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OMG, I just typed in this longish entry, and due to an unfortunate and clumsy series of events, including my apparent inability to recall how to drive this archaic AOL dial-up connection, I lost it. OMG.
Anyway, the point of The Post You Never Saw was that I just checked orlandosentinel.com to see what was going on, and I haven't been missing much.
The business I'm in is interesting yet sad, 'cause if there isn't breaking news going on -- read: 9-year-old girls being kidnapped, planes or cars crashing, politicians resigning in disgrace -- the media beat a dead horse (Trent Lott, United Airlines, Iraq inspections) until something fresh comes around, at which time said dead horse is immediately dropped, and the pack of hungry wolves runs after its next meal.
If you've never seen Bowling for Columbine, do. A central theme in the movie revolves around the media and its need to keep the masses in a state of paranoia. If Americans weren't fearful of what could happen to them, would they want to watch the news? Shocking, fear-inducing news makes for good ratings -- and keeps a finger on the trigger.
Replies: 2 shoutouts
Whoo hoo! Happy birthday to moi! Ugh.
Posted by Huffy @ 12/17/2002 11:47 PM EST
Happy December 17th! Huzzah!
Posted by Congrats @ 12/17/2002 08:36 PM EST