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RKP5637
(67,031 posts)it's panicky Jane IMO. Guys are just as bad.
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)RKP5637
(67,031 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,781 posts)babylonsister
(170,962 posts)RKP5637
(67,031 posts)godai
(2,902 posts)MSM is forced to fill time, with limited resources. They end up repeating old information again and again. DU works well at times like these.
RKP5637
(67,031 posts)sheshe2
(83,334 posts)Gunfire and bombs going off half the night.
RKP5637
(67,031 posts)I have lots of friends and coworkers that are in lockdown, in Boston and Watertown.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)want true drama. Everything is "dramatic" there and uttered in tabloid headline formwith verbal exclamation points.
RKP5637
(67,031 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Jane Austin
(9,199 posts)"How long can you ask a whole city to stay in their houses? "
Well, Mika, how long was the last blizzard?
Idiot.
procon
(15,805 posts)Almost every she said was wild speculation to drum up fear on what "might" happen, what "could" happen... "what if". I gave her dramatic line about the iconic American neighborhood with pristine white pickett fences forever tarnished by military forces, a solid 10. It was particularly helpful and informative news reporting... <snark>
RKP5637
(67,031 posts)forever tarnished by military forces." She must be working up the TV special ...
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,781 posts)RKP5637
(67,031 posts)DURHAM D
(32,595 posts)They are speculating that the family is a long term sleeper cell.
Now that is drama.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Mika is really going for the Oscar...
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)a while.
KatyMan
(4,146 posts)to a professional. Mika sounds on the verge of tears, and the waxing about terror in small town America is pretty overwrought. Bring in Rachel, or even Matthews...!
KatyMan
(4,146 posts)....guess not.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Broadcastify.com
RKP5637
(67,031 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)All three get too much stuff wrong most of the time any more too. Might as well speculate on the internet as watch them. Get about the same results.
RKP5637
(67,031 posts)many were ... it seemed there was no fact checking going on ... but just reporting speculation as apparent fact.