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Date Posted: Friday, February 08, 09:35:48am
Author: Ninevolt
Author Host/IP: nat-lib.scad.edu / 69.41.96.9
Subject: we had coverage of the sugar refinery explosion til 9:50
In reply to: veggie 's message, "Well? Did you like it?" on Friday, February 08, 01:26:02am

so all I got was from "she wasn't on the plane" on.

*pfft*

while I do care about the people affected by the explosion, two hours of local network affiliates having anchors converse with reporters (who were stationed at the site and at emergency rooms) on cell phones verged on sensationalism rather than conveyance of information, which they kept insisting was their purpose: "we're just trying our best to get the information out to you, our viewers..."

the people who were (and are) being affected directly by this weren't home watching television...they were in the ERs and at the site trying to find their friends and families. it felt insincere --- like a grab for sound bytes that might make it into the national coverage.

wow, okay...stepping down from my soapbox now.

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[> [> aw...they should have just scrolled stuff at the bottom and broken in with news bits. -- gretch, Friday, February 08, 10:05:38am [1] (dynamic-201-088.natpool.uc.edu/129.137.201.88)

you can always watch it online...


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[> [> [> Hope the people damage is small. We haven't had any news -- Saltygoodness, Friday, February 08, 06:13:24pm [1] (ca208-ch03-bl09.il-chicago0.sa.earthlink.net/207.69.137.42)

about it here. And, I agree with gretch. Just give me a crawl and talk about the news on the *!news!*.


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