[funsec] Blind America: Pretty much the pits...

[Dennis Henderson]

On 8/23/06, Fergie <fergdawg at netzero.net> wrote:
>
> Okay, this has nothing to do with nothing, but...
>
> This is the quality of mainstream media news bits -- what they
> think is "news" at this hour.
>
> It cann't get much worse:
>
> WP: Sen. Clinton delays renewal of key AIDS law
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14473426/
>
> Study: Even a few extra pounds are risky
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14471833/
>
> Alhough a creepy, cool story -- still just schlock:
> Body parts harvested in North Carolina are recalled
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14473165/
>
> Herpes infections down, but are still worrisome
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14468550/
>
> ..etc.
>
>
> MSNBC should be ashamed.
>
> Real news:
>
> http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/08/is_the_next_ste.html
>
> Also, to MSNBC's credit, they finally picked up thsi story, too.
>
> Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.
>
> It's just shameful at times.
>
> - ferg
>
>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
> Engineering Architecture for the Internet
> fergdawg(at)netzero.net
> ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
>
>
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  I also think the media's obsession yesterday with the extradition hearings
of John Mark Karr put them in a much deeper slime pit than these stories...
relatively...  its amazing.. the more people make crap up that verges on the
impossible, the more people oogle and awe it....
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