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Bradley G
10-06-2010, 04:23 AM
Ok the media thrives on bad news over 80% of all news; tele, radio, print you name it , they feed us misery and despair 24/7
I copied todays news highlights from my homepage, show me where the media offers anything but doom & gloom?
well maybe the Nobel story, got to keep the 20% factor of positive happenings alive.
<LI class="bullet med-small" _yuid="yui_3_0_0-2-128636371593735">25 NATO fuel tankers attacked in Pakistan (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories;_ylc=X3oDMTI1bzcwNG cxBFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5j b20EUl9maWQDN2Q5NGE2MDRiMjA3OW M1YTM0ZTM5NzM0MzU5ZjMxNDYEUl9s dHADMQ--/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan)<LI class="bullet med-small" _yuid="yui_3_0_0-2-128636371593738">Natural gas pipeline crisis plans kept from public (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories;_ylc=X3oDMTI1bzcwNG cxBFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5j b20EUl9maWQDN2Q5NGE2MDRiMjA3OW M1YTM0ZTM5NzM0MzU5ZjMxNDYEUl9s dHADMQ--/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_bi_ge/us_pipeline_safety)<LI class="bullet med-small">5 Afghan children among 9 dead in Kandahar blasts (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories;_ylc=X3oDMTI1bzcwNG cxBFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5j b20EUl9maWQDN2Q5NGE2MDRiMjA3OW M1YTM0ZTM5NzM0MzU5ZjMxNDYEUl9s dHADMQ--/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan)<LI class="bullet med-small">AP-GfK Poll: Working-class whites shun Dems (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories;_ylc=X3oDMTI1bzcwNG cxBFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5j b20EUl9maWQDN2Q5NGE2MDRiMjA3OW M1YTM0ZTM5NzM0MzU5ZjMxNDYEUl9s dHADMQ--/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_el_ge/us_ap_poll_working_class_white s)<LI class="bullet med-small">2 Japanese, American share chemistry Nobel (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories;_ylc=X3oDMTI1bzcwNG cxBFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5j b20EUl9maWQDN2Q5NGE2MDRiMjA3OW M1YTM0ZTM5NzM0MzU5ZjMxNDYEUl9s dHADMQ--/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_sc/sci_nobel_chemistry)<LI class="bullet med-small">High court to hear military funeral protest case (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories;_ylc=X3oDMTI1bzcwNG cxBFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5j b20EUl9maWQDN2Q5NGE2MDRiMjA3OW M1YTM0ZTM5NzM0MzU5ZjMxNDYEUl9s dHADMQ--/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_funeral_prote sts)<LI class="bullet med-small">Death toll from Asian floods tops 100 (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories;_ylc=X3oDMTI1bzcwNG cxBFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5j b20EUl9maWQDN2Q5NGE2MDRiMjA3OW M1YTM0ZTM5NzM0MzU5ZjMxNDYEUl9s dHADMQ--/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_re_as/as_asia_flooding)

Motorhead350
10-06-2010, 08:54 AM
No news is good news.

CBT
10-06-2010, 09:15 AM
Ok the media thrives on bad news over 80% of all news; tele, radio, print you name it , they feed us misery and despair 24/7
I copied todays news highlights from my homepage, show me where the media offers anything but doom & gloom?
well maybe the Nobel story, got to keep the 20% factor of positive happenings alive.
<LI class="bullet med-small" _yuid="yui_3_0_0-2-128636371593735">25 NATO fuel tankers attacked in Pakistan (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories;_ylc=X3oDMTI1bzcwNG cxBFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5j b20EUl9maWQDN2Q5NGE2MDRiMjA3OW M1YTM0ZTM5NzM0MzU5ZjMxNDYEUl9s dHADMQ--/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan)<LI class="bullet med-small" _yuid="yui_3_0_0-2-128636371593738">Natural gas pipeline crisis plans kept from public (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories;_ylc=X3oDMTI1bzcwNG cxBFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5j b20EUl9maWQDN2Q5NGE2MDRiMjA3OW M1YTM0ZTM5NzM0MzU5ZjMxNDYEUl9s dHADMQ--/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_bi_ge/us_pipeline_safety)<LI class="bullet med-small">5 Afghan children among 9 dead in Kandahar blasts (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories;_ylc=X3oDMTI1bzcwNG cxBFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5j b20EUl9maWQDN2Q5NGE2MDRiMjA3OW M1YTM0ZTM5NzM0MzU5ZjMxNDYEUl9s dHADMQ--/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan)<LI class="bullet med-small">AP-GfK Poll: Working-class whites shun Dems (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories;_ylc=X3oDMTI1bzcwNG cxBFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5j b20EUl9maWQDN2Q5NGE2MDRiMjA3OW M1YTM0ZTM5NzM0MzU5ZjMxNDYEUl9s dHADMQ--/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_el_ge/us_ap_poll_working_class_white s)<LI class="bullet med-small">2 Japanese, American share chemistry Nobel (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories;_ylc=X3oDMTI1bzcwNG cxBFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5j b20EUl9maWQDN2Q5NGE2MDRiMjA3OW M1YTM0ZTM5NzM0MzU5ZjMxNDYEUl9s dHADMQ--/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_sc/sci_nobel_chemistry)<LI class="bullet med-small">High court to hear military funeral protest case (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories;_ylc=X3oDMTI1bzcwNG cxBFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5j b20EUl9maWQDN2Q5NGE2MDRiMjA3OW M1YTM0ZTM5NzM0MzU5ZjMxNDYEUl9s dHADMQ--/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_funeral_prote sts)<LI class="bullet med-small">Death toll from Asian floods tops 100 (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories;_ylc=X3oDMTI1bzcwNG cxBFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5j b20EUl9maWQDN2Q5NGE2MDRiMjA3OW M1YTM0ZTM5NzM0MzU5ZjMxNDYEUl9s dHADMQ--/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_re_as/as_asia_flooding)
The gas pipeline is the only sad one I see.

dakslim
10-06-2010, 09:23 AM
The sad one will probably be the way the court rules on this one.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories;_ylc=X3oDMTI1bzcwNG cxBFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5j b20EUl9maWQDN2Q5NGE2MDRiMjA3OW M1YTM0ZTM5NzM0MzU5ZjMxNDYEUl9s dHADMQ--/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_funeral_prote sts

DOOM
10-06-2010, 07:42 PM
I copied todays news highlights from my homepage, show me where the media offers anything but doom & gloom?

What's wrong with that??? :dunno:

:D

Bradley G
10-07-2010, 02:35 AM
Nothing, if they left it at just "DOOM"

What's wrong with that??? :dunno:

:D