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earthside

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1. I was thinking about that earlier ...

Reply to 3feetofsnow (Original post)

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 10:06 AM

Jul 2012

... sometimes I really miss the days before the 24/7 news cycle.

In those days you got updates on the TV or radio at the top of the hour; then you got a vetted news story and analysis in your morning newspaper. A person actually had time to think about what was going on, instead of becoming almost manic for more 'news'.

Now we get a kind of hyped-up frenzy of media competition to broadcast the latest most dramatic tidbit.

It is 'celebrity' news and it does tend to make infamous 'celebrities' of some very, very bad people.

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Major News Outlets part of the blame. [View all] 3feetofsnow Jul 2012 OP

I was thinking about that earlier ... earthside Jul 2012 #1

The excessive coverage might also lead to copycat incidents ... spin Jul 2012 #2