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spectre · 05-03-2003, 09:42 PM

Welcome to sweeps on tv. I hate to be that cynical, but scaring the crap out of people is what sells on the news. Once it makes tv news, it hits the papers and the net. Everyone starts to think of it as a catastrophic plague. The great pandemic that take out a large portion of the population based on the amount of news coverage that it's getting. The truth is, you're probably as likely (if not more likely) to die from influenza than from sars.

05-03-2003, 09:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
spectre Junkie	Welcome to sweeps on tv. I hate to be that cynical, but scaring the crap out of people is what sells on the news. Once it makes tv news, it hits the papers and the net. Everyone starts to think of it as a catastrophic plague. The great pandemic that take out a large portion of the population based on the amount of news coverage that it's getting. The truth is, you're probably as likely (if not more likely) to die from influenza than from sars. __________________ "Fuck these chains No goddamn slave I will be different" ~ Machine Head Last edited by spectre; 05-03-2003 at 09:44 PM..