"Mid Air Dinner Menu" is "Breaking News?" - idiocy!!

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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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 others
will 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




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