What brought this on?

The stupid ABC Peter Jenning's report on UFOs?
-Rich

RichA wrote:
The stupid ABC Peter Jenning's report on UFOs?
-Rich

I didn't see it, but my hunch is that in today's political
climate, it is safer to talk about stupid irrational stuff than
anything important, like how a gay prostitute got through CIA
and FBI vetting to get a White House press pass. Or to an
in-depth study of the new Swift Boat-style attacks on AARP; or
even an in-depth study of AARP. Or to whether George Bush might
have done anything worthy of impeachment. Or an in-depth look at
why we are not responding to genocide in Africa.

Could be wrong. Maybe UFO's are operated by terrorists, and the
Jenning's report tore the lid off the sick cover up. Yea, that's
the ticket.

--
Tom McDonald
http://ahwhatdoiknow.blogspot.com/

In news wrote:

it is safer to talk about stupid irrational stuff than
anything important, like how a gay prostitute got through CIA
and FBI vetting to get a White House press pass.

Hey! That's funny.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

Bert Hyman wrote:
In news wrote:


it is safer to talk about stupid irrational stuff than
anything important, like how a gay prostitute got through CIA
and FBI vetting to get a White House press pass.


Hey! That's funny.


It would be if it weren't true.

--
Tom McDonald
http://ahwhatdoiknow.blogspot.com/

My difference with the title was that they used:
"Seeing is believing"
when it should have been:
"Believing is seeing"
at least for a large number of those who were suggestible.

"RichA" wrote in message
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The stupid ABC Peter Jenning's report on UFOs?
-Rich

Tom McDonald:
how a gay prostitute got through CIA and FBI vetting to get a White
House press pass...

The CIA does not vet persons who are applying for White-House press
passes. In any case, Gannon got his pass because he was a Bush-regime
shill. They didn't care what else he was. Hypocrisy is the name of this
game.

Or to whether George Bush might have done anything worthy of
impeachment.

Certainly not! Clinton's antics caused a nice blue dress to be sent to
the dry cleaner at considerable expense. What harm have Bush's little
white lies done?

As for ABC's UFO folly, the reason is simple. ABC is in the business of
making money by offering entertainment; everything else, including any
obligation they might have to the public whose airwaves they use, is
incidental. They believed that the program that they presented would
attract sufficient advertising revenue to make money, so they aired it.
If they could air child rape and murder, and if they thought they could
make money at it, they would do that, too. Welcome to the Wonderful
World of Disney.

Davoud

"Suggestible"

The single word that perfectly describes (many) Americans? ;-)

Chris.B

wrote:

"Suggestible"

The single word that perfectly describes (many) Americans? ;-)

s/Americans/people/

Jim
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Lost: Stack Pointer. Small reward offered if found.

ABC observed how Fox "News" has attracted a majority audience with lies,
distortions, misrepresentations, and nonsense (is Michael Jackson's trial of
any consequence at all?) -- so -- they decided to follow suit. It's all in
the audience size -- larger audience = more advertisers = more money.

Just wait -- watch for the UFO story to be followed by:
-- "Creation Science: We Had to Come From Somewhere"
-- "Remote Viewing: I See You Naked"
-- "The 100-MPG Carburetor Detroit Suppressed"

--

-----
Joe S.

"RichA" wrote in message
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The stupid ABC Peter Jenning's report on UFOs?
-Rich

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:12:17 -0500, RichA wrote:

The stupid ABC Peter Jenning's report on UFOs?
-Rich

I missed the first hour but watched the second and I though it was a
pretty good report. For example, they showed interviews with people
who thought they had been abducted. They then showed interviews with
doctors and scientists who explained how the mind can make people
believe in things that aren't real. Maybe the first half of the show
was different but it seems like some here commented without having
seen the show.

Then again, maybe I just dreamed what I saw and I mistakenly believe
it.

Les Blalock
http://www.txastro.com