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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 02:06 PM Original message |
4,099 dead Americans, and not one got half the coverage Russert's getting... |
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mathewsleep (824 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. heath ledger. |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. You know, I feel bad for his family and friends and he will be missed |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. They would if they all died on one day - spread over 6 years the impact on the newscycle is lessened |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 02:15 PM Original message |
They are never in the news cycle |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. There isn't a biography of each which there should be but you do hear about the fatalities |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. They are never in the news cycle |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. no. the fact is that they matter less to the average point of view. |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I think the way they died makes a difference |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Television personalities reside in a strange netherworld. Even though |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. It is because it is the news business reporting on one who was in the news business |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. Ironic is not the word I'd use. Pathetic maybe? nt |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Exactly! |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. Notice how Russert dying shut up the interest here on The Articles of Impeachment |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. i clicked on the link |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. KO released the list of the ten names of those who |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. The death of one is a tragedy, the death of 4,099 is a statistic. Sad but true. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. i disagree |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I was speaking of public perception, not reality. Of course each of those deaths is tragic in itself |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. i knew you were |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's really just MSNBC that's still 24/7. |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. sadly the whole group hasn't either. |
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