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From: alan@cae780.UUCP (Alan M. Steinberg)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: TWA Tedium - blah blah blah
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Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 20:48:23 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 21 20:48:23 1985
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In article <15203@watmath.UUCP> jmsellens@watmath.UUCP (John M Sellens) writes:
>These "special reports" every 15 minutes about that damm plane are
>just so boring.  The same crap 20 times a day, with stupid TV
>"journalists" speculating about some dumb junk that they know nothing
>about.
>
>Blechhhh ...

At least it got the Ferstaci (sp) n-tuplets out of the "news."  Every day
there would be a report on how that family was doing.  The fact that 7
were originally born was news.  The fact that only 3 have survived is news.
Everything in between was filler for the commercials.  I would see the same
scene of Mr. Ferstaci announcing the death of another of his children
over and over again.

I keep listening now for some NEWS about the hijacking, but nothing is
really new.  I want to just ignore all forms of news until the situation
is over, rather than get saturated with speculation during every news
broadcast I happen to listen to.  I want to be INFORMED, not bored.  And to
hear about how the whole town of Whereever, Ohio is suddenly more patriotic
because one of THEIR OWN is being held hostage doesn't make me want to sing
"I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy."  

Yes, I'm sorry that 4 of the 7 Ferstaci babies died.  Yes, I am angry that
another hijacking has occurred involving Americans.  But let me know when
there is NEWS, and not just another wife of a hostage being interviewed.
As Don Henley says:

	Kick 'em when their up,
	Kick 'em when their down...

I wonder what the next media event will be?


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                             Alan Steinberg
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