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mountebank (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:41 PM Original message |
Poll question: Was the screw up of the miners story the fault of the media? |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. this is my opinion, not many agreed |
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mountebank (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Well, I agree anyway. The gossip may have been swirling all around |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. FYI--"investigate" does not belong in the job description |
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mountebank (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. When I said "investigate" I meant "fact-check," which I would |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. No, it wasn't the stupid media's fault. |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think so |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. In TV "journalism" they don't make allowances for squishy news. |
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Dongfang Hong (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Everyone was saying it, including the governor. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. It was the fault of some in the media (like Geraldo) |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. The interview I saw (Anderson Cooper-CNN) was a man |
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mountebank (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Well, perhaps the media should then report that "some are saying |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I don't know if you were watching,but several times they were asked |
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mountebank (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. The company certainly should shoulder much of the blame but |
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Fla Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. No, not a company spokesperson... |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. "They just come up" |
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MrMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. The media are too quick to report rumors as if they were fact. |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. What did the media do? Misinform you and me? Big deal! |
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mountebank (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I would never say that the fact that I was misled for a few hours was |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. but that's my point. The media didn't do that. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. It was just another "intelligence failure" ... "leaked in the media." |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. I actually don't blame the cable news channels for this one |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. Blame the company |
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peaches2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Exactly |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm so old, I remember when 2 sources of confirmation were required |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Lets see, family members told them, the gov said it, the company didn't |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think they should've confirmed the story before running with it |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. I can't figure out how to vote "No." |
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mountebank (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That would be the "understandable mistake" option or "Other" nt |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. Anyone actually watching CNN |
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mountebank (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I was actually watching (not all of it, but some) and still think cable |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I don't disagree with you |
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mountebank (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. The mining company is largely to blame for holding the truth and |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
26. How many "tragic mistakes" does our media get before we get really |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
28. no--media don't make news, they report it |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 05:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. If they were in the dark, |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I think they probably tried to keep it straight |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
29. Well meaning overzealousness at the scene run amok |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. Just like the rapes and shootings in New Orleans |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's the company's fault and no one else's. |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
38. The media may not bear all of the responsibility |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
40. The media is to blame |
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