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if it's not newsworthy, don't report it

The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Posts: 12,158
edited August 2006 in A Moving Train
i was watching a lot of news programs last night because of the alleged terror plot in the uk. anyways, i guess an air canada airliner had to make an emergency landing because of a "suspicious" package aboard the plane. all of the passengers(who were prolly shitting in their pants) had to get off the plane. it turns out that the suspicious package was just a box of dinner plates. it really irritates me because they're putting this on the news, right after the uk terror plot story. why would they bother reporting something that turns out to be absolutely nothing at all?? especially when they mix it in with real terror stories that are going on?? i think it's really irresponsible of the media. totally uncalled for.
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  • OneLoveOneLove Posts: 563
    aBoxOfFear wrote:
    i was watching a lot of news programs last night because of the alleged terror plot in the uk. anyways, i guess an air canada airliner had to make an emergency landing because of a "suspicious" package aboard the plane. all of the passengers(who were prolly shitting in their pants) had to get off the plane. it turns out that the suspicious package was just a box of dinner plates. it really irritates me because they're putting this on the news, right after the uk terror plot story. why would they bother reporting something that turns out to be absolutely nothing at all?? especially when they mix it in with real terror stories that are going on?? i think it's really irresponsible of the media. totally uncalled for.

    In a word... ratings. If they get a viewer to keep watching to see what happens next rather than turning the channel, they've served their purpose.
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    I actually turned on the television last night for background noise and the news came on. They talked about the UK incident and flights to and from the U.S.A. being hindered. They talked about that for about 3 1/2 minutes.

    Then they spent 20 minutes talking about how the OSPCA took this guys dogs away and dropped the charges against him but by then his dogs were already gone permanently. The guy plans to press charges against the OSPCA.

    It's just kind of pathetic the proportionality in the news sometimes. Apparently stories about dead dogs catch more interest than stories about dead people.
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  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    i stubbed my toe.

    my camel is fine.
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    I did a search before posting a discussion and came across this thread.
    I agree OP.
    I am tired of sensationalized facts.

    PS: Lets go for more than a half page thread started by you this time! :wink:
  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845
    I agree. The "better safe than sorry" approach now insists that we take every potential threat seriously, no matter how remote, and no matter if it actually doesn't end up being a threat. This is the attitude that says kids/teens shouldn't walk to school/go downtown/go for a hike, etc. without adults due to the (infinitesimally small) risk that they'll be abducted.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,040
    Most of the so-called news isn't about the news, it's commercialism, capitalism, consumerism and mind control.

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