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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:40 AM Original message |
Why is it that every time on DU when the media stirs up a panic.... |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Is everyone permitted their own stupid thread for this. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Yes. It's called NILS or Name In Lights Syndrome. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. My guess is that for the people who are sick with this influenza, it is not |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No but it is entertainment for everyone else |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. 'Was suggesting that the media are not the primary source of clarity. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm just curious but |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Few things qualify for crisis status |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. who said I thought it was a crisis? |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Who said that I said everything was NOT a crisis? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. you seem to be part of the hysteria |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
9. The media stirs up panics because that's their job . . . |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. those same people would be claiming the media and govt was covering up |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. You're right. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:54 AM Response to Original message |
11. I think of folks in New York City. They come and go to work every day, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
12. bzzzzt. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
16. Saint John Prine should be invoked in cases involving the media. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. What gets me is those blue masks. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. you'd be hard pressed to find someone who's ignoring science |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
19. i can agree with some of your post.. but i just dont like Cynicism.. that is the biggest tool |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
20. You are right |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
21. I agree |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
22. Melissa Rycroft's absence from Dancing With The Stars is HUGH! |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
23. Just because the M$M sensationalizes a story, |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
24. If It Bleeds It Leads...This Has Been Going On For Decades |
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