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dave2

02-29-2008 06:47:36




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A biker is riding by the zoo, when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion's cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the cuff of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of her screaming parents. The biker jumps off his bike, runs to the cage and hits the lion square on the nose with a powerful punch. Whimpering from the pain the lion jumps back letting go of the girl, and the biker brings her to her terrified parents, who thank him endlessly.

A reporter has seen the whole scene, and addressing the biker, says "Sir, this was the most gallant and brave thing I have ever seen a man do in my whole life."

“Why, it was nothing, really, the lion was behind bars. I just saw this little kid in danger, and did what I felt was right."

"Well, I'll make sure this won't go unnoticed. I'm a journalist, you know, and tomorrow's papers will have this on the first page. What type of motorcycle do you ride?"
"A Harley Davidson the biker replies."

The following morning, the biker buys the paper to see if it indeed brings news of his actions; and reads on the first page:

“BIKER GANG MEMBER ASSAULTS AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND STEALS HIS LUNCH”

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scooter01922

02-29-2008 16:53:23




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 Re: journalism at it's best....... in reply to dave2, 02-29-2008 06:47:36  
Just last week the 10 oclock news ran a "special investigation" on how some local police depts sell their used service weapons to a LICENSED arms dealer so that it costs them less for upgrading to new guns. Whats wrong with that you ask....According to the news this could place these "high powered weapons" in the hands of criminals. High powered ??? you have got to be kidding me. Anyone dealt with trying to get a gun legally in Massachusetts??? It's no fun, so damn much red tape. It would be rather tough to get one of these guns from a licensed arms dealer if your a criminal. They cited some case on the west coast in the 80's where a former police pistol was found on a criminal. Woo Hoo so one gun that happened to have been owned by a cop made it to a criminal. Gee i feel so much safer knowing that as a result of the story some of the departments will now be paying to have the weapons destroyed. More of my taxes hard at work. Pay to buy guns, pay to destroy guns. Somehow this just seems wrong.

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730virgil

02-29-2008 15:21:41




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 Re: journalism at it's best....... in reply to dave2, 02-29-2008 06:47:36  
i thought as citizens of U.S.A. we were have choice of we vote for. the media saw to it some candidates were overlooked and we as voters heard very little about them.



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buickanddeere

02-29-2008 12:08:26




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 Re: journalism at it's best....... in reply to dave2, 02-29-2008 06:47:36  
Same problem around here but worse. A smoldering fluorescent light fixture ballast in a nuclear plant gets reported as a Chernobyl meltdown.



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Das Unimog

02-29-2008 15:05:22




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 Re: journalism at it's best....... in reply to Nancy Howell, 02-29-2008 10:35:44  
If you don't follow the news you're uninformed.
If you do follow the news you're misinformed. I
believe it was Mark Twain that said this and it
certainly applies to today's media.

Unimog



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Gun guru

02-29-2008 13:23:52




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 Re: journalism at it's best....... in reply to Nancy Howell, 02-29-2008 10:35:44  
That is why Fox news is far better at reporting information then the CNN, NBC and CBS. A lot of people (myself included) get their news by reading it from the internet on multiple websites.



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Larry NE IL

02-29-2008 14:58:33




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 Re: journalism at it's best....... in reply to Gun guru, 02-29-2008 13:23:52  
No kidden, I call them the ten P.M. PANIC PEDDLERS!! They toss the stuff at you then they're gone! At least with newsprint you can take the time to decipher the B.S. from the meat!
TV news shows are FOR PROFIT businesses. Real news hardly ever sells.

Larry NE IL



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Congrats Nancy

02-29-2008 10:50:56




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 Re: journalism at it's best....... in reply to Nancy Howell, 02-29-2008 10:35:44  
Best post of the day.



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Goose

02-29-2008 10:10:44




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 Re: journalism at it's best....... in reply to dave2, 02-29-2008 06:47:36  
I've always said, if President Bush walked on water, the mainstream media would headline it, "President Bush Can't Swim!".

However, as myself a former member of the working press, and I'm darned proud to be able to say "former", I can say it's not as easy as it looks to write a news item on something and not let your personal feelings enter into it, particularly when it's an emotional issue such as child abuse or worse.

Seems it's becoming more blatant all the time, though.

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John EBerly

02-29-2008 07:45:13




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 Re: journalism at it's best....... in reply to dave2, 02-29-2008 06:47:36  
My ex-wife was a reporter for United Press International - I saw first hand how what happend and what was reported weren't always the same!



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Eddie M

02-29-2008 07:48:10




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 Re: journalism at it's best....... in reply to John EBerly, 02-29-2008 07:45:13  
True. News used to be based on facts. Now it is innuendo and gossip.



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Dick L

02-29-2008 08:33:50




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 News Has Always in reply to Eddie M, 02-29-2008 07:48:10  
News has always and still is based on facts.

Of some sort. (:^D

You have just learned to tell the difference.



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rrlund

02-29-2008 06:53:19




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 Re: journalism at it's best....... in reply to dave2, 02-29-2008 06:47:36  
Boy,ain't that the truth. The local TV station did such a hack job on a story about property tax assessment change notices last night,I was so p!ssed off I was shaking! They won't soon forget the email that I sent them! It was the second year that they've done such an uninformed piece of garbage on that subject.



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