Danni wrote:
> "Becca" wrote in message
> news:3npecmF2mfmlU5@individual.net...
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>>E.k.R. wrote:
>>Ernie, I was comparing the news coverage of both events.
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>>No, risqué outfits are not illegal, but instead of showing the regular,
>>every day citizens who marched in the parade, the news camera choose to
>>show the most outlandish people, the ones on the fringe. That is what the
>>cameras are doing in New Orleans. Ninety-nine thousand people in New
>>Orleans are homeless, they are standing around, comforting their
>>grandparents and their children, waiting for help. They are not breaking
>>the law. The news does not focus on those people, they focus on the
>>looters, the people on the fringe. The news is after ratings, the worse
>>it is, the better they like it.
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> No, Becca, they are focusing on those few to get people like you and me
> angry. To get people like you and me to start asking the hard questions,
> like where is the NG and why are all of those other people still standing
> around.
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Danni,
I think you give more credit to the press than they deserve.
They don't show the more sensational coverage to get us to "ask the hard
questions." They do it to get Joe Six Pack to keep watching. They are
same type of folk who publish THE STAR, THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER, and other
such drivel. They flaunt the risque' because they know it sells. The
dollar is king. If you don't think so, count the number of commercial
minutes in an hour of TV or radio vs. the actual program content.
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