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Now I definitely know the news is screwed up when the major story is some guy with (Original Post) bigdarryl Aug 2014 OP
Don't discount it pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #1
+1 hollysmom Aug 2014 #6
+1 In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #8
Ebola is rather frightening Stargazer09 Aug 2014 #2
then whats newsworthy to you MikeW Aug 2014 #3
The war in Israel along with the missing soldier bigdarryl Aug 2014 #4
something far away and disconnected to WhiteTara Aug 2014 #7
Are you serious? antiquie Aug 2014 #5
+1,000 In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #9
Duh. RiffRandell Aug 2014 #10

Stargazer09

(2,132 posts)
2. Ebola is rather frightening
Sat Aug 2, 2014, 12:40 PM
Aug 2014

And it's scary to anyone familiar with the disease to think about all of the things that could go wrong.

I think it's definitely newsworthy.

WhiteTara

(29,715 posts)
7. something far away and disconnected to
Sat Aug 2, 2014, 12:52 PM
Aug 2014

anything around you?

We just brought a deadly disease with no cure into the country today. It may or may not go well. Remember, these are the care providers who are sick, so the care providers here will be at grave risk and the chance of it spreading is possible.

But back to the carnage.

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
10. Duh.
Sat Aug 2, 2014, 01:03 PM
Aug 2014

This is a first, and if they cure them it would be huge. It's 35 minutes away from me; shit yeah it's big news.

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