BRNout said:
MarcB said:
I'm pretty much sick of hearing about that damn oil spill every stinking day. We don't need to hear about it every day. Maybe weekly updates. And then tell us when it's finally cleaned up.
Thanks Marc, for illustrating cyberdad's point.
Thanks, BRNout.
But hey, I've already spent eight weeks so far this year on the beach just outside Pensacola (Perdido Key). All these annoying people losing their way of life not to mention their jobs, frustrated with government and BP finger-pointing, delays, and red tape. Can't they just be quiet and let me enjoy a cold beer in peace on the balcony? As it is, I have to look out at those clean-up crews and their unsightly outfits, their smelly porta-potties, dozens of skimmer boats, and put up with the noise from all those damned noisy recon planes!
I'm glad when I put on CNN this morning, the first thing I learned was that Li-Lo thinks she might need a new lawyer, followed by the LeBron reaction updates from Miami and Cleveland. Later, they finally got around to mentioning that crews are intitiating a procedure that could finally capture all of the oil spill leakage by the end of next week. ???
Seriously, I'm not trying to get into an argument with anyone. In fact, I won't even argue whether or not the level of coverage of the spill in the national media has been excessive (let's be honest, some days there's no new news)....even though this
will likely go down as the biggest economic and environmental disaster in 234 years of American History.
My original point basically had to do with the priorities of the national news media.....which of course are dictated by the interest, whims, concerns, and attention span of the American public. I offer my perspective from the standpoint of one who travels outside the U.S. several times a year, and sees firsthand how other's view us....as well as from my background as an ex-journalist.
