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Calling For Cool Heads To Prevail Over Panic

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 15 Mar 20

I am so sorry I have been away. I have been fighting a cold for about a week or so. I haven't really had much energy at all. Anyway, on the subject of health, I believe in taking common sense steps to avoid Corona virus & other...

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Am I a sadist??

Stanley W. Shura @stanws (126) • Stoughton, Massachusetts 10 Oct 18

Okay, I admit it. When dramatic news hits, I get jacked! Good news, sure, but...yeah...bad, too! Like the weather. Since childhood, I've always hoped and cheered for the blizzard to wallop us. No, I wish no one harm, just -...

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Doing Their Job

celticeagle @celticeagle (189912) • Boise, Idaho 17 Jun 17

Has someone lost their mind? Trump hates the media and spills about the "false media". Now Mrs. Cosby(who must be quite a woman) is going off on the media because they are telling the story as they know it. Doing their jobs. The...

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Post election news media revelations

hoseasmate @hoseasmate (720) • United States 18 Nov 12

Somehow it seems too coincidental that the 'breaking news' about high ranking generals in the U.S. was released after the election. Somehow it seems too convenient that a large iconic company's bankruptcy isn't 'breaking news'...

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Why does the news media sensationalize and exaggerate so much?

Awinds @Awinds (2468) • United States 30 Jul 11

A few years back there was an earthquake in China. It wasn't a super, major one but it did do a lot of damage. My local newspaper reported the death toll to be 150 something people. However, a neighbor of mine has a son who was...

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Do you think weather reporters have become scare-mongers?

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 20 Jan 11

We have snow here right now and listening to the radio, like I do everyday, they break in every 15 minutes to tell us it's snowing, roads are dangerous, counties might declare snow emergencies, cars are sliding off the roads,...

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yAPPING WEATHER MEN-WOMEN

ANTIQUELADY @ANTIQUELADY (36440) • United States 7 Jan 10

dO U EVER JUST GET TIRED & WORN OUT W/THE PEOPLE WHO GIVE U THE WEATHER REPORTS. Now don't get me wrong i'm glad they are usually wrong but they have gone on for days & days that we were going to have terrible weather here in...

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Some emails can be most touching or humerous. What do you think of this one?

tjades @tjades (3590) • Jamaica 28 Mar 09

friends from all over tend to pass on emails they think are good for sharing. Some emails can be so touching, encouraging and even hilarious. I received one lately which showed a little 8yr old boy in Iran getting his hand...

Why do people buy tabloids?

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 9 Nov 08

You know, those trashy pulp magazines right by the checkout counter that proclaim these are the last days, or Dolly Parton has some sort of problem or they've discovered a horribly disfigured toddler locked up in a cage in...

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'The Daily Show' and 'Colbert Report' - news at its funniest!

Bee1955 @Bee1955 (3882) • United States 11 Feb 07

I have to say that these two shows really spell out the dull humdrums of newsreporting by CNN & other news channels. I never miss them. Stewart's sarcasm with Colbert's sensationalism takes it to the edge and over it. What do you...

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