Every Cable and Network News Program Should Do As "The News Hour" Does...

[arwalden]

And have a silent tribute to our fallen service men and women at the end of each broadcast. It's just a simple, silent slide-show showing the faces, names, ages, hometown, and branch of service.

They could do it... quite easily. After all... what's fifteen names, fifteen faces? About 30 seconds. --- Hell! They usually use the last 2 minutes to for 'human interest' stories to highlight some granny setting a trampoline world record, or a baby who can play the piano, or some such.

These brave fallen men and women OUGHT to qualify as HUMAN INTEREST, oughtn't they?

Just a thought.

-- Allen

[slinkerwink]

1. STOP making rational sense!

[MissMarple]

2. I watch that just about every evening it's on.

It is an incredibly sobering way to end the program, quite effective, without fanfare or hype.

[DenverDem]

3. Humanitarian do gooder!

That's no way to whip up support for our corporate feudalist overlords and their plans for world domination and a fascist aristocracy.

[Toucano]

4. That would be great, but

I might settle for even a report on the total number of soldiers killed each day.

If I don't check the net, I don't find out. It would take five seconds.

"The total number of US soldiers killed in Iraq rose today to ..."

[HFishbine]

5. CNN's News Night

with Arron Brown, doesn't show pictures, but they segue back from commercials with a list of name, rank, unit, hometown and cause of death.