MSNBC has spent the last two hours on a water main break...

[kentuck]

Must be a slow day? 150,000 gallons per minute! Wow!

Back to you Contessa..

[babylonsister]

1. What, no Blago newz? Are they suddenly gonna forget all about it?

Maybe because there's no there there?

This story was pretty horrific, but no one died, I think they've turned the water off, but now milk it for all it's worth. It's the m$m way.

[elleng]

11. They won't be able to turn the water off

for some time.

Sorry that 'no one died.'

Its a BIG story in MD/DC area.

edit: Read all about it, if you're interested:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/23/AR2008122300847.html?hpid=topnews

[babylonsister]

12. Wow, way to twist what I wrote. I saw the water was at a trickle

on a live feed, and what do you know, they've moved on.

Sorry you're sorry no one died. I'm not. I'm very glad. As I wrote, it was horrific and I wouldn't have wanted to change places with any of those unfortunate people who got swallowed up in that mess.

[elleng]

17. Sorry.

i saw 'but' no one died. I frequently see 'but' being used in a confusing way.

Have seen/am watching several live feeds; some places water still rushing, some trickling I guess. I'm NOT going out to look!

[Captain Hilts]

14. Downtown Bethesda is out of water and mine's brown. Schools are being let out. nt

[MiniMe]

32. It would be a health hazard in the schools if they don't have water

[spiritual_gunfighter]

35. No there has been plenty of Blago news

With Bob Franken frothing at the mouth insisting we should prosecute Obama. What an asshole that guy is.

[KharmaTrain]

2. Is Contessa Getting All Giddy???

She just loves a good disaster or car chase. She gives vacuous a shallow name.

Cheers...

[Fridays Child]

3. Quick! Look over there!

One wonders what they aren't reporting.

[Mabus]

4. Of course it is important

It happened in their backyard and I heard one of the reporters say he lived nearby.

[Captain Hilts]

19. It made the BBC Homepage. There isn't much news. Film crews are bored. nt

[Mabus]

23. Connell is dead

I wish they would give that some press time.

[Captain Hilts]

33. He's been dead for a couple of days. nt

[Zynx]

5. I'm sure Rick Warren had something to do with it.

[bdamomma]

6. they never talk about the conflicts in either Iraq or Afghanistan

off the radar from americans.

[NeedleCast]

7. And there you are, watching it

apparently the story puts butts in seats, as it were, so they're running with it.

Don't like the news the MSM is piping out? Don't watch it. When people stop watching it, they'll change the story. It's really a pretty simple formula.

[kentuck]

9. Another one of those posts, huh?

For your information, I did turn the channel. But, if I didn't, it's none of your business. Why are you even reading about it?? Turn off this post.

[NeedleCast]

25. I'm not trying to be snarky

just pointing out that in most cases, the MSM is delivering the news that keeps people tuned in. Its news because people want it to be news...

[NWHarkness]

8. Actually, I think it's great they are covering it

They are making a lot over the need to rebuild infrastructure, which should be the linchpin to any economic recovery plan.

[lonestarnot]

10. But washed away means drowned apparently and no one drowned.

Monte Cristo! :banghead:

[SteppingRazor]

13. Even if it wasn't a slow news day, that would have made the TV news.

Broadcast news is dependent on compelling video. When you have Americans being rescued by helicopter from their flooded cars, it will be on the American news. (If this happened in another country, though, it might've been a different story.)

[kentuck]

15. But for how many hours or how many days should it be reported...

It's a news story but not a continuous one, in my opinion.

[SteppingRazor]

16. For broadcast journalism, it's a continuous story as long as they keep getting good footage.

I imagine this'll be gone by tonight, after the network nightly news. Until then, it'll be all Bethesda, all the time.

[madrchsod]

18. how in the hell did they miss the invasion of western europe?

there`s been a huge missile strike on Kansas.. i guess it started when the russians invaded west germany....any one else seen this story?

[Gin]

20. I found the rescues very interesting.....and I appreciated the coverage

on MSNBC....finally had TV worth viewing....I am happy nobody died and I can imagine how awful it was trapped in those cars waiting to be rescued.

The rescuers were great!

[MiniMe]

21. The story was the people trapped in their cars, not the break itself

The rescues are what made it news. It would have stayed a local story except for that. And the fact that some of the cable news networks have workers that live in the area. I doubt that many of them live off of River Road though.

[jtrockville]

24. Schools all over the county had to be closed.

At what point to we stop being classified as a "developed" nation?

[MiniMe]

28. They probably didn't have any water

That would make it a health hazard. I would imagine that is why they closed the schools. It will be interesting to see what they say on the news tonight.

[jtrockville]

22. On the up-side: it does highlight our crumbling infrastructure.

[Stinky The Clown]

26. Actually, maybe not even that.

It seems the (66") main that broke is relatively new ...... 1964. They're supposed to last a hundred years or so. I am no expert, but I'd bet this is due to the rapid and huge temperature fluctuations we've had in this area.

[MiniMe]

30. Considering that it was 60 out last Thursday, and it has been below

freezing since Sunday night, you are most likely correct.

[snooper2]

27. Well...it's not shark season yet

:rofl:

[MiniMe]

29. Only loan shark

[donheld]

31. Did you spend 2 hours watching it?

[suston96]

34. Big story for one big reason: water pressure. Need water pressure to fight fires, etc.....nt

[Berry Cool]

36. Where were they when we had a break in downtown Cleveland last week?

I bet they weren't even around the time a chunk of Superior Avenue caved in a while back.