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Date Posted: 15:48:47 05/24/04 Mon
Author: Abba's Son
Subject: Templates/Media/WMD's/Nick Berg/Prisoner Abuse Scandel/et al

Neil Boortz (syndicated radio talk show host based out of Atlanta)has made a remarkable point that I thought this forum would find interesting.

It seems as thought the media has a template that they use to decide what stories should garner the most attention. If it is a story that can help President Bush...bury it. If it is a story that can hurt President Bush...milk it.

(FYI...I just corrected a typo. I accidently spelled Bush -- "B-U-S-T". Freudian Slip? Maybe)

The artillery shell found should have gotten more news coverage than it did. Sure, it's not proof that WMD Stockpiles exist, but it is clearly more important that the prison abuse scandals. How many different angles are they going to try and milk out of that story? If I see that female soldier with the cigarette in her mouth pointing at the naked Iraqi prisoners one more time, I might try to find a way to sodomize myself.

The Nick Berg story is getting less coverage than the abuse scandals. The only thing that coverage of what is going on at Abu Ghraib can do is hurt the moral of American troops. What if this kind of coverage and scrutiny was taking place during WWII. Would Brokaw still write his "The Greatest Generation" book? Are we so blind to think that no abuse took place on our part during WWII? If our media did this 60 years ago, we would all be speaking German now. (Of course, Mt. Healthy is Lutheran, so he may be okay with that!)

Here's the tragedy. This media template is not only making our troops look bad, but it's making America look worse. We certainly do not need to add any fuel to the fire to make more terrorists hate us and find ways to disrupt our way of life. We had a guest speaker in our church service yesterday morning. He is a Pastor/Evangelist from Kenya. He said that he "feels sorry for our media." What an indictment!

So, bottomline:
- If it's a story that helps Bush, bury it!
- If it's a story that hurts Bush, milk it for all that it's worth until the American people (and the World) are so sick of it that ratings start to go down.

(Does this qualify as an official rant? It may be my first one!)

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a few comments -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 19:05:43 05/24/04 Mon
- In defense of the media? -- mvd, 21:20:50 05/24/04 Mon
- Re: a few comments -- Omega, 03:40:18 05/25/04 Tue
  - Every cop is a criminal -- mvd, 07:22:14 05/25/04 Tue
    - Re: Every cop is a criminal -- Omega, 07:37:33 05/25/04 Tue
    - You admitted to generalizing, but this is much too general -- Abba's Son, 15:09:45 05/25/04 Tue
    - I think there is more to it than that -- Adilbrand, 13:10:29 05/27/04 Thu
      - On a more practical level, I'd have just given you a ticket... -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 13:59:09 05/27/04 Thu
        That is an excellent example of what I was talking about (NT) -- Adilbrand, 15:35:02 05/27/04 Thu
        And you would have been deficient -- mvd, 20:20:50 05/27/04 Thu
        We all live different lives... -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 23:54:58 05/27/04 Thu
        Re: We all live different lives... -- mvd, 07:32:33 05/28/04 Fri
        Re: We all live different lives... -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 08:38:24 05/28/04 Fri
        Of course -- mvd, 12:08:41 05/28/04 Fri
      - I fully agree with Adilbrand...it must be "the day after tomorrow" (NT) -- Abba's Son, 15:34:21 05/27/04 Thu
  - re: a few comments -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 14:29:20 05/27/04 Thu
    - a few comments -- Omega, 04:03:35 05/28/04 Fri
      - re: a few comments -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 08:40:25 05/28/04 Fri
        Re: re: a few comments -- mvd, 10:09:57 05/30/04 Sun
        Uh...No thanks. I think I'll pass on that. (NT) -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 12:50:30 06/01/04 Tue