Okay, I am going there. I really don't want wall to wall coverage of this small pipe bomb!

[kydo]

More people will die today because of the rethugs policies than from this pipe bomb.

School shootings and mass shootings that don't kill more then 50 people don't make the news these days. Not enough carnage I guess. Yet one dude with a small pipe bomb gets massive coverage all networks. That's insane!

Fear fear the colored type christian hating people are slaughtering normal white christians everywhere. NOT!

I want to see the 16 women who are getting ready to have a presser.

[MANative]

1. I'm sitting exactly two blocks from the Port Authority right now, and...

I completely agree with you. Challenging commute this morning, but I only arrived at work five minutes late. Could it have been worse? Sure. But what we see around us on a daily basis freaks me out a whole lot more.

[BlueCaliDem]

2. U.S. Media/Press doing what they can not to have to hold Republicans accountable.

Distraction! Distraction! Distraction!

Be prepared to see wall-to-wall media attention on this pipe bomb on CNN and most of MSNBC--not to mention all broadcast stations.

Horrible U.S. Media/Press coverage is why Republicans still get elected where, were this in any other 1st world country, they'd become extinct decades ago.

[brooklynite]

5. Or.....to report the news.

[kydo]

9. Yeah like right now

Watching Rhule, and at the time of typing this post it's 9:45'ish. She spent the first 22 minutes talking about this pipe bomb. Briefly like 10 mins tops on new orange man's working with the russians. Now back to the pipe bomb. Oh and now a presser.

The media is so owned by rich corporate oligarchs there is not even an attempt to cover it up any more. Remember how every segment was ended during the 2016 election "but what about Clinton, she has a trustworthy problem and emails." Same now. Zillions of women accuse many rethugs of sexual assault and we always hear at the end of the segment, "but what about the dems and their (insert your fave tag line here) problems?"

So when this presser is over, the news outlets will re-hash everything we know. Normally that would take 60seconds. But this is a "special thing" so it will take and hour to recap. And every show will recap.

Ugh!

[brooklynite]

15. So the networks that Trump hates are engaged in helping him?

I hat lazy conspiracy theories.

[kydo]

16. Basically, yeah

Although, it's not all conspiracy. There are some at these networks that just love drama. And many others use this to further their careers. Then there is trump tv aka faux noise, no conspiracy needed, their goal is to represent white rethug folks.

There are some real journalists out there. Not enough IMHO.

[onenote]

21. drama equals news

Always has, always will.

[brooklynite]

22. The NYPD Commission has called this terrorism related.

Sorry to have to say this is news.

[onenote]

26. I agree. The "equals" sign didn't show up in my subject header

Dramatic events, which include terror attacks whether successful or not, are news. Always have been. DUers who complain that the media is covering the pipe bomb attempt in New York would prefer that only stories they care about get covered. Although, if the same bomb, with the same impact, had gone off in, for example, Roy Moore's campaign headquarters, that's all they would want covered.

[Nevernose]

34. I think how much news is it worth is a valid question

"How much news time is it worth?" is a valid and important question.

The headline from today could have read:
Man Would Have Killed People If He Could Have, But Didn't; No One Severely Injured

Reporting it is responsible; amplifying it directly feeds bigotry and xenophobia.

[Doodley]

6. You are right. A mainstream political party that rejects science and wants to ban

people based on religion and take healthcare away from millions would be reduced to a fringe party. This is extremism by the standards of any other Western nation.

[Doodley]

3. The coverage will help Moore. Repugs are motivated by fear.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. I've been trashing threads here about it

Not this one though - because I'm with you.

[pintobean]

7. Presser happening now

[marble falls]

8. I agree. If its ISIS, why do they keep sending the "B" terrorists? This is just another new comer...

who discovered NYC is tough nut to crack in making a living.

[Old Vet]

10. Could be a reaction to moving our embassy ? I dont know..........

[Paladin]

11. Amen. This is a set-up event for trump and Roy Moore. (nt)

[HipChick]

12. Exactly..

[snooper2]

20. LOL Really?

creative speculation is four doors down to the left FYI- Will see you there LOL

[onenote]

23. Seriously. Loosen the tin foil.

So you think someone set up a guy to go into the NYC Subway and nearly blow himself up to help Trump and Moore?


Why not just send some guy to get on a bus in Montgomery Alabama?

[marble falls]

29. bingo!

[shenmue]

31. Duh

[KPN]

25. Yep.

[Skittles]

33. please stop this

we are not Alex fucking Jones clones here

[panader0]

13. My daughter is staying at a hotel 5 blocks up 8th Ave.

She and her beau slept in late or they would have been at the
Port Authority to catch the subway to the MOMA. She just called to
let me know she was OK. But now they have to walk to the museum.

[leftynyc]

14. I'm seeing a lot of people

taking to Uber this morning. Depending on which museum, that may be the better option if they have an account.

[lillypaddle]

17. Thank you, thank you, thank you

I was too lazy to post it, but I'm sick and tired of the media taking everything and covering it 24/7 ad nauseam.

[alarimer]

18. I agree.

Part of the reason such acts occur is because of all the attention they get.

Terrorism has always been with us and will likely always be. The players may change, but it is an effective tactic if you want to instill fear and panic in people. The real story is in how we deal with it, how people react.

I think that if people decide the only way to deal with it is to turn the US into a police state, with armed soldiers on every corner, searching people, the terrorists will have won. I don't disagree with common-sense steps for prevention, but turning everyone into a suspect and causing people to fear their neighbors is not the way to do it.

(And Trump needs to stop inflaming the issue. Declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel and moving the embassy- assuming that ever actually happens- is not going to bring peace).

If I were conspiracy-minded, I would think this was a set-up to prove that we need Trump's Muslim ban (never mind that most people who commit these sorts of crimes are literally just losers and are often not even from the countries in the ban).

[Augiedog]

19. Be afraid, very, very afraid. All the time afraid of everything and everyone, never let go of the

government instilled fear. If you aren’t afraid, you aren’t a loyal American. Feel those shivers up your spine, the goose bumps on your arms, the hair raising on the back of your neck. You know disaster is but a careless, inattentive second away. See that person who doesn’t look like you? Listen to that oratory that ignites your indignation, the lying liars and their lying lies...do you hear it? See it? Smell it? It’s there, no, over there, wait,no, it’s there.....run, run for your life, it’s coming and you need to be afraid, very, very afraid.

This has been a public service message. In the event of a real emergency you will be directed to stick your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye. That is all.

[Dustlawyer]

24. We should be fighting the tax bill that has not passed yet!

The MSM acts like it has already been done.

[underthematrix]

27. My local news is covering in spurts. I simply

pause the TV for about 4 minutes then TiVo FF right past it.

[L. Coyote]

28. What pipe bomb? Details please.

[zentrum]

30. The RW loves

…this story. Hurts immigrants. Charges up Trump's base. Covers the Tax Bill theft.

Thank you for posting this.

[dbackjon]

32. There was a real terrorist attack in New Mexico that killed people

Not a peep about it.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/08/us/aztec-high-school-shooting-william-atchison/index.html