every story for past 30 minutes on MSNBC has been "breaking"--are we so crisis-addicted?
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Mon May-04-09 09:10 AM
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| every story for past 30 minutes on MSNBC has been "breaking"--are we so crisis-addicted? |
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"Breaking" news about Edwards (it's been in my local paper for six days); "breaking news" about weather; "breaking news" about real estate market.
Maybe their desperation to draw us away from the internet is a good sign. They're already created a nation of crisis-addicted codependents waiting for the next 24 hour news distraction--I guess now the drug wears off quicker than 24 hours, so they have to give us a fix every 30 minutes.
Ugh.
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Mon May-04-09 09:13 AM
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| 1. We have a Latest Breaking news forum here. |
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Edited on Mon May-04-09 09:13 AM by hedgehog
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Mon May-04-09 09:20 AM
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| 6. but medium is different: with spoken word, it's ONE TOPIC at a time |
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DU, like the net, has dozens of options (and hundreds/thousands within them).
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Mon May-04-09 09:14 AM
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| 2. This is a trick that Fox has been using for years. |
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They have abused the "Breaking News" tag. It used to be that breaking news was a really big event that just happened. Now breaking news is just about anything. Fox has "Alerts" up all day long. It's meant to suck people in.
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Mon May-04-09 09:15 AM
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| 3. I still prefer them over CNN and Fukks. |
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And I never thought I'd say this, but I watch Fox more than CNN.
CNN's juvenile and goofy approach make Shepard Smith seem like Walter Cronkite.
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Mon May-04-09 09:21 AM
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| 8. I agree--maybe I'm just a little disappointed, but if it keeps Maddow on the air . . . |
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Mon May-04-09 09:17 AM
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| 4. Fear = Control. This has been in place since the "need" for 24/7 cable "news" |
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Mon May-04-09 09:19 AM
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| 5. They probably call it 'breaking' because they have been off for two days. |
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And every little news item is a great revelation to them on a Monday morning.
:shrug:
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Mon May-04-09 09:20 AM
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| 7. Yes, and if you're not spreading the panic, you're an anti-science head in the sand lockstepper. |
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Mon May-04-09 09:24 AM
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| 9. now it's "Swine Flu: Overhyped?" as if the press has no agency in the matter |
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Edited on Mon May-04-09 09:25 AM by zazen
I stay out of the fray on the H1N1, but this sophomoric "mistakes were made" passing of blame is rhetoric 101.
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Mon May-04-09 09:26 AM
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| 10. Yep. Just like nearly every Bush lie/atrocity/cover up that the M$M willingly sold the public |
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