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September 7th, 2017 at 2:53:02 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18201 |
The same lamestream media like to make people who do prep for things look like paranoid fools. Keep your pantry full of enough soup and canned goods to last a month, keep enough water to last a few days, if in FL keep the plywood to cover the windows. Do all of that and they would love to run a story about the crazy guy waiting for the world to end. And of course they would find the "crazy guy" was a Trump voter. Or whoever (prepper types skew right in voting by a wide, wide margin.) They would run the story when times were good and quiet. The President is a fink. |
September 7th, 2017 at 11:15:03 AM permalink | |
reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 | Limbaugh is correct that the news media has a bad habit of overhyping these storms and the media definitely has an unhealthy fixation with fear ("If it bleeds, it leads"). Anything scary and exciting is good for ratings. Ironically, Michael Moore makes a very similar argument in his movie Bowling for Columbine (this scene about deadly escalators and Halloween candy tainted with razor blades). The glaring problem with Limbaugh's argument is the particular example he uses to prove his point: Hurricane Irma. This storm might be the rare anomaly where the media's hype is actually warranted!
If we accept Limbaugh's premise that the TV news' motive is to help drive foot traffic into grocery stores to sell emergency supplies (bottled water & batteries) this contradicts Limbaugh's other point: that the storm coverage is also climate change propaganda. TV stations don't make their revenue by selling grocery store ads. On the contrary, TV stations make their revenue by selling automobile ads. And the car companies make their biggest profit margins on their biggest SUVs. If anything, Ford, GM and Chrysler would prefer not to discuss climate change. |
September 7th, 2017 at 11:31:46 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Is WoV done? I haven't been able to even bring the page up for days, let alone view it. Are the new owners fixing it or has it been abandoned. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 7th, 2017 at 12:11:40 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
You can tell with storms. If it hits and many people were prepared, well and good. How about epidemics? If the government issues recommendations like avoiding public places like malls and restaurants, and the media hypes it up, and then the outbreak fizzles, what happened? Was it a weak strain that would have fizzled anyway, or did the precautions made it fizzle?
TV stations make revenue by selling ads. An ad for GM and an ad for Walmart in the same show probably generate the same revenue each. If there are more car ads it's because car companies buy more ads (simple, yes?) But one could study the ads during news about hurricanes and see whether grocery stores have more ads than usual at such times. I'd bet all I own that Limbaugh hasn't done that analysis. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
September 7th, 2017 at 12:29:26 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | There are probably more car adds because I don't need a new 60k vehicle, so they need to try and sell me one. When I get hungry the sale is already made, I just have to find where. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
September 7th, 2017 at 12:30:08 PM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4960 |
I have been on it every day, multiple times a day, and have not had any problems other than it running a little slower than before. I know other people have been having all sorts of problems. and only get in occasionally. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
September 7th, 2017 at 12:33:16 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18201 |
+1. I visited the other day, nothing unusual. The President is a fink. |
September 7th, 2017 at 12:42:15 PM permalink | |
SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 22 Posts: 4169 |
It seems to be fixed now. No problem for me today. |
September 7th, 2017 at 1:00:32 PM permalink | |
Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 | Babs has Droid (as do I) and we've both been unable to access via phone. I still can't and I expect she is the same. PC works, though it is quite slow. Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |
September 7th, 2017 at 2:34:17 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18201 | More than 5,000 out-of-state voters may have tipped New Hampshire against Trump For those who wonder why I am so against same-day voter registrations! The President is a fink. |