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02-25-2009, 03:47 PM
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I love useless facts!!
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The Appalachia you DIDN'T see in the Diane Sawyer 20/20 show
Diane Sawyer's special report on 20/20 about poverty in Eastern Kentucky made it look like 95% of the people there are drug addicts that sit around smoking dope and singing bluegrass music.
There is another side of the region not portrayed on the show: it's diversity, modern, and even booming areas.
Pikeville KY
Ashland KY
Middlesboro KY
Harlan KY
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Reason: Moved from General US... single state rule
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02-25-2009, 05:44 PM
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Don't be too upset, Censusdata. That sort of thing is standard operating procedure for the mainstream media for any area in "flyover country" (i.e. anything not in the Washington DC - Boston corridor or California). According to them, everyone in flyover country is a walking stereotype.
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02-25-2009, 06:23 PM
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Middlesboro is very nice looking and Harlan reminds me of PA where I grew up. It's a good looking area; I'd go there.
NEPA gets the same sort of negative attention. A lot of people think that it's all culm banks, mining shanties.
There's always another side to the story.
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02-25-2009, 08:03 PM
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Diane Sawyer is from Louisville...so maybe she feels that Louisville is a little above the rest of Kentucky - and her view of everything outside Louisville is one of "rednecks, poverty, and drug addicts?
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02-25-2009, 08:21 PM
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The National Media has never been nice to the South. Except maybe Faux News.
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02-25-2009, 08:33 PM
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I LOVE my truck!!!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by censusdata
Diane Sawyer's special report on 20/20 about poverty in Eastern Kentucky made it look like 95% of the people there are drug addicts that sit around smoking dope and singing bluegrass music.
There is another side of the region not portrayed on the show: it's diversity, modern, and even booming areas.
Pikeville KY
Ashland KY
Middlesboro KY
Harlan KY
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wonderful pictures Census! |
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02-25-2009, 08:34 PM
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I LOVE my truck!!!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DeaconJ
Diane Sawyer is from Louisville...so maybe she feels that Louisville is a little above the rest of Kentucky - and her view of everything outside Louisville is one of "rednecks, poverty, and drug addicts?
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She's not from Louisville, she started her career in Louisville but she's from Glasgow KY. |
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02-25-2009, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by missymomof3
She's not from Louisville, she started her career in Louisville but she's from Glasgow KY.
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Her family moved to Louisville when she was a child, and she graduated from high school there. To me, that translates to being "from" somewhere.
Sorry people, technically Diane Sawyer is from Glasgow, KY. But her formative years (and attitude/personality) are from Louisville. |
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02-25-2009, 08:55 PM
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Nothing Is Sacred
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To the OP:
I don't see anything wrong with smoking weed and singing bluegrass music. Sure beats the stressful materialistic rat race that most people pursue.
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02-25-2009, 09:17 PM
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I LOVE my truck!!!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Visvaldis
To the OP:
I don't see anything wrong with smoking weed and singing bluegrass music. Sure beats the stressful materialistic rat race that most people pursue.
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Ok , no to the pot, yes to the bluegrass  |
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