--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > authfriend wrote: > > >--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > > >>authfriend wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>I also find it unbelievable how overboard the media went on this > >>>>story. You'd have thought Jesus had returned or something. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Well, it *is* the largest single donation in U.S. history > >>>(maybe world history?). > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>But I think the actual motivation for the media was "see rich > >>people are good afterall" trying to deflect a growing class war in > >>the US. > >> > >> > > > >I doubt it. Everybody knows philanthropy exists. > >The only thing unusual about Buffett is the *size* > >of his gift. > > > >Oh, and the fact that the second-richest man in the > >world is giving all his money to the richest man in > >the world. > > > >And that Buffett is a good interview and a moderately > >colorful character. > > > >Plenty of news pegs for the story. > > > No, they pretty much ran the same story two days in a row
As I said, the story had a lot of different news pegs. There's no need to postulate some kind of class-war-deflection motivation on the part of the media. with nothing > extra or an update on it. It was also being used as a distraction from > other news not complimentary to the Bush administration and the nonsense > of the Republicans trying to pass a flag burning amendment. I'm not > opposed to Buffet's philanthropy but just pointing out how the media > used it. Yes, as I said, there were plenty of good news pegs for the story. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
