tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post116139492362679868..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: Here's how media bias worksambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1161454949910842192006-10-21T12:22:00.000-06:002006-10-21T12:22:00.000-06:00No, I think it's both media bias and a demonstrati...No, I think it's both media bias and a demonstration of the mechanics of how it works. "Bias", in that they are biased toward turning things into catastrophes; a demonstration because it shows how things can be manipulated, especially for an ignorant audience.Charlie Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506407851173416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1161401650938428852006-10-20T21:34:00.000-06:002006-10-20T21:34:00.000-06:00Chuck:Yes, it is in one ear and out the other.Chuck:<BR/><BR/>Yes, it is in one ear and out the other.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1161401056866865362006-10-20T21:24:00.000-06:002006-10-20T21:24:00.000-06:00That's not media bias. That's media stupidity. No ...That's not media bias. That's media stupidity. No doubt some think it sells even as the media plummets in public esteem while trying to avoid financial disaster.<BR/><BR/><I>It was so stupid. I thought good God man get a grip.</I><BR/><BR/>We're numb, I tell you, numb!chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164145672293455823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1161399243937381882006-10-20T20:54:00.000-06:002006-10-20T20:54:00.000-06:00I sometimes wonder if these people will run out of...I sometimes wonder if these people will run out of adjectives.<BR/><BR/>Today I made the mistake of turning on my car radio when ABC news was coming on and they were reporting on the Amara incident in Iraq.<BR/><BR/>They were hysterical. Iraq is spiralling out of control. The city is under the control of the militias and the coaltion is helpless, all is lost, It is ruin, untter and complete chaos and...and.... then it was over. Just like that.<BR/><BR/>Oh yes and the DOW started the day over 12,000 but the reporter said we were not out of the dark yet.<BR/><BR/>It was so stupid. I thought good God man get a grip.<BR/><BR/>A bomb neve blows up in Baghdad, it always rocks it. Have you noticed that?terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.com