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Thursday Morning
Jan. 18th, 2007 08:34 amThe morning news is dominated by the water intoxication incident (national news!) and the Devlin case in Missouri. Still no juicy information, which I doubt we'll receive yet, about how the hell Devlin pulled this off.
With regard to the Wee Wiincident, local news shows shared some of the radio show coverage of the incident at the time. The Morning Rave DJs came off as quite flippant and rude. But that's how morning DJs are supposed to behave. However, it did come across as incriminating. A lawsuit will be formally announced tomorrow. Involuntary manslaughter is also being tossed around. This case just sucks.
Back to Devlin. I had dinner with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
taogrl last night and we were discussing a many things. One of them was what on earth did that freak Devlin say to that Hornbeck didn't try to contact his parents? Of course, since we don't know the children, we can only speculate. You wonder if he knew the kid at all and if he was having troubles with his parents and Devlin preyed on that, making the child believe that his parents didn't love him or want him anymore. Who knows. But hopefully we can all find out so parents can tell their children that under no circumstances would they ever not love their children and not want them harmed or abducted, etc. That they would never stop searching for them if they were kidnapped and as such not to stop trying to escape if they felt a good opportunity presented itself. And who knows? Maybe the kidnapper said that he would arrange for their parents to be murdered if they tried to escape.
And American Idol. In what possible world should a "reality show" like American Idol make the news? Shit, people, it was on tv. Anyone who wanted to see it should have seen it. This country is silly with DVRs and VCRs. But what's the news item? Is American Idol to sadistic? Well yes, it always has been. During this first part of the show, they insure that some really sad no talent folks on the show, and that's supposed to be entertainment. I'm assuming these people are encouraged to be bad in some cases, because there's something about us that likes to see this crap. I understand that eventually those folks are weeded out and we see the cream of the crop perform, but still. It's just not my bag. And then it becomes news? Welcome to the subtle world of advertising, folks. Pisses. Me. Off.
Since my televised news isn't so newsworthy, that's one of the reasons why I donated to my local NPR station again this year. KQED is starting their pledge drive online and the more people who pre-contribute will help to shorten the pledge drive in a few weeks. So, folks, support listener supported news and support your local NPR station today! Say "no" to newscasts about American Idol and say yes to cogent interviews like a discussion of causes of the overal decline in crime in the nineties and what caused it. Or the Commonwealth Club talks. Or some charming entertainment like Prairie Home Companion.
That's my plug for the day. Now to work.
Have a good day folks!
With regard to the Wee Wiincident, local news shows shared some of the radio show coverage of the incident at the time. The Morning Rave DJs came off as quite flippant and rude. But that's how morning DJs are supposed to behave. However, it did come across as incriminating. A lawsuit will be formally announced tomorrow. Involuntary manslaughter is also being tossed around. This case just sucks.
Back to Devlin. I had dinner with
taogrl last night and we were discussing a many things. One of them was what on earth did that freak Devlin say to that Hornbeck didn't try to contact his parents? Of course, since we don't know the children, we can only speculate. You wonder if he knew the kid at all and if he was having troubles with his parents and Devlin preyed on that, making the child believe that his parents didn't love him or want him anymore. Who knows. But hopefully we can all find out so parents can tell their children that under no circumstances would they ever not love their children and not want them harmed or abducted, etc. That they would never stop searching for them if they were kidnapped and as such not to stop trying to escape if they felt a good opportunity presented itself. And who knows? Maybe the kidnapper said that he would arrange for their parents to be murdered if they tried to escape. And American Idol. In what possible world should a "reality show" like American Idol make the news? Shit, people, it was on tv. Anyone who wanted to see it should have seen it. This country is silly with DVRs and VCRs. But what's the news item? Is American Idol to sadistic? Well yes, it always has been. During this first part of the show, they insure that some really sad no talent folks on the show, and that's supposed to be entertainment. I'm assuming these people are encouraged to be bad in some cases, because there's something about us that likes to see this crap. I understand that eventually those folks are weeded out and we see the cream of the crop perform, but still. It's just not my bag. And then it becomes news? Welcome to the subtle world of advertising, folks. Pisses. Me. Off.
Since my televised news isn't so newsworthy, that's one of the reasons why I donated to my local NPR station again this year. KQED is starting their pledge drive online and the more people who pre-contribute will help to shorten the pledge drive in a few weeks. So, folks, support listener supported news and support your local NPR station today! Say "no" to newscasts about American Idol and say yes to cogent interviews like a discussion of causes of the overal decline in crime in the nineties and what caused it. Or the Commonwealth Club talks. Or some charming entertainment like Prairie Home Companion.
That's my plug for the day. Now to work.
Have a good day folks!
