Posted by Guest (Post 211266)

My goodness!

Keedy, do you actually believe that the White House has enough power or influence to control all the news media except Fox News? Wow! That's a level of paranoia that's not healthy. I'm worried about you, fella.

I have no idea why the major news media has chosen to give the coverage to Michael Jackson that they are. First, when Farah Fawcett died this morning, I mentioned to Mrs. Kahuna that it might be one of Mark Sanford's luckier days. Then Farah got quickly bumped off the news a few hours later. I just shake my head with the shallowness of the news sometimes. The networks should be lambasted as much as the other "entertainers" I've criticized. They broadcast or publish the news that they think will increase viewership or sell papers, regardless of it's importance in the grand scheme of things.

One of the reasons that the North Korea story didn't get much coverage, Bucco, is that it's "old news". It was covered a couple of days ago when the U.S. destroyer began to track the North Korean freighter pursuant to the new UN resolutions. It was then that Kim Jong-il made the threats against the U.S. About the only new news today was the big demonstration in Pyongyang to commemorate the North Korean invasion of South Korea in 1950. I doubt that anyone would categorize that as a major hard news story.

Other than the fact that there really isn't much new news regarding North Korea, maybe the only reason I can think of, other than today's two celebrity death stories, why the news media have skipped over the Korea story is the improbability of anything really happening--certainly not North Korea hitting anything other than the ocean with their rockets. They haven't been successful with their rocketry so far, why should anyone be worried that suddenly they could send a rocket more than 4,000 miles to Hawaii, when the farthest they've been able to shoot one so far is a couple hundred miles into the Sea of Japan? Getting one to go almost 6,000 miles to California seems a bit out of the question, certainly not a threat that's very newsworthy. Then there's the question of both accuracy and warhead. All that might be why the story didn't get much coverage today.

Posted by Guest (Post 211273)

Keddy

Be careful with that quote about the angry guys, one of them may just close the thread since it apparently hits close to home. Some of those guys are pretty touch feely people when it hits home.

Remember, "most lawyers don't know how to be a machinist, most machinists don't know how to be an astronaut".

I guess that can be considered a contribution? As an aside, an apple isn't an orange either.

Take a look at the history of this thread. Bucco starts with his usual negative leading thread relating to Obama, what a surprise that is. Then comes the cheerleader without any actual contribution other than, "my guess", "ignore him" and then the word "smarkey".

So "smarkey" mean what exactly? Is it in Webster's latest version?

Thanks for the continuing humor and constant reinforcement that the truly uninformed are among us.

Posted by Guest (Post 211273)

Keddy

Be careful with that quote about the angry guys, one of them may just close the thread since it apparently hits close to home. Some of those guys are pretty touch feely people when it hits home.

Remember, "most lawyers don't know how to be a machinist, most machinists don't know how to be an astronaut".

I guess that can be considered a contribution? As an aside, an apple isn't an orange either.

Take a look at the history of this thread. Bucco starts with his usual negative leading thread relating to Obama, what a surprise that is. Then comes the cheerleader without any actual contribution other than, "my guess", "ignore him" and then the word "smarkey".

So "smarkey" mean what exactly? Is it in Webster's latest version?

Thanks for the continuing humor and constant reinforcement that the truly uninformed are among us.

Posted by Guest (Post 211277)

Well, since you mentioned me allow me to personally thank you as one of the "informed" as you imply you are, for being here and insuring that us dumb poor folks dont go astray !!!!

PS: I might add that even though you are so well informed this thread started and was about the main stream media...made no comment about, nor alluded to President Obama. Perhaps all that information that you propose to have is slowing you down !