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Michael Crichton Dies: Predicted Demise of MSM in 1993
NewsBusters ^ | November 5, 2008 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 11/05/2008 11:33:31 AM PST by PJ-Comix

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Michael Crichton: Always ahead of his time.
1 posted on 11/05/2008 11:33:31 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: Paul Heinzman; IMissPresidentReagan; AlexW; Cletus.D.Yokel; ConservativeOrBust; tropical; ...

PING!


2 posted on 11/05/2008 11:34:16 AM PST by PJ-Comix (The Tide Turned Just a Half Year After Pearl Harbor)
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condolences


3 posted on 11/05/2008 11:34:45 AM PST by americanophile
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Sad and most untimely — we now need every hand we can get in the fight against the socialist global warming push.


4 posted on 11/05/2008 11:35:51 AM PST by Unam Sanctam
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R.I.P.

His legacy is alive: California, of all places, just voted down two "green/energy anti-global warming" boondoggle initiatives.

5 posted on 11/05/2008 11:38:40 AM PST by rfp1234 (Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
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I am so sorry to hear that Michael Crichton has passed away. He was one of my favorite authors. It was only about three months ago that someone lent me his book, “State of Fear”. An excellent read for those interested in the myth of global warming.

RIP, Mr. Crichton. You will be missed.


6 posted on 11/05/2008 11:38:45 AM PST by CaribouCrossing
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“In part, it is a failure to respond to changing technology - particularly the computer-mediated technology known collectively as the Net.”


7 posted on 11/05/2008 11:39:51 AM PST by Borges
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The MSM triumphed last night.

From 2000 to 2006 they conducted a focused and unrelenting campaign on destroying President Bush and the GOP majority.

They succeeded in smashing the President's approval ratings and unseating the GOP majority.

They then turned their entire attention and focus to electing an inexperienced, unrepentant Marxist to the presidency.

They succeeded in that endeavor as well.

The MSM has enhanced its cultural power since 1993, not diminished it.

They are no longer cheerleaders. They are kingmakers. They literally created Barack Obama from nothing and made him the most powerful man in the world.

Crichton, God rest his soul, was wrong.

8 posted on 11/05/2008 11:41:25 AM PST by wideawake (Why is it that those who like to be called Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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Really sorry to hear that - he was one of my favorite authors... loved his “Timeline”.


9 posted on 11/05/2008 11:41:55 AM PST by aquila48
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I am reading STATE OF FEAR right now, and it would make an excellent movie! Sad to hear of his passing. Very sad. I had hoped to read many many more new novels by him.

Also, he didn’t believe in the globull warming hoax.


10 posted on 11/05/2008 11:42:39 AM PST by buffyt (I guess this is the CHANGE that Obama meant. Pennies on the dollar on our life investments.)
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Wow! What a shock!!

RIP...


11 posted on 11/05/2008 11:46:37 AM PST by KoRn
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Sad to hear this, prayers to his family. I had not read his article “Mediasaurus”. Talk about timing.


12 posted on 11/05/2008 11:46:59 AM PST by united1000
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Sadly, State of Fear will never be made into a movie (You’ll find out why in the last couple of chapters).


13 posted on 11/05/2008 11:48:40 AM PST by InABunkerUnderSF (A vote for Bob Barr is half a vote for Barak Obama.)
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ping


14 posted on 11/05/2008 11:52:42 AM PST by Peanut Gallery ("An armed society is a polite society.")
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Great author. His “State of Fear” is the first big book to take on the idiocy of “global warming.”


15 posted on 11/05/2008 12:00:14 PM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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Excellent summary of the MSM’s part in this election fiasco.

Perhaps Michael Crichton was referring to the death of traditional journalism - i.e. unbiased, objective reporting of facts rather than their ascension to power, propaganda and influence.


16 posted on 11/05/2008 12:01:22 PM PST by sodpoodle (Man studies evolution to understand His creation.)
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To: wideawake

Excellent summary of the MSM’s part in this election fiasco.

Perhaps Michael Crichton was referring to the death of traditional journalism - i.e. unbiased, objective reporting of facts rather than their ascension to power, propaganda and influence.


17 posted on 11/05/2008 12:01:52 PM PST by sodpoodle (Man studies evolution to understand His creation.)
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That’s really a shame. The man was brilliant. I enjoyed his books like Jurrasic Park, Sphere, Congo, Eaters of the Dead (13th Warrior), all great movies (except they could’ve handled Congo a little better, the book was way way better than the movie. I didn’t read the books, but I enjoyed the movies of his books including The Andromeda Strain, The Terminal Man, The Great Train Robbery, Twister, Westworld, Coma, Looker, Runaway, Rising Sun, and Disclosure.
Seems like I have alot of his books left to read and am looking forward to it.


18 posted on 11/05/2008 12:11:14 PM PST by steelydan (...he has certainly established the ground work to keep OÂ’BamaÂ’s tax bill from passing.)
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May he rest in peace.


19 posted on 11/05/2008 12:12:40 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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A sad day. Crichton was a textbook example of how the media treats people. He was their ‘darling’ and genius as long as he was writing along (or not against) their ideology, but when he wrote “State of Fear”, he lost his IQ and integrity, according to them. Not only did he expose the hoax of global warming but also shewn for all to see, the hoax of an “objective media”.


20 posted on 11/05/2008 12:19:24 PM PST by Kent C
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