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THE SENSATIONALISTIC MEDIA

An SI Board Since October 2001

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Ok Folks.
Who is sick and tired of the media portaying every event as a "potential terrorist" attack?
I am damnit!

I am horrified by the actions of 9-11-2001.

I am also horrified at the media,namely television, in this country. Why? For the continual scare tactics they use to generate ratings.
I awoke of Wednesday October 3,2001 and turned on CNN. The first thing I heard was "we cannot confirm this was or was not a terrorist attack." My heart sank. Not again I thought. Of course this was the 10th or so time I have heard this "could be" another attack.
When I listened further they were talking about the Greyhound bus incident that everyone now knows was not a "terrorist attack". A single duranged man went crazy and attacked a bus driver.
Greyhound immediately shut down the buses accross the USA. CNN had "live" coverage.
It was of course not a "terrorist attack". Why did the media even portray it as a "potential attack"? Is every incident now going to be a "potential attack"? This is sensationalistic journalism at its finest. Used to generate ratings and it is WRONG! To perpetuate fear is WRONG! It is exactly what these terrorists want!
FEAR.
This medium I use to post tonight is not worldwide like CNN, but maybe by posting the crap that goes on like this we can get them to change their ways. It is not just CNN of course, other networks do the same.
This board is to post stuff that the media does for ratings. For the hype, sensationalism, or to just vent like I did.
We need to live our lives people.
We need to not live in fear.
We need to report the news, not make assumptions.
Anyone remember the Presidential election results? More assumptions by the media. Report that damn facts.
<Rant off>
I wish you all peace and serenity. Life it to precious folks.

Bulls

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Reply	Message Preview	From	Recs	Posted
25	Profiles in Cowardice by Victor Navasky My three favorite media stories in r	Mao II	-	10/22/2001
24	Bulls, You should come over to the Foreign Affairs thread. There was some inter	Neeka	-	10/22/2001
23	From that article you just posted: "''I would say that I was encou	Bulls	-	10/20/2001
22	Rumsfeld on media access. M boston.com	Neeka	-	10/20/2001
21	The biggest media problems are lack of content, and some way to index and access	MSI	-	10/20/2001
20	I have to admit my area of interest is not the media. I do everything in my powe	Neeka	-	10/20/2001
19	Too bad this thread did not take off. The media are still spreading fear and hys	Bulls	-	10/20/2001
18	<i>The lady (after O'reilly and H&C) was interviewing a bio guy. S	Neeka	-	10/11/2001
17	Exactly. One of the few areas that can justifiably be kept in the "well, l	MSI	-	10/11/2001
16	foxnews.com The White House has to ask media to stop! Just got done watching F	Bulls	-	10/10/2001
15	Just my 2 cents worth. Anyone that doesn't understand that media manipulati	Neeka	-	10/9/2001
14	It's better than Condit, now that was lame... Fred	Frederick Langford	-	10/9/2001
13	I doubt if you're scared at all. You may be concerned, but that's not fe	joseph krinsky	-	10/9/2001
12	Amen Joe. I believe in reading news, not hype. Just like stocks I have too weed	Bulls	-	10/9/2001
11	Very true Lola! Sadly, the weak and lonely have nothing else to think of. Theref	Captain Jack	-	10/9/2001
10	I agree. Look at the y2k non event. There's a lot of people that probably st	joseph krinsky	-	10/9/2001
9	We're so scared all the time we're bound to start having accidents all b	Lola	-	10/9/2001
8	Bulls-- the media hype is now required. If they do not keep those with weak knes	Captain Jack	-	10/9/2001
7	Just was watching Fox. I actually like Fox. Tonight though they had 3 "spec	Bulls	-	10/9/2001
6	Traffic and TV... The TV is constantly keeping viewers on the edge of their sea	Bicycle	-	10/6/2001
5	Yet another case of the sensationalism. I heard all morning how there was anoth	Bulls	-	10/5/2001
4	The fact the US came out with a statement so quickly that it was not an attack w	David Alon	-	10/5/2001
3	GREYHOUND BUS COVERAGE: I think the handling of this by the Press is an excelle	James Calladine	-	10/5/2001
2	israelnationalnews.com Greyhound Attack May Be Connected to Sept.11 Terrorism	David Alon	-	10/5/2001
1	Well, I for two am also tired of the media whose job descriptions must read some	James Calladine	-	10/4/2001

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