What were the top 10 news stories of the decade, in your opinion?

[Rocknrule]

My list:

10. Beltway sniper shootings
9. East Asian tsunami
8. Virginia Tech
7. Bush's "election"
6. Economic crisis
5. Michael Jackson's death
4. Obama's election
3. Katrina
2. War on Terror/Iraq
1. 9/11 (what else?)

[Catshrink]

1. 5. Michael Jackson's death

You're kidding, right?

How about death of journalism as symbolized by the death of Walter Cronkite?

:popcorn:

[Rocknrule]

2. "Top" meaning "stories that attracted the most media attention"

[Catshrink]

4. Oh, got it...

in that context, you're probably right. How about editing your subject line? I guess we could think of a lot of things the media went ape shit over.

[Brickbat]

3. Death and memorial of Wellstone, and the ongoing fallout from that.

I might have tunnel vision on that one, though.

[lpbk2713]

5. #1 ... Y2K Stolen Election

#2 ... Katherine Harris, James Baker, The Supremes et al got away with it.

#3 ... Proof that anyone can be President.

#4 ... RW Hatemonger Radio Propagandists are effective at what they do.

#5 ... Shittoheads will fall for anything.

[madinmaryland]

6. If this is about media hype, then add in Anna Nicole Smith, Terry Schiavo,

and OJ Simpson.

[Democrats_win]

7. Good list except for MJ's death. It's a Sesame Street thing: which one doesn't belong.

Obviously the media obsession thing might be argued, but clearly the things on this list had major and long-lasting effects on people's lives.

So, would the real #5 please stand up. Anthrax? Improvements in fighting cancer? Completion of the Human Genome project in 2000? Run-up of oil prices?

[Oregone]

8. East Asian tsunami number 9?!?

MJ's death a bigger story than the Boxing Day Tsunami? Wowzer...

This looks like a very US-centric list

[live love laugh]

9. I hope your list isn't numbered in the order or importance because

Bush's (s)election(s) was one of the longest-running disasters of the decade. And, there are so many stories that emanated from BushCo that would qualify as top stories that he almost deserves a list by himself.

[EC]

10. Number one pick is

The Election of a Black President...didn't think I would live long enough to see it.

the only other events even close would be Katrina - watching a city disappear before my eyes while our government sat on their hands...even in 3rd world countries the surviviors are rescued within a couple of days...our leaders let us watch as people died for over a week.

9/ll