*real* news is like in England, and tell us how BBC news is so totally
different from American news.
I saw some impressive stuff about BBC News on a 60 Minutes episode, and
after hearing firsthand from Erika and Philip earlier this year I can now
see why the BBC is the only universally trusted news service around the
globe.
If I hear one more, "At a time when many in our country are riding the rough
waves of the economy, one lucky pooch spends his days riding some waves of
his own in Sunny California" at the end of a news broadcast...
They ought to start every American news broadcast with, "Hey kids, what time
is it?!"
Respectfully,
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:36 PM
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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