Have YOU seen 'Natallee Holloway'????

[radioooaddict1]

I`ve looked under my bed, in the cellar, even my truck!!!
Everyone in my stations News room is up to HERE with Holloway. They are told its GOOD for ratings. In the meantime, there are major stories that actually get dumped, cause we don`t have the air time. Their is one News person here whos actually thinking of commenting about Holloway on air! Can SOMEONE PLEASE explain why this story is SO important? Does it make the Media look bad in general? Is it all a show,or a diversion from the real news???

 

[chattypattyri]

> I`ve looked under my bed, in the cellar, even my truck!!!
> Everyone in my stations News room is up to HERE with
> Holloway. They are told its GOOD for ratings. In the
> meantime, there are major stories that actually get dumped,
> cause we don`t have the air time. Their is one News person
> here whos actually thinking of commenting about Holloway on
> air! Can SOMEONE PLEASE explain why this story is SO
> important? Does it make the Media look bad in general? Is it
> all a show,or a diversion from the real news???
>>>
>Hi,
Natallee Holloway has become ;The *next * O.J.
I would say ,it`s just going to get worse.I think tv has really gone overboard.
Chatty

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

In Providence at least, a local newscast today (July 27th) should have included these stories:

* The extreme heat and the chance for severe weather.

* Did pieces fall off the space shuttle Discovery during yesterday's blastoff??

* The suspect in the murder of a Lincoln, Rhode Island doctor pleads innocent in a court appearance.

* British police arrest a suspect in the attempted subway bombings last week (July 21st) in London.

* Boston Red Sox star pitcher Matt Clement is injured during a game (hit in the head by a batted baseball), but has been released from a Tampa Bay hospital and is flying back to Boston with the team.

There seems to me to be nothing about the Natalee Hollaway case today to warrant an item on most radio or television news programs (except those in Birmingham, Alabama or on the island of Aruba).

 

[epsilon]

> In Providence at least, a local newscast today (July 27th)
> should have included these stories:
>
> * The extreme heat and the chance for severe weather.
>
> * Did pieces fall off the space shuttle Discovery during
> yesterday's blastoff??
>
> * The suspect in the murder of a Lincoln, Rhode Island
> doctor pleads innocent in a court appearance.
>
> * British police arrest a suspect in the attempted subway
> bombings last week (July 21st) in London.
>
> * Boston Red Sox star pitcher Matt Clement is injured during
> a game (hit in the head by a batted baseball), but has been
> released from a Tampa Bay hospital and is flying back to
> Boston with the team.
>
> There seems to me to be nothing about the Natalee Hollaway
> case today to warrant an item on most radio or television
> news programs (except those in Birmingham, Alabama or on the
> island of Aruba).
>


Not to mention that Karl [EDIT] Rove has committed treason.

Unfortunately, Cute White Girl Gone Missing trumps all other stories on what passes for "news" these days.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by cabradio on 07/28/05 12:16 AM.</FONT></P>

 

[tonyfarr]

> > In Providence at least, a local newscast today (July 27th)
>
> > should have included these stories:
> >
> > * The extreme heat and the chance for severe weather.
> >
> > * Did pieces fall off the space shuttle Discovery during
> > yesterday's blastoff??
> >
> > * The suspect in the murder of a Lincoln, Rhode Island
> > doctor pleads innocent in a court appearance.
> >
> > * British police arrest a suspect in the attempted subway
> > bombings last week (July 21st) in London.
> >
> > * Boston Red Sox star pitcher Matt Clement is injured
> during
> > a game (hit in the head by a batted baseball), but has
> been
> > released from a Tampa Bay hospital and is flying back to
> > Boston with the team.
> >
> > There seems to me to be nothing about the Natalee Hollaway
>
> > case today to warrant an item on most radio or television
> > news programs (except those in Birmingham, Alabama or on
> the
> > island of Aruba).
> >
>
>
> Not to mention that Karl [edit] Rove has committed
> treason.
>
> Unfortunately, Cute White Girl Gone Missing trumps all other
> stories on what passes for "news" these days.
>>>>>
<<<<>>>>
I think the Media has done quite a bit on Rove, alot more than on Sandy Burger!!
Look, MR. Gallant hit a homerun with his analysis. This is the sad state of our American Media today. Important stories left in the lurch to satisfy a tabloid hunger...
Tony.
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by cabradio on 07/28/05 12:17 AM.</FONT></P>

 

[Oldpro]

> > > In Providence at least, a local newscast today (July
> 27th)
> >
> > > should have included these stories:
> > >
> > > * The extreme heat and the chance for severe weather.
> > >
> > > * Did pieces fall off the space shuttle Discovery during
>
> > > yesterday's blastoff??
> > >
> > > * The suspect in the murder of a Lincoln, Rhode Island
> > > doctor pleads innocent in a court appearance.
> > >
> > > * British police arrest a suspect in the attempted
> subway
> > > bombings last week (July 21st) in London.
> > >
> > > * Boston Red Sox star pitcher Matt Clement is injured
> > during
> > > a game (hit in the head by a batted baseball), but has
> > been
> > > released from a Tampa Bay hospital and is flying back to
>
> > > Boston with the team.
> > >
> > > There seems to me to be nothing about the Natalee
> Hollaway
> >
> > > case today to warrant an item on most radio or
> television
> > > news programs (except those in Birmingham, Alabama or on
>
> > the
> > > island of Aruba).
> > >
> >
> >
> > Not to mention that Karl [edit] Rove has committed
> > treason.
> >
> > Unfortunately, Cute White Girl Gone Missing trumps all
> other
> > stories on what passes for "news" these days.
> >>>>>
>
> I think the Media has done quite a bit on Rove, alot more
> than on Sandy Burger!!
> Look, MR. Gallant hit a homerun with his analysis. This is
> the sad state of our American Media today. Important stories
> left in the lurch to satisfy a tabloid hunger...
> Tony.
>

And if it were YOUR daughter?

 

[epsilon]

>
> And if it were YOUR daughter?
>

No one's saying it isn't a painful situation for the family, it's just that it isn't worthy of the crush of airtime it is getting.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

I had written:

> There seems to me to be nothing about the Natalee
> Hollaway case today (July 27th) to warrant an item on most radio or
> television news programs (except those in Birmingham, Alabama or on
> the island of Aruba).

Tony Farr responded:

> Look, Mr. Gallant hit a homerun with his analysis. This is
> the sad state of our American Media today. Important stories
> left in the lurch to satisfy a tabloid hunger...
> Tony.

Thanks, Tony for the very kind words.

I look forward to reading future comments you'll make on this and other Radio-Info.com messageboards.

 

[tonyfarr]

> I had written:
>
> > There seems to me to be nothing about the Natalee
> > Hollaway case today (July 27th) to warrant an item on most
> radio or
> > television news programs (except those in Birmingham,
> Alabama or on
> > the island of Aruba).
>
> Tony Farr responded:
>
> > Look, Mr. Gallant hit a homerun with his analysis. This is
>
> > the sad state of our American Media today. Important
> stories
> > left in the lurch to satisfy a tabloid hunger...
> > Tony.
>
> Thanks, Tony for the very kind words.
>
> I look forward to reading future comments you'll make on
> this and other Radio-Info.com messageboards.
> >>
<<>>> And Thank You for the very kind post. I always LEARN something from the BEST that post on Radio-Info.com!!!
Thanks Mr. Gallant!
Tony.

 

[doc9464]

> I think the Media has done quite a bit on Rove, alot more
> than on Sandy Burger!!

The issue of treason far outweighs the issue of Sandy Burger who has already been punished for his crime...

Berger pleaded guilty and will at minimum have this punishment
a $10,000 fine, a three-year suspension of his security clearance
Sentencing isnt done so he may have to do some jail time with a higher fine.
he never destroyed documents as the right was able to push out in the echo machine and he did admit his crime....

What Rove and Libby (and others complicent) have done may have cost Valerie Plame her status as a NOC, but people may have died from the Brewster Jennings cover company being revealed. The larger unanswered question is how this links to the manipulating of intelligence for the war...of course this is much more horrible than Bergers removing documents....as it cost over 1700 American soldiers and countless civilian Iraq citizens their lives...

> Look, MR. Gallant hit a homerun with his analysis. This is
> the sad state of our Americane Media today. Important stories
> left in the lurch to satisfy a tabloid hunger...
> Tony.

I don't find it odd when Greta Susterern or Dan Abrhams covers this stuff...its true crime stuff ....and their shows seem to make this stuff the main focus...i dont agree with the coverage but thats what the do...

When the other "news" shows lead with Cute white girl missing in Aruba...well thats just wrong....the Rove Scandal, rising oil prices, the war, etc...all deserve way more coverage that cute white girl.

 

[chattypattyri]

> > I think the Media has done quite a bit on Rove, alot more
> > than on Sandy Burger!!
>
> The issue of treason far outweighs the issue of Sandy Burger
> who has already been punished for his crime...
>
> Berger pleaded guilty and will at minimum have this
> punishment
> a $10,000 fine, a three-year suspension of his security
> clearance
> Sentencing isnt done so he may have to do some jail time
> with a higher fine.
> he never destroyed documents as the right was able to push
> out in the echo machine and he did admit his crime....
>
> What Rove and Libby (and others complicent) have done may
> have cost Valerie Plame her status as a NOC, but people may
> have died from the Brewster Jennings cover company being
> revealed. The larger unanswered question is how this links
> to the manipulating of intelligence for the war...of course
> this is much more horrible than Bergers removing
> documents....as it cost over 1700 American soldiers and
> countless civilian Iraq citizens their lives...
>
> > Look, MR. Gallant hit a homerun with his analysis. This
> is
> > the sad state of our Americane Media today. Important
> stories
> > left in the lurch to satisfy a tabloid hunger...
> > Tony.
>
> I don't find it odd when Greta Susterern or Dan Abrhams
> covers this stuff...its true crime stuff ....and their shows
> seem to make this stuff the main focus...i dont agree with
> the coverage but thats what the do...
>
> When the other "news" shows lead with Cute white girl
> missing in Aruba...well thats just wrong....the Rove
> Scandal, rising oil prices, the war, etc...all deserve way
> more coverage that cute white girl.
>>>>>
>>> Doc,
Sandy Burger took original Top Secret papers from the National Archives. The papers were about what President Clinton was doing about Bin Laden in the late 1990s. Burger DESTROYED THEM. If Sandy Burgers name was Rove, YOU WOULD NEVER HEAR THE END OF IT!!! Come on Doc. What is more worth the charge of Treason than what Burger did?? Our national Media gave Sandy a BIG PASS...
My best to you,
Chatty.

 

[doc9464]

> And if it were YOUR daughter?
>
I don't know what parent wouldn't be in Aruba or trying to work the issue if they couldnt get there....

That still doesn't excuse the media for ignorning other more relevant stories....

Media ignored this week:


The republican majority leader - abuse of rules to hold the vote open to pressure reps to vote for CAFTA...and this is not the first time this has happened...

Tom Delay abusing house rules and inserting his own personal piece of pork into the "Energy" porkarama bill ...over 1.5 billion dollars without one bit of debate on the floor from Republican or Democrats reps

Rummy and General Casey - making their first announcements to do what Nixon and declare defeery (victory in defeat) and muse publicly about cutting and running from Iraq (before the 2006 elections of course)

and so many other stories of true relevance to Americans.....but Greta and O'Reilly and Scarborough made sure they were there to report on every drop drained from the pond and the hair DNA and whatnot.....yep thats NEWS...NOT!