channel. Couple years ago working for aeps we saw the African Servo in
our back yard and got the cops to come and take it to a wildlife selter.
But you should have read the story that was on the news about it. They
set it up so that it seemed like this animal was scaring us and almost
killed us. The worst she did was bat a dead rat up and down in the air
and play like a cat. I got to pet it the fur was amazing but then the
officers pissed it off so it did get a little annoyed.
Its kinda funny to watch blood and guts news sometimes just to say wtf
are they thinking. But i guess the majority of people think its great
and watch the news since they can't watch jerry springer everyday.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:37 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: News is just plain getting stupid
I don't know if it's a trend or the norm and I've been blissfully
unaware, but I've seen sooooo many completely dumbass stories lately.
Specifically stories that, in my opinion, are trying make news rather
than report it. Uncovering "dark sides" seems to be the playoff the
day.
Just from MSNBC recently I've read:
1) A story about the "Dark side of TIVO" wherein the author recounts the
awful burden that owning a Tivo places on some people. Specifically the
"inability to catch up". Here's a quote since I happen to have it open:
'Wow! I have a lot of shows to watch,' " said Scott Bedard, technology
director at an online media company in San Francisco. "Will I ever catch
up?" he worries aloud.
And this gem:
"I love my TiVo and get separation anxiety when I spend too much time
away from it," said Cori Martinelli, an economist with the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics in San Francisco.
What a problem these poor people have!
2) A recent article talked about the serious concerns one doctor who
wants to educate people about the "dark side" to the Harry Potter mania:
specifically that he's getting many children in his office with
headaches from reading the latest book for too long at a stretch.
He actually claimed that we should be concerned about such long books
being presented to our youth. I, speaking for myself only, would rather
have a headachey chain-reader than a drug-addled gang member any day.
3) Another article from today poses concerns about Microsoft's new
policy of scheduling security patches on the second Tuesday of every
month in an attempt to get more sys admins to update regularly (I think
it's a good idea, personally). The concern, you ask? Is it that
patches may not be released in time? NO! Is it that with a set
schedule MS may be creating a target for hackers? NO! Is it that one
day of this schedule falls on Veteran's Day? YES!
4) Now we're all covered with stories (this was even on my 22 minutes of
local television news) that Larry Flint claims to have nude photos of
Jessica Lynch. The story you ask? That he won't let anybody see them
or, in fact, prove they exist!
Not I personally really want to see her naked, but at least that would
actually "complete" the story and make it truly sleazy. This is just a
story really TRYING to be sleazy... but unable to even do that.
Forget my local news anyway: if I hear one more
designed-to-scare-you-into-watching teaser I'm gonna head down there and
slap somebody. This means of course I'll be heading down there tomorrow
shortly after hearing "A common toiletry item can cause you or your
child's death! Tune in at 11 to find out which one!"
Any other "not news" stories out there that deserve a negative rant?
Jim Davis
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