cornermouse
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Mon Mar-14-05 06:44 PM
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I've had it with the evening dose of wall-to-wall fearmongering. |
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disguised as news.
Be afraid of al Qaeda. Be afraid of WMDs. Be afraid of gangs. Be afraid of airplanes. The list is endless.
My message to MSM. You're outa here. I can find other sources that are more, independent, shall we say.
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Mon Mar-14-05 06:45 PM
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1. I can deal with majors more than minors |
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It's the "tonight at 11 - how your local restaurant could poison you" "Tonight at 5 - cars that kill" that drive me insane
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Mon Mar-14-05 06:56 PM
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4. I was walking throught the room and they were talking like gangs |
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Edited on Mon Mar-14-05 06:57 PM by cornermouse
are something new. Just any thing that they can dig up to try to get attention and scare the country. Total hype from beginning to end.
I've had enough. As Joe Friday used to say "The facts. Just the facts."
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Mon Mar-14-05 06:49 PM
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2. You forgot the pandemic of bird flu that might be used as weapons! |
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As long as they keep America swathed in fear, they will be free to turn the planet into an empire, which of course, is what their plan is anyway. Rememember, nothing is more effective for fascists then fear!
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Mon Mar-14-05 07:00 PM
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5. As long as they keep America swathed in fear, |
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we will continue to have church killings, and other forms of violence.
At what point do we make the media culpable for the fear and violence in our culture?
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Mon Mar-14-05 06:50 PM
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3. Petition against Fake News |
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Mon Mar-14-05 07:14 PM
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6. The only thing we have to fear is the coming Dark Age |
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Edited on Mon Mar-14-05 07:24 PM by ck4829
Brought to you in part by the 'liberal' media.
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Dave Reynolds
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Mon Mar-14-05 07:18 PM
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7. Now, we need to be afraid of 50 cal sniper rifles too? |
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I can find no info on how one could take down a plane any easier than any other high-power rifle. http://www.50caliberterror.com/
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Mon Mar-14-05 07:19 PM
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8. Did you think you could tune in and... |
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...get a half an hour of 'happy news'?
It's not going to happen.
Bad news sells.
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cornermouse
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Mon Mar-14-05 07:39 PM
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9. The facts. Just the facts. |
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Mon Mar-14-05 07:45 PM
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"Be afraid of al Qaeda."
We should be afraid of al Qaeda because Bush has done little to stop them.
"Be afraid of WMDs."
We should be afraid of WMDs because Iran and Korea have them (or want them) and Bush is pissing both countries off.
" Be afraid of gangs."
We should be afraid of gangs because the desperation that kids feel because of the ruinous ecomomy that Bush is creating is causing gangs and the violence that goes with them.
"Be afraid of airplanes."
And on
" The list is endless."
and on
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Mon Mar-14-05 07:43 PM
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CNN's health correspondants -- be afraid of Heart attacks, be afraid of strokes, be afraid of Arthritis.
Followed by the completely coincidental commercial for Bayer Aspirin
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Mon Mar-14-05 07:49 PM
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12. Yes, let's be afraid...... |
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Be afraid of terrorists (oh don't worry, The Patriot Act is only for the terrorists.... according to FOX).
Be afraid to be yourself.
Be afraid to think for yourself.
Be afraid to question anything.
Be afraid to show disloyalty to your President.
Be afraid not to show your love for your President.
Yeah..... dissent has become synonymous with "traitor" and "terrorist" as of late. That's the BS of the whole thing.
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Tue Mar-15-05 02:55 PM
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15. Not to nit-pick, but aspirin is a damned cheap fix for those things |
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Good cheap miracle drug which does wonders to help prevent stroke, heart attacks, etc.
But the juxtaposition is a little sketchy.....
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Mon Mar-14-05 08:00 PM
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13. It's the non-news (i.e. celebrity news, trial of the month) that bugs me |
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Mon Mar-14-05 08:26 PM
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14. I just pulled this list from a local news cast |
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NC Man Hit By Car Declared Dead, EMTs Fired Jackson's Trial Becomes Battle Between Teen & Attorney Scott Peterson's New Trial Grounds To Be Made Public OH Second-Grader Shot During School Fan Favorite Quits "American Idol" WI Man Kills Seven & Himself During Worship Service Suspected Infectious Disease Kills Student, Closes KY School Roommate Of WKU Murder Victim Heard Two Men Abducted IL Woman Escapes Trunk With Tire Iron Elderly Man's Pipe Caused Fire That Killed Him Atlanta Court Killings Suspect In Custody China Testing AIDS Vaccine On Humans Officer Says He's Lucky After Being Shot Building Collapse in Evansville Give Your Comments on Vanderburgh County's Snow Route Afghan Toddler Recovering At Riley Get Your Free Credit Report! Link to Hoosier RX Information Make Sure Your Home is Safe From Carbon Monoxide Danger
These were the headline links for all the days stories. Two of them are not "fear mongering" while pretty much everything else is.
I once had a conversation with a webproducer there. It was made plain that good stories get killed if no blood is involved.
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