Anyone see a a new picture of the oil spill? I keep seeing the same old pelican on every station. After 80 days, you'd think there would be new footage. I keep "hearing" the news,....but the same old pics from two months ago. If a tree falls in the woods.......... a complaining governor's words fall on deaf ears.
Since I'm so much in the dark, I'm glad the Obama administration has been in control since "day one"
Most people can't see the connection between my rambling links. Hey, what's up with the Lindsay Lohan trial?
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
*shrug* In capitalist America, companies own government.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I haven't heard anybody say that press access to the oil spill area has been good. Who are you arguing against?
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
Obama. Duh.
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
If you are looking for new photos, try Nola.com. As the oil spreads there aren't enough coast guard to keep away all of the media. It just spread into Lake Pontchartrain and so it's nonstop coverage down here.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
:::::yawn::::: (about the rant in the OP, and who wrote it, not about the oil spill)
[ July 10, 2010, 09:55 PM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by malanthrop (Member # 11992) on :
There's non-stop coverage of a spill without photographic evidence.
Either:
Press isn't allowed to take photos and they are reporting the truth.
or
Press is exaggerating the impact of the spill by showing the same oil covered pelican...over and over.
Which of the above is going on?
Posted by Black Fox (Member # 1986) on :
I would love to make a comment here, which is the fact that it does not deductively follow from your not seeing new photos from the oil spill that the spill is not as bad it is ( showing the same photo ) or that they are not allowed to take photos. I could come up with a dozen scenarios that would fit the bill here.
I would also like to say that I hate moral perfectionsts. That is, I cannot hold belief A unless I practice A to perfection. That is if on one occasion where I could have practiced A i did not then I cannot purport to hold that belief, which is all rather silly when you think about it.
That and I have consistenly seen new pictures of the spill, and I am in Europe right now. Go figure. I guess they have really good photo shop artists.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
quote:Originally posted by malanthrop: Either:
Press isn't allowed to take photos and they are reporting the truth.
or
Press is exaggerating the impact of the spill by showing the same oil covered pelican...over and over.
Which of the above is going on?
Kind of a false dichotomy. For example, it is probably the case that a) the press isn't allowed to take photos in many areas b) the press is not telling the truth and is underplaying the extent of the spill, in part due to administration/BP efforts to control coverage and downplay the spill c) The press sucks at managing stock photos and overplays the pelican angle
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
d) American journalists figure "If you've seen one pelican, you've seen them all."
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Well, hey, if far right conservative loons continue thinking this way, maybe it won't be long until we get another Rush Limbaugh 'oil spill is natural' fun.
Posted by DarkKnight (Member # 7536) on :
I'm being sarcastic but still pretty on point... The oil spill has gone on too long and the press needs to keep the news fresh becasue we can't follow a story that just keeps slowly dragging on. They have to move onto (or rather back to) Lohan, Lebron and Polanski. I mean slow moving oil spreading slowly but surely is just.... slow. Where's the excitement and the drama? A little sheen on the water and some dirty brown globs of goo doesn't make for good, exciting, stay tuned at 11 or die news
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mucus: *shrug* In capitalist America, companies own government.
A few years ago I would have responded with "In Soviet Russia government owns companies!"
Except now the statement would seem strangely ironic.
Posted by scholarette (Member # 11540) on :
I still love one of responses to oil from the spill being reported in Galveston- it isn't like anyone can really tell the difference on the beach. Galveston isn't none for being the prettiest of beach.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
Perhaps thousands of square miles of slightly murky sea-water is not seen as striking fair for the 6 o'clock news. Of course, when you're Mal, and your standard of proof has become: "If I know about it," then there's pretty much no way to respond.
Mal's standard of proof is sort of like "better a Capella." Somebody name a song, and I'll tell you if it's better a Capella.