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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 09:33 AM Original message |
Just how bad has the media become (Mine disaster coverage) |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. It is an embarrasment |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Exactly... |
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no_more_rhyming (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Mental anguish $$$$$$$$$ |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. it is a planned distraction from the real story - over 200 safety violatio |
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sweetm2475 (523 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. WOW that's a stretch.....But believable nonetheless. |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. I think you're way wrong -- the media aren't that culpable here |
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cookiebird (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. a WY coal miner's grandaughter |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. With this, we have all the less time to cover Abramoff. |
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dennisnyc (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 09:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. i can't say for sure, i can never watch the whole of a show but |
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BlueStateGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Exactly. I watched it last night. They ran with it. They never confirmed |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yep, and Kelly Lynch went down with guns blazing |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. If they had had to drag it out for another hour |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
7. The voice of management doesn't want you to hear the base issue |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Yep. The "episodic frame" is what they give you |
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TNOE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. Agree |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
9. i don't want to be mean |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. I was happy that the miners were allegedly alive but could not watch |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. I have said it before...the so called "journalists" in this country are |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. Do we know what happened with this MISINFORMATION making it to MSM? |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. There'd better be an investigation. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I agree. This is unforgivable. |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. NPR reported this AM |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. the company did, however, know |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. A family member TOLD ANderson Cooper about it |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Yes, they should have used more caution. |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. But the story was "confirmed" |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Exactly! The company excluded the reporters |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Obviously the information did not come from the "company" |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. I hope the families do sue. And win the suit. nt |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Sue for what? |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. it is an excellent distraction from the REAL story - > over 200 safety |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. ding ding ding ding ding |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. we are all being played as FOOLS! |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
54. CNN claims they confirmed with two ICG people |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. Anderson Cooper just blew all the credibility he got from Katrina. nt |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. I think this debacle this morning early was the media's fault. |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
18. Well said, MM |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
21. Church basement gossip now counts as a reliable source. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. I didn't get sucked into this story, but I'm betting your description is |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLE |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. "They barely reported on the Abramhoff guilty plea..." |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. This 24 hour "Speculation" cycle kills me.... |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. That was hilarious |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. Bush has taught the fat, ugly Amerikkkans to believe lies |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
39. Rita Cosby GUSHING about "it's a miracle." |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. No, it wasn't a miracle |
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toymachines (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. They no longer report |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
41. another "kid stuck in a well" story. As sad as it was, being voyeurs |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
43. News is now 'Entertainment'. Speculative news. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
44. Not to be a total bitch |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. this is about workers rights in this nation as well |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:55 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I agree |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. It's called human interest and giving people what they want as well |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
45. Did they follow up on the guy who tried to punch a mining official? |
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