Today Show instigates panic buying

[SavageDem]

The Today Show this morning is telling people that they need to stock up on food to avoid shortages.

<Rhetorical question>
Is this a blatant example of irresponsible journalism?
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[glowing]

1. Insane.. Wonder how many big wigs are trading commodities these days?

[Mist]

2. Yes indeed. And this food shortage thing seems kind of sudden. nt

[formercia]

4. Class Warfare

Perhaps they are hoping for riots in order to initiate martial Law and the suspension of the General Election.

[Mist]

13. They can wreak plenty of havoc in 8 months. nt

[formercia]

20. Now we have Rush Limpballs calling for riots at the Dem convention.

There seems to be a pattern emerging.

[formercia]

23. More panic mongering from the Wall Street Journal

Driving commodity prices for speculators I bet:
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/104914/Load-Up-the-Pantry

Load Up the Pantry
by Brett Arends
Wednesday, April 23, 2008provided byWSJ

I don't want to alarm anybody, but maybe it's time for Americans to start stockpiling food.

No, this is not a drill.

You've seen the TV footage of food riots in parts of the developing world. Yes, they're a long way away from the U.S. But most foodstuffs operate in a global market. When the cost of wheat soars in Asia, it will do the same here.


Reality: Food prices are already rising here much faster than the returns you are likely to get from keeping your money in a bank or money-market fund. And there are very good reasons to believe prices on the shelves are about to start rising a lot faster.

--snip--

[gatorboy]

15. It is sudden, and the excuses for that are utter bullshit.

Rice is up 130% over the past year because growth in India and China? Did their populations double overnight??? Complete horse shit!

[sinkingfeeling]

22. I was thinking that yesterday when ABC news said that the shortages were the result of

increasing Asian demand. I'm going, "A billion new people sprang up in Asia in the last 4 months? Huh?"

[bdamomma]

3. the media just fueling the fire aren't they?

sickening.

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. Good Morning America did that yesterday. Disgusting is what it is.

[bdamomma]

11. instilling FEAR in people seems to be the norm now.

somehow some of us will rise above all this propaganda.

[SammyWinstonJack]

17. I swear these corprat media whores delight in playing the fear card. All smiles while feigning

"concern" for the general public. And probably laughing their collective a$$e$ while on commercial break. Disgusting!

[Gman]

6. Food riots are the beginnings of a revolution

maybe the Today Show and GMA are doing a good thing.

[Red Zelda]

7. Egads, man, is Wegman's out of wasabi slaw???????

[KharmaTrain]

8. Anyone Remeber The Toilet Paper Shortage???

It began as a joke on Johnny Carson and soon people were not just squeezin the Charmin...they were stockpiling the stuff.

Nothing like a bit of fear mongering to help move a good speculation game along. Keep a close eye on the commodity prices...see if they continue to skyrocket as a result of the "atmosphere of panic".

The deal here is that I do see us facing some big shortages coming down the pike. The high oil prices, food prices and sinking dollar will dictate what is produced and what isn't...what goes to market and what doesn't. Farmers who are throwing $4 a gallon to keep their tractors going and aren't able to cover their expenses may just sit on the land rather than take the losses...companies that see a drop in demand and increased production and distribution costs will hold back on what they manufacture...and busineses that have seen a big drop off in business will either shut doors or limit hours. And this regime will just stand by and let this country go to hell.

[iamjoy]

9. Don't Forget The Truckers

if farmers won't throw $4 a gallon into their tractors, truckers may also not throw it into their rigs, so food that is produced will rot in a warehouse.

We need real leadership now, some one who will take charge. In my opinion, that could be tough as nails Hillary Clinton or reassuring Barack Obama.

We don't need careless goof-off George W. Bush or asleep at the wheel John McCain

[KharmaTrain]

16. Where The Booosh "Legacy" And Gramps Agenda Collide

The endgame for this regime is to fleece every last dime it can while it can and leave the mess to Gramps or the Democrats to clean up. The only help this regime will provide is to raid the Treasury to bail out its buddies and let the middle and lower classes rot. "Serves us right" for not liking his asshoiness or throwing money at Gramps. It's not being a goof-off...it's a callous, selfish grab for the cash and making a clean getaway.

Yesterday we saw Gramps attempt to "dress down" boooosh for NOLA...and playing "good cop" to the bad NC GOOPers...it's all part of the corporate media narrative we'll have to fight all the way...and keep reminding people how Gramps is a third boooosh term.

[SavageDem]

10. One wonders...

...what it will take for Joe Sixpack to get off the couch and, as the Stray Cats said it long ago, Storm the Embassy. How bad do things have to get before the average person puts together, "Hmmmm, Neocon policies baaaaad. Regulated imports, progressive taxation, strong social security program, civil liberties GOOOOOOOOOOOD!" and starts packing their knapsack to march on Washington. I'll provide the tar and feathers.

[bdamomma]

12. pitchforks and torches too.

[liberal N proud]

14. Are they trying to give the regime reason to implement Martial Law?

I am sure if you tune to ABC, FAUX, CNN, they will all have a similar story. The morning script told them all what propaganda to catapult today.

[high density]

18. Over at Yahoo Finance this morning I was reading an article that was

telling me to stock up on food so I can avoid inflation of food prices.

"I don't want to alarm anybody, but maybe it's time for Americans to start stockpiling food."


:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

Where is all this "stockpile food" crap coming from? This is crazy.

[orleans]

19. shame on them--shame on the today show and every other show

that encourages this bullshit panic and worry in people

assholes!

[sinkingfeeling]

21. The propaganda machine is at it again! Everybody panic!! Hoard stuff!! Drive up prices!

They all must be heavy dealers on the futures market!

[witznd]

24. Food shortages....Or just propaganda driving the train?

It amazes me how quickly people can jump right on that propaganda train! And the more tickets the media gives away, the more momentum it picks up and the faster that train will barrel down the tracks!

I've got an idea! Let start encouraging American farmers to crank it up. Instead of being part of the problem---causing hysteria, which is the global way to control people's actions, and WOW it does work well---let's do some counter propaganda and try to stimulate the people to stand up against this fascist control tactic and get growing. Let's crank up our oil wells while we're at it.

There is no shortage of anything...corn is being used for an artificial market...rice is not being imported because of a political ploy (Asian Piss party), wheat is going up because of the corn being used for fuel and demand...why grow wheat when corn is pulling such a profit.

We are not seeing pestilence destroying crops in great abundance...or worldwide flooding wiping out farm land...or heat waves so devastating as to completely eradicate the land...NOPE what we are seeing happening now is plan old politics and propaganda motivating the way people think and act. HMMMMM Global Warming! And look how well it is working and sucking people into the panic! Gold is down by the way...$200 from 2 months ago! Think think think....

There is a big difference between being wise and prudent and fueling the fascist fire...We should all have the wisdom to be prepared for a disaster, whether it be a financial market crash OR a food shortage. But when we create our own disaster and continue to jump on and load BIO-fuel into that trains engine, we have no one to blame but ourselves for the consequences we will suffer.

Let's say it all together---GLOBAL WARMING!

[uppityperson]

26. Welcome to DU. MSM hysteria=people watch=sell more ad time.

Welcome to DU.

[WilliamPitt]

28. What's your opinion on this?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/opinion/26borlaug.html?ref=opinion

[Mike K]

25. The Passive Public Is Responsible:

There is nothing wrong with our society that 50 barrels of hot tar and a hundred pounds of feathers won't cure.

[coriolis]

27. Kinda like fucking for virginity.

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