US Media
Which one of these stories was “Breaking News” today on many American media outlets?
- Russia and Georgia are essentially at war
- Oil is now down to $114/barrel
- John Edwards admitted having an affair
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"I've decided that if you don't at least have a vague grasp of the facts of life by the age of 50, I'm sorry, but I can't help you."
-- Caroline Chen
-- Caroline Chen
The breaking news is over on Chessaholic’s blog…
A preview:
“Don’t worry, they have confirmed that the chance that a sustainable black hole will form and consume the earth is quite small.”
Comment by RT Solo | 10 August 2008
The number of unlucky people in the world is high enough. Get your popcorn ready.
Comment by Donnie | 11 August 2008
The interesting thing I’ve heard is that if the media had looked into this story seriously early on (Heard something about their being longstanding reports or something that have been ignored) then with Edwards out of the running in Iowa Hillary might have won there and eventually gotten the nomination. I guess we will never know.
Comment by l3rucewayne | 11 August 2008
So…. how many people do you think knew it was a country and not just an American state?
Comment by Allen | 12 August 2008
@l3rucewayne: Yeah, I saw that, it’s probably true. Clinton would have basically walked through; Obama probably needed the initial win to be competitive.
@Allen: 1/3 was the first number that came to mind.
But when whenever they do those surverys of Americans’ knowledge of geography, we’re always more terribad than I could fathom. Probably more like 1/8.
Comment by Donnie | 12 August 2008
i thought the big news was the deaths of bernie mac and isaac hayes…
Comment by chessloser | 12 August 2008
Hmmm. But were they white enough to make breaking news in American media? That’s the first question I’d ask.
Comment by Donnie | 15 August 2008