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bigendian Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 12:38 PM
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I find this strange.
Here we are in the midst of an orange alert and there is not any mention of it at the BBC or Haaretz sites. This seems to be a pointed reminder of the myopic view our media take with this administration's warnings. I believe that the foriegn press knows we are being jerked around.
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 12:42 PM
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1. has nothing to do with news value
frankly, it's all about giving our lapdog press something else to fixate on, and they do it well, and the press answers in kind

BBC and Haaretz don't really care that the US admin says that there is a greater risk of threat to the US.
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bigendian Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 12:45 PM
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3. That is a good point.
It also belies the western mentality that we are all in this together.
Thanks to * we are very, very alone.
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onebigbadwulf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 12:45 PM
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2. Civilized countries don't fall for America's juvenille fear tactics
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moof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 01:01 PM
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4. BBC world had a segment on it this morning.
On the 5 am feed that many PBS stations in America use.

Also mentioned what was being done in the U.K. to catch them terror peoples.
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nickine9 Donating Member (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 01:01 PM
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5. it was mentioned by the bbc when it was announced
but since then other news items have cropped up.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:23 PM
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10. Hi nickine9!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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jbfam4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 01:13 PM
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6. also I heard on the news
that a lot of intelligence for this alert came from England. Could that be why so many people are ignoring this?
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 02:20 PM
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9. The intelligence for this
is coming from a radical right wing conservative and his name is Jeremy Reynalds.

Code Orange: Is it based on an Internet Hoax?
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rman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 01:26 PM
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7. it was mentioned in the Dutch media
what they didn't mention is the 9-11 commission finding the attack could have been prevented.
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bigendian Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 01:46 PM
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8. International DUers check in.
Any other countries besides the USA under alert?
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xtreme69 Donating Member (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:27 PM
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11. *cough* Link from BBC talking about US heightened alert status *cough*
Of course England isn't going too pay as much attention too this threat, it's not against them! But too say that there was "not any mention of it" at the BBC site is just plain silly and misleading.

But since you missed it, and this is only one of the articles I've seen, here you go:

Click me too read a BBC article that according too bigendian doesnt exist
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:42 PM
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12. Pardon me for asking...
but why are we on Orange Alert, anyhoo?
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