I first heard about the discovery of America when I was 5 or 6 years old. Just because it was the first time *I* heard about it didn't suddenly make that 500-year-old story "breaking news." That's not how the phrase works.
Doug Fields Tampa, FL -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Lester Holt Doesn't Understand Time From: Bob Jersey <[email protected]> Date: Jan 26, 2016 10:25 PM To: "TVorNotTV" <[email protected]> CC: <br/>Joe Hass:<br/>><br/>> Mervin Block, who's been writing news for forever and a day, has some <br/>> questions about Holt's choice of words in recent broadcasts, specifically <br/>> when it comes to implying the urgency of stories.<br/>> <http://www.mervinblock.com/?q=node/132><br/>><br/><br/>To people who don't have much more than a few (broadcast-only) channels, <br/>these very well can be breaking stories. Their local news, usually, isn't <br/>saying anything about them unless the story broke there.<br/><br/>B<br/><br/><br/><br/>-- <br/>-- <br/>TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People!<br/>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google<br/>Groups "TV or Not TV" group.<br/>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<br/>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to<br/>[email protected]<br/>For more options, visit this group at<br/>http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en<br/>--- <br/>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group.<br/>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].<br/>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.<br/> -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
