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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:12 PM
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Shouldn't the media be crawling all over Clay County, KY. with satellite up-links and everything?
Edited on Fri Sep-25-09 08:23 PM by NNN0LHI
Doing some live interviews of the locals maybe? If this were the death of some washed up entertainer they would have everyone there with all their state of the art equipment. But for this all we get is some AP reporter on a telephone giving a report from his hotel room? Someone is trying to kill this story.

Don
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:13 PM
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1. No photos of his "Death Fridge" yet? n/t
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HowHasItComeToThis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 09:17 PM
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21. MOVE ALONG, NOTHING TO SEE HERE
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timeforpeace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 09:54 PM
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28. Overreacting is our job, not theirs.
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:14 PM
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2. Why? Did a pretty white girl die?

Or did they find Obama's secret Nazi headquarters?

:sarcasm: in case it's necessary ...
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:42 PM
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15. maybe if they can find a black man who killed the white census taker ...
then the media would be all about "Hey, why isn't this a racially motivated hate crime?"
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Kievan Rus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:14 PM
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3. So true
The MSM treated the death of Michael Jackson like it had the gravity of Kennedy's assassination, the 9/11 terror attacks or Hurricane Katrina. When real news happens (like the brutal slaying of a government official in Kentucky), they don't notice it all that much it seems.
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:17 PM
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6. We had weeks of complete Anna Nicole Smith death coverage
And that was in the Bahamas!

Don
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Kievan Rus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:25 PM
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12. They interrupted local news to report that where I was
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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-26-09 07:40 PM
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44. Weeks? Actually, that went on for well over a year--nearly two years, in fact! nt
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:15 PM
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4. Nothing to see here
They are all probably on a big story. Has Britney cut her hair short again lately?
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:43 PM
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17. hope not ...
that scar is fugly ...
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:16 PM
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5. No because he wasn't a member of Focus on the Family
or another thinly veiled conservative hate group.
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Va Lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:18 PM
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7. Come on people, we all know the Media has a Left-Wing bias
:sarcasm:
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Lifelong Protester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:21 PM
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8. I gotta say I am totally puzzled by the lack of media
attention. Are they afraid we'll all freak out? Too late for that, call me 'freaked' already.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:21 PM
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9. No joke. This man was murdered around Sept. 11/12, and we're just
recently hearing about it? Legs taped, federal ID attached?

What's the hold up?

Someone has been really trying to quell this, or protecting the county and the suspects. If there are any in that county.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:45 PM
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18. We are so f**ked with the NO NOTHING media tasked to entertain and distract. eom
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 10:10 PM
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30. Do you mean "know nothing" media? n/t
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:24 PM
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10. Want to go and visit the locals?


All kidding aside reporters and writers would be seen as "outsiders" by a small but
very mean bunch of people there.

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HowHasItComeToThis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 09:18 PM
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22. YUP
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 09:56 PM
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29. I'd be happy to

In a.blue uniform.
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:24 PM
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11. This needed to be said
K&R
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:25 PM
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13. Why, is there an ACORN office in Clay County?
Edited on Fri Sep-25-09 08:26 PM by mzmolly
:sarcasm:
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femrap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:31 PM
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14. This is the land of
Incest...worse than 'Deliverance.' You think Faux people are going to deal with that? There are no hotels or decent food. It's the Hollers. The locals hate outsiders......obviously.
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Thickasabrick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:42 PM
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16. I thought it was close to Lexington - they have great restaurants
there and normal people.
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femrap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:48 PM
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19. No...this is out in the
hollers.
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Island Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 08:53 PM
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20. They're not there because
Edited on Fri Sep-25-09 08:57 PM by Island Blue
Mr. Spakrman wasn't a blond, white girl and eastern Kentucky isn't a tropical paradise.

And besides, how would they was the blood off their hands? (Speaking mainly of FOX there.)
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Mira Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 09:22 PM
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23. YES - a simple answer to a simple question. K&R
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Sheltiemama Donating Member (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 09:22 PM
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24. Nobody is trying to kill the story.
There is no big media conspiracy. I've seen it on TV, and I've seen it in my own paper. Heck, I put a story about it in tomorrow's paper. Law enforcement was being tight-lipped, but now that more details have leaked out, I expect it will get a fresh round of coverage.
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Beer on a stick Donating Member (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 09:26 PM
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27. Stop talking rationally and using actual facts. It ruins a good unhinged rant.
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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 10:59 PM
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33. +1 but we are wasting our breath
When it is all over CNN tomorrow or Sunday they'll just complain about something else. Partisn right-wing and left-wing complaints about the media are practically identical. Not that I think the cable news is particularly good or quick off the mark, mind.
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Truth2Tell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 11:27 PM
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38. right-wing and left-wing complaints about the media are practically identical
Really? Wow.

The left is the new right. This must be true because I keep reading it on DU.
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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-26-09 01:15 AM
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42. don't misquote people, it's dishonest
You left out a rather significant word. Anyway, i realize that this mirror concept is a bit too advanced for you. You may safely disregard it and go back to shouting at the television or whatever it is you do.
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-26-09 02:25 AM
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43. Could you point to some 'left-wing' media that distorts the news
in the same way as Fox, eg?
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 11:04 PM
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36. Nobody wants to be seen promoting it either.
That's for sure.

And that is in stark contrast to the way the media treats many other stories.

I think the author's point stands. This story is sensational, to be sure. So why isn't the media pouncing on it as they normally do?
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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-26-09 01:13 AM
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41. It's getting covered
It's the most commented story in the sn Francisco Chronicle (my local) right now, with >1000 comments in 5 hours (average is 2-300). MSM is just slow commit resources to a local story without detail. Now that the story has more-or-les confirmed details, they'll ramp up on it.
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madville Donating Member (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 09:22 PM
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25. It was a middle-aged white guy
Not sensational or riveting enough for prime time I guess, it's all about the ratings with our media.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 09:26 PM
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26. I wish the media would go there.
It's about 80 miles from Lexington, out of the bluegrass and into the mountains. It's not that difficult to get to. I wish they could see the desperation, the poverty, the drug epidemic, the crime rate, etc. These are my people and they have been neglected by the country for several years and the area has steadily declined into anarchy and drug dealing. I wish they could report the truth.
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 10:48 PM
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31. I believe there's a CNN reporter there. n/t
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 10:54 PM
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32. It's odd that no one in the census bureau has said anything.
Sounds like they are tried to keep this out of the news for some reason. Maybe they know who did it.
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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 11:01 PM
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34. No, they've already made statements about it
What else would they say, other than that they're very sad and they hope the investigation proceeds. The guy's computer wasn't found in the truck so I doubt they have any special knowledge of who did it.
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 11:22 PM
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37. They have knowledge of the area. Whether or not he had any concerns
about going there, or whether they ever considered the area to be unsafe. They may know what his hours were, what time he was likely to have gone there. And whether he was doing census work in the area at all. I have not seen anything that said he was.



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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-26-09 12:17 AM
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40. I think that's stuff they'd only discuss with police/FBI
Certainly not while the investigation is ongoing, if they think there's even a slight chance of mistakenly tipping someone off. I don't envy the investigators, a case like this presents a lot of challenges.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 11:02 PM
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35. Hasn't Nancy Grace booked her flight yet?
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MrMickeysMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 11:28 PM
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39. I guess it has to be Federalized, cause the locals aint gonna give it up ...
This is classic hunkering down and you can't tell me people who live there don't know who did this. All I can say is the feds better do their job.
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-26-09 07:46 PM
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45. The media doesn't want to get duct taped and hanged
Quite frankly, I don't blame them.
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bertman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-26-09 08:23 PM
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46. Sounds like a job for Xe. News team security.





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