B3TA fixes the worldMoon Monkey says: Turn into Jeremy Clarkson for a moment, and tell us about the things that are so obviously wrong with the world, and how they should be fixed. Extra points for ludicrous over-simplification, blatant mis-representation, and humourous knob-gags.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 22 Sep 2011, 12:53)
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Aa a working journalist, I agree wholeheartedlyThat's because I'm a print journalist in the states. We recently had a pretty 19-year-old girl murdered by (apparently) her boyfriend. We're outside Chicago and have two dailies, a public broadcasting station and some radio stations that cover the area well.
The girl dies, and tv and "big" radio descend and provide the worst misinformation and rumor mongering possible. I spend most of my time hunting down and discrediting falsehoods. No, the suspect's father didn't find the body. No, it wasn't in a detention pond but on an incline by the railroad tracks. No, the suspect isn't also a suspect in last year's disappearance of an Indiana girl -- that happened 200 miles away at the other end of the state.
The best part? A black woman in mostly "African-American" Gary disappears and is found dead, and the same media ignores it.
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