Comments on: The morning papers. http://nancynall.com/2004/02/08/the-morning-papers/ one writer's daily download Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:48:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Michael G http://nancynall.com/2004/02/08/the-morning-papers/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Michael G Mon, 09 Feb 2004 01:14:47 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2004/02/08/the-morning-papers/#comment-864 I particularly liked the part where the "victim" advises people "to remove their pier systems and boat lifts at the end of the summer so they don't turn the lake into an obstacle course." I particularly liked the part where the “victim” advises people “to remove their pier systems and boat lifts at the end of the summer so they don’t turn the lake into an obstacle course.”

]]> By: ashley http://nancynall.com/2004/02/08/the-morning-papers/comment-page-1/#comment-863 ashley Sun, 08 Feb 2004 20:03:41 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2004/02/08/the-morning-papers/#comment-863 Thinning the herd, I say. I think that's how we ought to portray it. Too bad he didn't crush his scrot', so we could nominate him for the Darwin awards. Thinning the herd, I say. I think that’s how we ought to portray it.

Too bad he didn’t crush his scrot’, so we could nominate him for the Darwin awards.

]]> By: Nance http://nancynall.com/2004/02/08/the-morning-papers/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Nance Sun, 08 Feb 2004 16:41:31 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2004/02/08/the-morning-papers/#comment-862 >And the media have a vital obligation to portray all morons as victims. I plant the watershed moment at whenever it was that coverage of a solar eclipse started being more about the "protect your eyes! Danger! Blindness!" than it was about the astronomical phenomenon itself. However, after watching the chase-perverts-down-the-street story on the Detroit NBC affiliate the other day, I'd welcome a little how-to-ride-a-snowmobile story, you know? >And the media have a vital obligation to portray all morons as victims.

I plant the watershed moment at whenever it was that coverage of a solar eclipse started being more about the “protect your eyes! Danger! Blindness!” than it was about the astronomical phenomenon itself.

However, after watching the chase-perverts-down-the-street story on the Detroit NBC affiliate the other day, I’d welcome a little how-to-ride-a-snowmobile story, you know?

]]> By: Vince http://nancynall.com/2004/02/08/the-morning-papers/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Vince Sun, 08 Feb 2004 14:57:47 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2004/02/08/the-morning-papers/#comment-861 Whoa Nelllie! You're poopooing a life threatening danger! Don't you realize that people need to be protected from themselves? And the media have a vital obligation to portray all morons as victims. This is fine timing for this piece too. It's February. That's TV Sweeps time. Just wait for one of the Ft. Wayne stations to jump on this with a highly promoted "Special Investigation!" I can hear the voice-of-the-devil announcer now.... "Harmless winter fun or death on tracks? A story that could save your life!" Whoa Nelllie! You’re poopooing a life threatening danger! Don’t you realize that people need to be protected from themselves? And the media have a vital obligation to portray all morons as victims.

This is fine timing for this piece too. It’s February. That’s TV Sweeps time. Just wait for one of the Ft. Wayne stations to jump on this with a highly promoted “Special Investigation!” I can hear the voice-of-the-devil announcer now….

“Harmless winter fun or death on tracks? A story that could save your life!”

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