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05-13-2008, 12:27 PM
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Location: Henderson, NV 89012
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Originally Posted by Buzz123
I'm just saying that the merchants of chaos only sensationalise the bad things that happen to a few people. They never point out that to the vast majority nothing happens.
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People would not watch the news if nothing happened. You know that if it bleeds, it leads. |
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05-13-2008, 12:33 PM
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Location: Las Vegas, Centennial Hills
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Originally Posted by cjski21
People would not watch the news if nothing happened. You know that if it bleeds, it leads.
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So true. + rep for you! (I'm a poet and I didn't know it)  |
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05-13-2008, 12:57 PM
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Certified Smart Axe:)
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Location: West Central LV
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When I was serving my sentence [working for the Nugget in Atlantic City] it seemed as tho KYWTV [CBS I think] opened the 4:30 news with 1/2 hour of Murders, the 5:00 News with 1/2 hour of Fires [always a good attention getter] and the 5:30 news with 1/2 hour of Collapsed Buildings and then they went to the national news.
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05-13-2008, 01:04 PM
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It's funny, I don't watch TV for the news anymore. Too much stuff that would scare the crap out of my kids. But I am a news junkie. I surf the internet and watch the local sites. All my tabs except for one are set to news sites.
My husband thinks I have an illness. I like knowing what is going on around me. I like the feel good stories as well as the gruesome, financial, political, science and even a little bit of gossip from Hollywood.
I did not make my post to scare anyone away from Vegas, stuff like that happens everywhere. But it is interesting to speculate what happened when the news first breaks.
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05-13-2008, 07:56 PM
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Originally Posted by olecapt
Hey another one. We already had the handyman burglar who offed the wife and was offed by the husband...
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or did the hubby see his opportunity?
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Was wondering that myself but didn't want to post it.
Last edited by Buzz123; 05-13-2008 at 08:56 PM..
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05-13-2008, 08:55 PM
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Originally Posted by cjski21
People would not watch the news if nothing happened. You know that if it bleeds, it leads.
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That sounds like the typical TV News Director.
Even though we did survey after survey that showed that people were tired of all the blood and guts, and wanted to hear good news for a change, no News Director I ever worked with would accept that. They always say that people only say those things just because it sounds good, but they really want chaos and sensationalism. |
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