the CDC screwed up with protocols for handling patients, the new Ebola Czar came in and the MSM dropped the story.

The outbreak still hasn't ended completely, but it went off the radar in the US media.

123 posted on 10/04/2015 5:32:25 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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