Richard, I was being sarcastic. Our culture uses fear to influence people, as a sales tool to sell cars or a political candidate. The media knows it works. Dozens of dozens of electronic media outlets struggling to justify their existence operating 24/7. On a slow news day them treat a kitten getting run over as a "BREAKING STORY". "A TRADGEY. I know full well their are human tragedy's of massive porportions happened all over the world every day. Yes the mass media appeals to the "small minds" and, unfortunately, that is the majority of Americans. And you can quote ME on that. :-)
Edward Bernays was dead on correct. On Aug 8, 10:29 pm, RICHARD BROWN <[email protected]> wrote: > Hollywood, > Is WHAT news to me? > I was responding to a chide to Travis that went like this..."What the > fuck is wrong with you? WTF is so minor about two aircraft colliding > over the Hudson river and 8 or 9 people dying?" > Trust me, Hollywood, the deaths of those people was pretty minor > compared to the big picture. The small mind stays on the small > picture and is horrified, thrilled and titillated by the minutia of > the mediocrity.of the mass media. Hey, you can quote me on this. :-) > > On Aug 8, 7:30 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Richard, > > > This is NEWS to you? > > > On Aug 8, 8:54 pm, RICHARD BROWN <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > In the last 24 hours, not counting the 8 or 9 people who died in that > > > crash....about 250,000 people died of various causes. Why are the > > > deaths of these 9 so damn important? They aren't unless you are > > > addicted to the FEAR MACHINE. Then you need to have your FEAR FIX. > > > Live FREE and FEAR not. Turn the boob tube off...for your own sake. > > > > On Aug 8, 5:08 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Travis, > > > > > What the fuck is wrong with you? WTF is so minor about two aircraft > > > > colliding over the Hudson river and 8 or 9 people dying? > > > > > On Aug 8, 6:01 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > 7 hours after the crash and fox calls it "BREAKING NEWS" > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > They are still at it. I guess we can expect a minimum of 3 days > > > > > > sobbing > > > > > > when that Schriver gal croaks. > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 3:04 PM, LadybugsTX <[email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > >> Sorry. I do agree. > > > > > > >> On Aug 8, 12:26 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> > one of those aircraft that got in each other's way and wound up > > > > > >> crashing in > > > > > >> > the Hudson River? > > > > > > >> > FOX and CNN have wasted the past 3 1/2 hours showing he entire > > > > > >> > world > > > > > >> pics of > > > > > >> > that river and running their mouths about a minor aviation > > > > > >> > accident.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
