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**Chris** · Jul 17, 2005, 12:07 pm

This morning I was watching a bit of MSNBC and they abrubtly cut off Tony Blair talking about the London attacks to bring the story of that missing girl in Aruba. Is it just me or is the media taking too much time covering this story? I seem to be reminded of Jonbenet and Elizabeth Smart. Young kids get kidnapped and killed every single day. You never hear about a black kid. Its always these rich, blonde, cutesy kids. The Elizabeth Smart thing was a prime example. I don't exactly remember but didn't we all come to the conclusion that it was the fault of the mother? They even made a made-for-tv movie about it for chrissakes! (as well as made one about Jonbenet and wasn't that also the parent's fault?)

WTF is going on with the media? This girl was kidnapped, yeah. Why the fuck should I care that they are using sonar to locate her on the island. People are freaking dying in the world.

Really pisses me off!

bishop · Jul 17, 2005, 12:23 pm

ditto that man.. i could give two shits about this girl to be honest.

absurd that the'd cut off tony blair to talk about that though.. that's amazing.

**Chris** · Jul 17, 2005, 12:36 pm

Yeah. And forgive my insensitivity but she was nothing more than a rich bitch who got kilt.

**Chris** · Jul 17, 2005, 12:43 pm

Another thing is...

Hurricanes. I mean come on! its a fucking hurricane. What new information could you possibly convey about yet another hurricane? I am all for telling people to get indoors, you know, common sense stuff. Other than that why is the media spending SO MUCH time on them? And then you have those dumbasses that get outside in the storm and try and broadcast from it, with the wind blowing at 125 mph.

bishop · Jul 17, 2005, 12:48 pm

heh.. jaz has the dumbassed hulk hogan reality show on now.. i'm not sure which one's more mind numbing (there's definitely a reason why i'm online as much as i am).

i'd rather see something about a hurricane than the aruba girl though. the media's always shoving their heads deeper up their asses whenever anything happens to a child.

**Chris** · Jul 17, 2005, 12:56 pm

yeah. That Elizabeth Smart thing and Jonbenet really started a slippery slope.

Whodoe! · Jul 17, 2005, 01:55 pm

The Aruba thing is driving me nuts! Even worse, my wife won't let me throw stuff at the TV. I started firing these Brussels sprouts at the tube when the Aruba story came one and she freaked out. The media have pounded that Aruba mother like a cheap steak. This is a little hateful but who F' ing cares? When I think of all the poor, fat, ugly kids who go missing and unreported - this is just unfair. To keep things fair and balanced, Fox should at least report one fat cheeked illegal alien who has gone missing.

The hurricanes! I lived in a hurricane alley and these news stories make conditions worse. They have people acting berserk and buying plywood for their windows while the storm is out by Cuba. And lets face it, if an 800-pound tree hits your house traveling 40 miles per hour, plywood is just gonna piss it off. And the worse thing, those carnival barking reporters who go stand on the windy beaches in their $500 rain outfits and acting all heroic. I really wish an 800-pound tree would …

This is a far worse thing Fox does than report political news not approved by the Democratic Party.

bishop · Jul 17, 2005, 02:17 pm

everytime i've seen the weather reporters standing at the front of the storm, i always hope to see something exciting happen.. like falling electrical wires or something flashy.. i demand some sort of entertainment for their indulgence in overreporting.

that aruba mother does need a kick in the junk, but i'd just prefer it if they dropped the story altogether..

the thing that i've never seen answered by the media is why they spend so much time reporting these unimportant stories.. it's not like they've just begun to do this - it's been going on for years.

Whodoe! · Jul 17, 2005, 02:32 pm

It has gotten far worse since they put themselves on live 24 hours a day. I remember when CNN ran a news loop (the same 10 minutes segments) all day and all night until something worthy happened to add to the loop. These stories about rich blonde girls in distress reek of the "Perils of Pauline" serials where they were always tying some screaming tart to the railroad tracks.

bishop · Jul 17, 2005, 02:56 pm

i usually keep cnn's headline news on, and if they mention an interesting story, i research it online to get my information.

**Chris** · Jul 17, 2005, 03:09 pm

probably the best way Bishop.

Tesserakt · Jul 17, 2005, 03:46 pm

I wonder who her parents voted for in '04. If they voted for Bush, I have no sympathy for them.

bishop · Jul 17, 2005, 03:53 pm

what does that have to do with anything?? even if they voted for bush, that doesn't mean that their daughter deserved to get killed.

seriously...

Whodoe! · Jul 17, 2005, 04:02 pm

Yesh - if they voted for Bush, they really should be slaughtered like pigs and eaten by dogs. That should happen to everyone who voted for Bush. Finally, we could begin our utopian society. No wars, famine, disease or work. We could get some togas and just eat grapes and have wild sex! That look on our face would be the Etruscan smile!

On yeah - I checked my political compass and I scored 0-.25 & 0-.97. That is further to the right than before I noticed just how extreme the left has become.

bishop · Jul 17, 2005, 04:17 pm

i wouldn't take one ignorant comment as being representative of an entire ideology. sometimes i think we should just admit when stupidity exists, ignoring political arguments. stupid people do come in all shapes and sizes you know.

oranged · Jul 17, 2005, 04:28 pm

Quote:

Quote by: bishop

what does that have to do with anything?? even if they voted for bush, that doesn't mean that their daughter deserved to get killed.

seriously...

Yeah, maybe their daughter didn't like Bush. HaHaHa.

Whodoe! · Jul 17, 2005, 04:34 pm

Quote:

Quote by: bishop

i wouldn't take one ignorant comment as being representative of an entire ideology. sometimes i think we should just admit when stupidity exists, ignoring political arguments. stupid people do come in all shapes and sizes you know.

My comments were a desperate jest. All the same, my bad - it just makes it worse.

Tesserakt · Jul 17, 2005, 04:55 pm

Any of you ever read the comic Ghost Rider? One of his powers was the "Penance Stare", where he makes his enemies feel the pain they inflict on others.

Bush needlessly put innocent people between us and the terrorists. To me, if they voted for Bush, they endorsed the killing of innocent people in Iraq.

There's "how it should be" and "how I feel about it". Forgive me for not having sympathy for people who vote for war and refuse to participate. Their daughter should have been at Parris island not Aruba.

oranged · Jul 17, 2005, 05:04 pm

Quote:

Quote by: Whodoe!

On yeah - I checked my political compass and I scored 0-.25 & 0-.97. That is further to the right than before I noticed just how extreme the left has become.

I'm proud of being extreme, I got a -9.88 on the economic, and a 6.41 on the social. Extreme leftests are just people who know that if things can be sold, things can be made be poor, starving people who are taken advantage of. Give communism another try, I trust myself not to go corrupt, at first the life would be tough, but it would be as tough for me as it would for everyone else.

As for the Media, I agree with most people that they are generally covering the wrong things.

bishop · Jul 17, 2005, 05:20 pm

heg.. now i feel like a humorless prick whodoe.

Jul 17, 2005, 12:07 pm	#1 (permalink) (top)
Chris Gamma-ray burst Location: Nashville Posts: 6,403	On the media This morning I was watching a bit of MSNBC and they abrubtly cut off Tony Blair talking about the London attacks to bring the story of that missing girl in Aruba. Is it just me or is the media taking too much time covering this story? I seem to be reminded of Jonbenet and Elizabeth Smart. Young kids get kidnapped and killed every single day. You never hear about a black kid. Its always these rich, blonde, cutesy kids. The Elizabeth Smart thing was a prime example. I don't exactly remember but didn't we all come to the conclusion that it was the fault of the mother? They even made a made-for-tv movie about it for chrissakes! (as well as made one about Jonbenet and wasn't that also the parent's fault?) WTF is going on with the media? This girl was kidnapped, yeah. Why the fuck should I care that they are using sonar to locate her on the island. People are freaking dying in the world. Really pisses me off! I voted against the theocratic psychopaths Shared

Jul 17, 2005, 12:23 pm	#2 (permalink) (top)
bishop moderat-e/o-r Location: boston Posts: 11,184	ditto that man.. i could give two shits about this girl to be honest. absurd that the'd cut off tony blair to talk about that though.. that's amazing. hope for america... http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

Jul 17, 2005, 12:36 pm	#3 (permalink) (top)
Chris Gamma-ray burst Location: Nashville Posts: 6,403	Yeah. And forgive my insensitivity but she was nothing more than a rich bitch who got kilt. I voted against the theocratic psychopaths Shared

Jul 17, 2005, 12:43 pm	#4 (permalink) (top)
Chris Gamma-ray burst Location: Nashville Posts: 6,403	Another thing is... Hurricanes. I mean come on! its a fucking hurricane. What new information could you possibly convey about yet another hurricane? I am all for telling people to get indoors, you know, common sense stuff. Other than that why is the media spending SO MUCH time on them? And then you have those dumbasses that get outside in the storm and try and broadcast from it, with the wind blowing at 125 mph. I voted against the theocratic psychopaths Shared

Jul 17, 2005, 12:48 pm	#5 (permalink) (top)
bishop moderat-e/o-r Location: boston Posts: 11,184	heh.. jaz has the dumbassed hulk hogan reality show on now.. i'm not sure which one's more mind numbing (there's definitely a reason why i'm online as much as i am). i'd rather see something about a hurricane than the aruba girl though. the media's always shoving their heads deeper up their asses whenever anything happens to a child. hope for america... http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

Jul 17, 2005, 12:56 pm	#6 (permalink) (top)
Chris Gamma-ray burst Location: Nashville Posts: 6,403	yeah. That Elizabeth Smart thing and Jonbenet really started a slippery slope. I voted against the theocratic psychopaths Shared

Jul 17, 2005, 01:55 pm	#7 (permalink) (top)
Whodoe! Igneous Magma Posts: 192	The Aruba thing is driving me nuts! Even worse, my wife won't let me throw stuff at the TV. I started firing these Brussels sprouts at the tube when the Aruba story came one and she freaked out. The media have pounded that Aruba mother like a cheap steak. This is a little hateful but who F' ing cares? When I think of all the poor, fat, ugly kids who go missing and unreported - this is just unfair. To keep things fair and balanced, Fox should at least report one fat cheeked illegal alien who has gone missing. The hurricanes! I lived in a hurricane alley and these news stories make conditions worse. They have people acting berserk and buying plywood for their windows while the storm is out by Cuba. And lets face it, if an 800-pound tree hits your house traveling 40 miles per hour, plywood is just gonna piss it off. And the worse thing, those carnival barking reporters who go stand on the windy beaches in their $500 rain outfits and acting all heroic. I really wish an 800-pound tree would … This is a far worse thing Fox does than report political news not approved by the Democratic Party.

Jul 17, 2005, 02:17 pm	#8 (permalink) (top)
bishop moderat-e/o-r Location: boston Posts: 11,184	everytime i've seen the weather reporters standing at the front of the storm, i always hope to see something exciting happen.. like falling electrical wires or something flashy.. i demand some sort of entertainment for their indulgence in overreporting. that aruba mother does need a kick in the junk, but i'd just prefer it if they dropped the story altogether.. the thing that i've never seen answered by the media is why they spend so much time reporting these unimportant stories.. it's not like they've just begun to do this - it's been going on for years. hope for america... http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

Jul 17, 2005, 02:32 pm	#9 (permalink) (top)
Whodoe! Igneous Magma Posts: 192	It has gotten far worse since they put themselves on live 24 hours a day. I remember when CNN ran a news loop (the same 10 minutes segments) all day and all night until something worthy happened to add to the loop. These stories about rich blonde girls in distress reek of the "Perils of Pauline" serials where they were always tying some screaming tart to the railroad tracks.

Jul 17, 2005, 02:56 pm	#10 (permalink) (top)
bishop moderat-e/o-r Location: boston Posts: 11,184	i usually keep cnn's headline news on, and if they mention an interesting story, i research it online to get my information. hope for america... http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

Jul 17, 2005, 03:09 pm	#11 (permalink) (top)
Chris Gamma-ray burst Location: Nashville Posts: 6,403	probably the best way Bishop. I voted against the theocratic psychopaths Shared

Jul 17, 2005, 03:46 pm	#12 (permalink) (top)
Tesserakt Molten Ash Posts: 77	I wonder who her parents voted for in '04. If they voted for Bush, I have no sympathy for them. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn’d to dance. -Alex Pope

Jul 17, 2005, 03:53 pm	#13 (permalink) (top)
bishop moderat-e/o-r Location: boston Posts: 11,184	what does that have to do with anything?? even if they voted for bush, that doesn't mean that their daughter deserved to get killed. seriously... hope for america... http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

Jul 17, 2005, 04:02 pm	#14 (permalink) (top)
Whodoe! Igneous Magma Posts: 192	Yesh - if they voted for Bush, they really should be slaughtered like pigs and eaten by dogs. That should happen to everyone who voted for Bush. Finally, we could begin our utopian society. No wars, famine, disease or work. We could get some togas and just eat grapes and have wild sex! That look on our face would be the Etruscan smile! On yeah - I checked my political compass and I scored 0-.25 & 0-.97. That is further to the right than before I noticed just how extreme the left has become.

Jul 17, 2005, 04:17 pm	#15 (permalink) (top)
bishop moderat-e/o-r Location: boston Posts: 11,184	i wouldn't take one ignorant comment as being representative of an entire ideology. sometimes i think we should just admit when stupidity exists, ignoring political arguments. stupid people do come in all shapes and sizes you know. hope for america... http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

Jul 17, 2005, 04:55 pm	#18 (permalink) (top)
Tesserakt Molten Ash Posts: 77	Any of you ever read the comic Ghost Rider? One of his powers was the "Penance Stare", where he makes his enemies feel the pain they inflict on others. Bush needlessly put innocent people between us and the terrorists. To me, if they voted for Bush, they endorsed the killing of innocent people in Iraq. There's "how it should be" and "how I feel about it". Forgive me for not having sympathy for people who vote for war and refuse to participate. Their daughter should have been at Parris island not Aruba. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn’d to dance. -Alex Pope

Jul 17, 2005, 05:20 pm	#20 (permalink) (top)
bishop moderat-e/o-r Location: boston Posts: 11,184	heg.. now i feel like a humorless prick whodoe. hope for america... http://www.ronpaul2008.com/