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Re: OT: It amazes me that the main stream media did not pick up on this
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John Lee <[log in to unmask]>
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John Lee <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:14:22 -0500
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I agree with Howard.  Plus the internet allows for the transfer of 
"mundane" news items, freeing the networks from having to report them, and 
instead they search out the sensational.

John Lee





At 11:49 AM 7/7/08 -0700, Hoxsie, Howard wrote:
>Hi Craig,
>
>I think the media execs were the ones not interested.  News is no longer 
>about news, but rather about ratings, and everybody knows that the good 
>folks in Iowa (as opposed to those awful and decadent folks in NOLA) are 
>not ratings magnets.  Showing those scenes in New Orleans was like 
>broadcasting CSI episodes without the production costs, which translates 
>into free advertising dollars.  The open media of old no longer exists, 
>and we are much the worse for it, in my opinion.
>
>Howard
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf 
>Of Craig Lalley
>Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 1:49 PM
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>Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: It amazes me that the main stream media did not 
>pick up on this
>
>I don't know why the main stream media has ignored the events of Cedar Rapids.
>
>They were so eager to talk about the bodies rotting in the streets of New 
>Orleans, and the murders at the Superdome.
>
>Yet nary a word about how Cedar Rapids and Iowa City survived.  Have been 
>there and seen it first hand, it was a lot worse than I have seen on the 
>news.
>
>Livestock farmers had to abandon their herds.
>
>http://gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008621301923
>
>I guess people aren't interested in good news.
>
>-Craig
>
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