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Post by klr » Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:40 pm

... a bit too much? Sky News (who else) even has a "Miners rescued" graphic - currently 0 of 33, since the actual rescuing has yet to actually start.

This is not some sort of reality TV show, yet Sky News (and others) seem to treat it as if it is. Not that I should be surprised given the way some news channels behave. Sex up the news whatever way possible. If there's nothing important happening, pick something and make it seem important somehow. If there's a human interest story - take your pick - just milk it for all it's worth, and then some. :roll:

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Re: Is round-the-clock coverage of the Chile miners rescue .

Post by lsdetroit » Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:41 pm

theyre still down there? man ots been a while. that shit happened while i was still incarcerated.
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Re: Is round-the-clock coverage of the Chile miners rescue .

Post by klr » Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:45 pm

lsdetroit wrote:theyre still down there? man ots been a while. that shit happened while i was still incarcerated.
When they get out, some of them will probably wish they were safely back underground, and not just because they have multiple women squaring off over them. Half the world's media seem to be camped out at the rescue site at the moment. :what:
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Post by Millefleur » Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:20 am

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Post by cowiz » Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:35 am

I heard Gary Glitter is there....
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Re: Is round-the-clock coverage of the Chile miners rescue .

Post by Feck » Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:37 am

So glad I don't give Sky any of my money
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Re: Is round-the-clock coverage of the Chile miners rescue .

Post by charlou » Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:12 am

After hearing the ridiculously OTT excitement the departure of the now apparently venerated Image DRILL Image engendered yesterday I left the car radio off today.
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Re: Is round-the-clock coverage of the Chile miners rescue .

Post by stardust » Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:33 am

I'm sure they must have agreed between them before they were rescued - "what happend under ground, stays underground!"
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:55 am

I'm not surprised that Sky has a "Rescue-o-meter". All news looks like The Day Today now.
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Re: Is round-the-clock coverage of the Chile miners rescue .

Post by Tigger » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:14 pm

I heard some silly twat of a DJ on the radio today comparing it with Dunkirk. It's great that they're being rescued, but ffs... And I bet they'll all thank god, not Mr.-Big-Fuck-Off-Black-And-Decker inventor.
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Post by RuleBritannia » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:16 pm

Two months without a wank! Good thing there were no guns down there.
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Re: Is round-the-clock coverage of the Chile miners rescue .

Post by Tigger » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:23 pm

pawiz wrote:I heard Gary Glitter is there....
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Re: Is round-the-clock coverage of the Chile miners rescue .

Post by Pappa » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:29 pm

This sort of thing really does bug the shit out of me. It's an example of the "TV is the opium of the masses idea". But worse, there are important and significant things happening in the world every day, yet news editors anestetise us with this soap opera crap (it's as bad as them filling our news with stories about nobodies from reality tv). I know their argument would be that they show news that people want to watch, and this is no doubt partly true. But they also control the minds of the masses and persuade them they actually want this pointless shite.

It's certainly cheaper than having numerous correspondents in every country in the world, ready to cover any story of great importance. :|
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Re: Is round-the-clock coverage of the Chile miners rescue .

Post by Sælir » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:33 pm

RuleBritannia wrote:Two months without a wank! Good thing there were no guns down there.
Apparently they have agreed to keep quiet about what happened down there and especially the first days when they all thought they would die down there... I suspect there was a bit more than just wanking going on :shifty:
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Re: Is round-the-clock coverage of the Chile miners rescue .

Post by Tigger » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:37 pm

Sælir eru einfaldir wrote:
RuleBritannia wrote:Two months without a wank! Good thing there were no guns down there.
Apparently they have agreed to keep quiet about what happened down there and especially the first days when they all thought they would die down there... I suspect there was a bit more than just wanking going on :shifty:
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