Don't you love it when the local station interrupts
programming for "BREAKING NEWS" and then the reporter comes
on with a "serious face and tone" to report that there is a
accident somewhere, they are not sure and have no details
yet.


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Merry Christmas
Have a Safe and Happy New Year
Live Long and Prosper
Jim Macklin
"Stubby" wrote in
message ...
| The real problem is that the networks have sold that time
to sponsors
| for good money. Now they have to fill it with something.
So they hire
| pseudo experts to keep talking.
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| Jim Macklin wrote:
| She is a political hack, always was, always will be.
But
| the talking heads on every TV network love her because
she
| helps them sell air-time.
|
|
| "Kyle Boatright" wrote in
message
| . ..
| |I walked by a TV this afternoon and one of the talking
head
| networks was
| | interviewing Mary Schiavo about yesterday's crash. In
| essence, she
| | condemned 50 year old aircraft ("They should be in
| museums") and discussed
| | "serious corrosion" and "metal fatigue" among other
likely
| problems
| | associated with this crash. Certainly those *could*
be
| causes of the crash,
| | but the pre-breakup fire was probably indicative of an
| engine or fuel system
| | problem.
| |
| | It really bothers me when someone who should know
better
| throws around wild
| | speculation about a crash. Of course, she isn't
called
| "Scary Mary" because
| | she excercises a lot of personal restraint.
| |
| | KB
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