Oh Boy!

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:41 am

Made for T.V. News. Small plane has landing gear problems and a full camera view is locked in. Just imagine the ratings if the belly landing plane explodes into flames and barbecues the passengers. I'm waiting for full bios. on the passengers prior to the landing attempt so we get a real human interest angle. Stay tuned! Story developing.

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:52 am

Damn, the pilot got the wheels fixed and landed with no problem. Back page news now. Oh wait! We can still get a story of what emotions the passenger went through during this harrowing ordeal. I should go into the news business eh?

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:13 am

You mean nobody died? Booooring!

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue May 17, 2005 12:27 pm

What in the hell are you talking about?

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:20 pm

MD-2389 wrote:What in the hell are you talking about?

I ask myself that same question whenever I read one of Chip's posts

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:40 pm

I like your style woody!

To this day I don't understand the US "news". It is *NOT* news that someone feels devastated about something. It's the event which is news, not the emotions. Why on earth do US news reporters always ask "How do you feel about that?"

That's so friking retarded.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:26 pm

You know what I love (read: hate) on the news?

When they report some major world event, and then they're like "reactions are mixed." Guy from political party X gets elected; reactions are mixed. Religious leader makes statement on contentious subject; reactions are mixed. World event happens which is good for one country and bad for another; reactions are mixed.

What a huge surprise -- people who have mixed opinions expressed mixed reactions! Wow!

I don't care about what Joe Schmoe from the corner thinks about the news. I don't care what Joe Political Operative Masquerading as Joe Schmoe thinks, either (another thing I love about the news is when they cite a "local businessman" or "citizen" and don't tell you he's also run for office or held political party fundraisers or is otherwise highly partisan.) Just tell me the event, don't tell me what people think about it; I can ask people if I want to know what they think.

TigerRaptor · Post by **TigerRaptor** » Tue May 17, 2005 4:17 pm

Mobius wrote:I like your style woody!

To this day I don't understand the US "news". It is *NOT* news that someone feels devastated about something. It's the event which is news, not the emotions. Why on earth do US news reporters always ask "How do you feel about that?"

That's so friking retarded.

It's a good thing you don't have MSNBC.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Tue May 17, 2005 5:48 pm

Lothar wrote:
What a huge surprise -- people who have mixed opinions expressed mixed reactions! Wow!

roflmao .. W3RD! baaahhhahahahahahahah

roid · Post by **roid** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:17 pm

yep.
i like my news. SBS world News. it's facts facts facts with a video cut to people burning.

it's so horribly honest compared to the other commercial channels attempts at news. you know how crappy news stations end with a cute something like a dog on a surfboard? you get none of that crap on SBS world news babeh. there is NO sport (world sport is an entirely seperate show), the weather goes for less than 2minutes.

"and now we leave you with pictures of SMALL CHILDREN BURNING!!!"

(i stole that off a socialcommentary/comedy show)