[crazyshrink]

Interesting piece concerning media tactics and our responses.

[xcamel]

"This could be series!"
(grab yer beeber...)

[proxy_user]

Well, there are many acres of empty newsprint that have to be filled every day.

And now, with the internet, there’s no limit to how much you can publish.

Readers demand a lot for fifty cents, and an infinite amount for nothing at all.

[Right Wing Assault]

SERIES! HUGH manatee!

[The Great RJ]

Bad news has always sold newspapers, but in this age of gonzo journalism, the media is falling all over itself trying to build the biggest crisis possible out of the innocuous. There is no objective analysis or even factual reporting. Instead the media tries to to fit what ever it reports into a group think liberal template. For example, there can be no reporting of anything to do even remotely with weather without adding a global warming is the cause angle.

[Jaysun]

That was a fascinating article. Very informative and somewhat humorous. Thanks.

[sig226]

Nice post. Two items in the article make me want to scream, though not for the reason that the author said they are inane.

Here are two quotes brought back by one NBC News crew:

“I think if you change your life, they’re winning,” says Captain Frank Carver. “So the more we continue our daily routine, better off we all are.”

Anybody remember this stupid mantra? Every time I heard it, I wanted to grab the person who said it and shake them until their brain swelled up enough to fill the inside of their skull. No, the terrorists aren't winning because we have to wait on line and take off our shoes when we get on passenger jets. If that was their goal, they would have taken jobs as security guards and shoe salesmen.

They want to kill us. They flew airplanes into buildings to kill people, not to make congress pass The Patriot Act.

At Pat’s Country Bakery nearby, Joann Charters concedes she’s still apprehensive. “It’s a really scary feeling with kids in school. You don’t know what’s gonna happen,” says Charters.”

In journalism schools, this is known as burying the headline. The headline says something about Ms. Charters' fears post September 11th. Judging by the report, she does not know what is going to happen, and this now bothers her. Was she a psychic on September 10th? Did she just wake up from a coma? I want to know the reason why Joanne Charters suddenly does not know what is going to happen. Or is she stupid, and it just occurred to her that she does not know what is going to happen?