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"Mid Air Dinner Menu" is "Breaking News?" - idiocy!!
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:00:42 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org> Date: August 20, 2006 1:33:42 PM EDT To: Infowarrior List <infowarrior () attrition org> Cc: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: "Mid Air Dinner Menu" is "Breaking News?" - idiocy!!This is the onscreen graphic for MSNBC at the moment, and the funniest thing
I've seen on television in a long time: "BREAKING NEWS: Ramsey suspect's mid-air dinner included pate and fried prawns." Truly, no detail is unimportant in the world of the 24-hour cable news networks. Please pardon my impertinence for saying this, but SO WHAT? (FYI, he'll be landing at about 9PM tonight -- I'm sure MSNBC and otherswill comment on how smoothly the plane hit the runway and what it might mean
for the case if there is a prolonged taxi to the gate.)That said, for more astute insight into the developing MSM fiasco known a
"Jon Benet" check out Arianna's latest piece at:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/its-news- right_b_27571.html
But I think John Stewart said it best the other night: War and terrorist threats are all less important than a break in a 10 year old murder case.
And that's just sad. -rf ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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