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Tue Jan-19-10 05:11 PM
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So how long is the media milking Haiti? |
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I am watching CNN and they are sill covering Haiti with wall to wall coverage. I can understand a couple days of coverage but this is getting ridiculous, its been a week later and they are still covering it all the time. Maybe I'm the only one but I don't need to see 24/7 coverage of Haiti any more, time to move on to other stories.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:12 PM
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1. Turn off your teevee if it is bothering you. |
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Seriously, there is little going on right now that is of greater import.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:13 PM
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:13 PM
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3. It even knocked the Harry Reid NegroGate off the front pages, too. |
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Edited on Tue Jan-19-10 05:14 PM by TheCowsCameHome
oy........:sarcasm:
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:16 PM
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4. I heard Tiger Woods hooked up with Balloon Boy's mama, does anyone know if that's true? |
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:18 PM
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6. We could use some updates on how dead Michael Jackson |
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still is. He got more coverage than Haiti, really.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:20 PM
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I have no problem with the amount of coverage on Haiti. It's a disaster of epic proportions that warrants substantial coverage.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:17 PM
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5. Tens of thousands of people died in a matter of moments. |
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With tens of thousands dying later and yet to die.
So I get the coverage.
But don't worry. The Massachusetts election may wipe Haiti off the media map.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:18 PM
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7. 200,000 dead in a country he have a lot of history with, and US leading the relief? |
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Sounds like a story to me.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:19 PM
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8. Yeah, 200,000 dead, tens of thousands homeless and injured |
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one of the worst disasters in human history. Unprecedented challenges in getting basic essentials to people starving, dying of thirst and severely wounded. Profound implications for the future...Buuuuuut, you're over it. Ho hum. So, CNN, I guess it's time to move along.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:20 PM
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they're talking about the election, but i still want to know what's going on in haiti.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:20 PM
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Of course, that's old news as well.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:21 PM
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12. This is the worst disaster in our hemisphere |
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:21 PM
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13. It's almost as if it's important or something. (nt) |
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:21 PM
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14. I hope people stop dying so you can get on with your life. |
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:24 PM
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15. stop thinking of the news as entertainment |
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Haiti is going to need aid to rebuild and that will take months, years probably. Keeping this in the news is good for Haiti.
That's far more important than whether you are personally bored by the coverage.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:24 PM
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16. People are still dying, the situation is still worsening, but you want to "move on"... |
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Thank you for the brilliant example of what's so wrong with America today. The real world, including humanitarian disasters, can't always be conveniently scheduled, and shouldn't be pushed off the air simply because some people are BORED with the story. Human beings are starving to death. The flesh is rotting from the bodies of the living because they can't get the most basic of antibiotics. Children are dying beneath piles of rubble because there aren't enough people to dig them out. Criminals are raping and assaulting people in refugee camps because the U.N. and US military are more interested in protecting buildings than people.
Keeping the worlds attention on the situation is NOT a bad thing. Covering it as if it's one of the most important events on the planet at the moment, which it IS, is NOT inappropriate. I haven't yet heard a single story, from the healthcare debate to the election in Mass, which is actually more important. People dying trumps politics any day.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:24 PM
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17. Go to Google News and click on the stories that interest you |
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Edited on Tue Jan-19-10 05:25 PM by Nye Bevan
Why watch CNN if you want to choose which stories you would like to follow as opposed to having someone choose them for you?
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:25 PM
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18. AW,COME ON NOW!! What a horrible OP.......and you bother youself to type it out ....unbelievable |
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:29 PM
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Wow, I post an idle thought and people go beserk.
Whether or not its on the news doesn't mean anything as to what happens in Haiti.
Maybe I think its disgusting that CNN and others are using Haiti to get ratings!
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:32 PM
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21. Ah, the old "it was only a joke" gambit. |
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:36 PM
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25. "... people go berserk" |
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On DU?
Are you seriously saying that on DU, people go berserk over trivial remarks?
I am SHOCKED ... SHOCKED, I tell you!
Shirley, you jest!
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:39 PM
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29. Probably because your idle thought was extraordinarily vile. (nt) |
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:41 PM
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31. yea, and I'm sure you |
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are a Saint! I beg your forgiveness.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:49 PM
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33. Don't have to be a saint to call a spade a spade. (nt) |
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:29 PM
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19. perhaps because this is the worst natural disaster |
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within the past 100 years, except maybe for the 2004 earthquake/tsunami.
Time to move on? Yeah, tell that to the thousands of people still buried and dying in the rubble.. and their families.. the families of those hundreds of thousands who have died and to those who are still suffering.
Did you get this upset with the wall-to-wall coverage of Michael Jackson's death last year.. coverage that lasted a MONTH if not longer...?
You don't want to see coverage of Haiti.. then turn the fucking channel and quit whining.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:32 PM
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23. Yes I would say the same thing about Michael Jackson |
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coverage.
Guess what, the cable networks are milking the Haiti coverage for RATINGS. And why is that so decent? It is disgusting to take advantage of tragedy for ratings sake.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:41 PM
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this isn't about "ratings". The Michael Jackson coverage was about ratings... the coverage about Haiti is to keep people informed.
Many Americans -- especially right-wingers -- have short attention spans and would conveniently forget about Haiti if not for all the coverage on CNN, Faux, and MSNBC. Out of sight, out of mind, so to speak. If all the Haiti coverage convinces more people to donate, give blood, or help out in any way possible, I'm all for it.
But you're bored with all the Haiti coverage, so hey, let's just screw 'em and move on. :eyes:
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:38 PM
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27. Current death estimates and second wave |
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It could get there easy... and it is amazing to me... I did not expect this to be that bad.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:58 PM
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35. Mr. Pedantic points out |
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that there have been worse natural disasters in the last 100 years. In '30 or '31 two or three million people (maybe more) died in China from a flood. In 1970-ish a half-million people died in a cyclone in Bangladesh.
I suspect Haiti earthquake casualties will end up equalling or surpassing the tsunami figures. :(
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:32 PM
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22. Yeah, I think we can conclude you're the only one (nt) |
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:33 PM
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24. In the foreign press web sites, Haiti is no longer the top story |
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Farther down the page there will be a couple of stories updating the situation.
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:37 PM
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26. Are you ready for the US to go back to extreme self-absorption? |
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:38 PM
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28. Yep, I think you're the only one. n/t |
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:40 PM
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30. You can choose to turn off the TV |
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Edited on Tue Jan-19-10 05:40 PM by bigwillq
if this bothers you so much. Just think: You could be at the bottom of all that rubble. Be happy that you aren't and that you're free to click the up and down button on your remote. Cheers. Unrec
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Tue Jan-19-10 05:50 PM
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34. Our local news has an article |
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about a local ice festival. The ice carvings are in danger of melting if the temps get up to predicted levels.
Maybe the national media should focus on a melting block of ice to take our minds off real news.
:hi:
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Tue Jan-19-10 06:00 PM
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One of the worst natural disasters in recorded history AND YOU'RE BORED??????
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