tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post1899131453576281761..comments2024-01-23T17:23:48.164-08:00Comments on Bite the Apple: It's Interesting When People Diemoihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-75582570047154745182008-02-20T06:56:00.000-08:002008-02-20T06:56:00.000-08:00I'm so glad you said that. I wondered if I was th...I'm so glad you said that. <BR/><BR/>I wondered if I was the most heartless hag in the world last week when shouting at the rolling news 'oh for fucks' sake, it's bad enough that these things even happen without the reporters sounding like they're reading from a gothic horror novel...'<BR/><BR/>It was over the top, crass and tasteless. And you're absolutely right to criticise it.Melissariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739605890591267421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-6752005231314411882008-02-20T04:23:00.000-08:002008-02-20T04:23:00.000-08:00Did I tell you about my upcoming misery memoir 'I ...Did I tell you about my upcoming misery memoir 'I was Locked in A Cupboard For Longer Than You'<BR/><BR/>Available in all bad bookshops (aka Walmart on a 3-4-2<BR/><BR/>Full blog review at<BR/><BR/>http://thepoetlaura-eate.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-was-locked-in-cupboard-for-longer.html<BR/><BR/>(sorry these comment things never allow for live links, but I assure you my misery's worth it!)The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-32950672296595803412008-02-19T00:39:00.000-08:002008-02-19T00:39:00.000-08:00I was working on a book a few years back and the a...I was working on a book a few years back and the author was actually shameless enough to make the following comment (as Dave Barry says, I am not making this up):<BR/><BR/>When I saw those planes fly into the World Trade Center, my first thought was, "I wonder if my grief book is still in print."<BR/><BR/>I mean, what do you do with people like that?czarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10887869458750797012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-24153345846899186282008-02-17T08:56:00.000-08:002008-02-17T08:56:00.000-08:00where do i go to sue you moi for making the organ ...where do i go to sue you moi for making the organ sound of dirty laundry play over and over in my head as i try to fall asleep! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!sparringK9https://www.blogger.com/profile/08031137344229440004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-72665391214844514782008-02-16T06:32:00.000-08:002008-02-16T06:32:00.000-08:00Again I am patting myself on the back for distanci...Again I am patting myself on the back for distancing myself from all the stupidity that the American media thrusts upon the general public.NYDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182735945473879595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-61970371553040272212008-02-16T06:08:00.000-08:002008-02-16T06:08:00.000-08:00I partly blame rolling news. Everything is an 'atr...I partly blame rolling news. Everything is an 'atrocity' or a 'tragedy' when you could just say it's part of this life. <BR/><BR/>You've all expressed more than adequately the feelings that families must have but there's also the sheer stupidity when something happens. <BR/><BR/>Say, there are men buried under rubble. <BR/><BR/>News anchor "over to Scum journalist one"<BR/><BR/>Scum journalist 1: Nothing to report. The men are lying under the rubble and obviously everyone is worried. <BR/><BR/>Anchor: What more can you tell us?<BR/><BR/>Scum Journo: Well there are fears they won't make it out. <BR/><BR/>Anchor: What are the feelings of their families?<BR/><BR/>What do you fucking think they feel???<BR/><BR/>IdiotsMs Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494839198895017296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-56086592351585499052008-02-16T04:41:00.000-08:002008-02-16T04:41:00.000-08:00Being an administrator at a University, I can tell...Being an administrator at a University, I can tell you that the media should be focusing more on being contructive to ensure that all campuses have emergency alert plans set up, and perhaps even psychological screenings for students, such as this one, who were reported acting erratic. Instead of being productive, they beat it some more, just as you illustrate.ThursdayNexthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07838415125991375824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-77432483857243654232008-02-15T22:57:00.000-08:002008-02-15T22:57:00.000-08:00The media are blood sucking vultures with absolute...The media are blood sucking vultures with absolutely no respect for the victims or their families. Imagine you are the grieving parent and getting a microphone shoved in your face and some bloody inane question asked of you at the worst, most horror filled moment of your life. It just defies human decency and I hope for their sakes it is never one of their own that they have to sacrifice for the public's need to know.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339140046788925506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-3084071585421841672008-02-15T19:29:00.000-08:002008-02-15T19:29:00.000-08:00I wish I had something to add, but you wrote all m...I wish I had something to add, but you wrote all my thoughts out for me.<BR/><BR/>I simply couldn't agree more.Meghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00800930933919453213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-12481565153475458782008-02-15T17:33:00.000-08:002008-02-15T17:33:00.000-08:00Yes, we certainly do have a way of rolling around ...Yes, we certainly do have a way of rolling around in the drama of it. I do think that the excessive analysis, at least in part, is humanity's (or perhaps just America's) way of trying to make sense of the unexplainable. It can be difficult to understand that such loss of life can occur for no reason other than someone was crazy. It can be hard to accept that it was unpreventable. It's frightening to imagine that if it could happen to them, it could happen to us. There is no doubt that the media sensationalize and use events like this for no reason other than profit. But even though I am as sickened as you are by how it is overplayed and used for ratings, I suppose I feel some compassion for the regular folks' need to just talk about something horrible that made no sense at all.<BR/><BR/>(Oh, and yes, troll, I am just waiting to hear what lovely new legislation to make us "safer" comes out of this.)Wicked Thistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042361300908347571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-16608523570741355232008-02-15T09:53:00.000-08:002008-02-15T09:53:00.000-08:00yes, yes i am moi. vulturesque exploiters of miser...yes, yes i am moi. vulturesque exploiters of misery. in fact though, the media is to blame by making the shooters infamous. thats right, remember the va tech shooter said he was partly motivated by everyone knowing his name and who he is. ditto the columbine boys. <BR/><BR/>the media are enemy number ONE in this nation. if i was a superhero my talent would be to jam all their frequencies for all eternity!!!<BR/><BR/>dirty bastards.sparringK9https://www.blogger.com/profile/08031137344229440004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-80999326058496377292008-02-15T09:51:00.000-08:002008-02-15T09:51:00.000-08:00iamnot: Just recently I had a conversation with a ...<B>iamnot</B>: Just recently I had a conversation with a local ex-news anchor. He told me he left because the business has degenerated to the point of no return. Yay.<BR/><BR/><B>Doris</B>: As we all do in these instances. But by the time local and national media are finished exploiting these tragedies to the nth degree, they morph from tragedy into sick entertainment.<BR/><BR/><B>Troll</B>: Buy ammo now.<BR/><BR/><B>AB</B>: As per my note to iamnot above. Yes, they know exactly what they're doing. And they don't care.moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-73876599960240338402008-02-15T09:05:00.000-08:002008-02-15T09:05:00.000-08:00I officially turned off all Network News for the n...I officially turned off all Network News for the next .. what? Five days? Isn't that how long they'll milk this tragic story? <BR/><BR/>I believe it feeds the sick minds of those that plan these heinous acts. The News plays a bigger part than they realize. Or maybe they do.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11280822962202098606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-75551316108422543182008-02-15T08:30:00.000-08:002008-02-15T08:30:00.000-08:00Yes, the mainstream media maggotry are awful. What...Yes, the mainstream media maggotry are awful. What's worse are our taxpayer-paid Congressweasels.<BR/><BR/>I'm willing to bet at least one of them have already swept like a vulture upon the story. And after the obligatory crocodile tears used it to push some piece of freedom-eroding legislation. Most likely, "gun control".hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341805107057968097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-20998476808786349002008-02-15T08:08:00.001-08:002008-02-15T08:08:00.001-08:00N.I.U.is my alma mater. I found this story rather ...N.I.U.is my alma mater. I found this story rather upsetting.Doris Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932937296853951351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-82631408698264106202008-02-15T08:08:00.000-08:002008-02-15T08:08:00.000-08:00It's all the death throes of the traditional media...It's all the death throes of the traditional media. They've been reduced to tabloid tactics to hold on to viewers.<BR/>It'll get worse before they finish dying.Gnomeself Be Truehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05113957403673838613noreply@blogger.com