Subj : Re: Huh... To : alt.tv.farscape From : Nick Date : Mon Sep 05 2005 00:33:05 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote: > Nick wrote: > >> Jim Larson wrote: >> >>> Nick wrote: >>> >>>> Jim Larson wrote: >>>> >>>>> Mark Nobles wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Jim Larson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4211320.stm >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Seems we're[1] not well loved abroad. Interesting though. >>>>>>> Also, is it just me or does the apparent violence seem to be >>>>>>> downplayed or at least sanitized in the U.S. media? >>>>>> >>>>>> It's just you. The media I have been watching have been making >>>>>> it appear that the police are fighting the battle of New >>>>>> Orleans against heavily-armed gang warlords. It's Mogadishu >>>>>> with water instead of sand. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Woohoo! I knew I was weird. >>>>> >>>>> (It's the lack of detail that distinguishes one from the other. >>>>> What you said above is the sum total of what I hear from the >>>>> U.S. media. This is fine as far as it goes, and perhaps >>>>> appropriate given that we're still in the middle of it all.) >>>>> >>>> >>>> Around here I have seen stories about gang beatings and rapes, and >>>> those stories are from inside the superdome. >>>> >>> >>> I've seen those stories too, but mostly in the foreign press. >>> However, I will readily admit that statement is anecdotal. I've >>> only glanced at the LA Times a few times recently. And the >>> national TV news is hardly a fair comparison. >>> >>> So...basically, ignore most of what I said above. (Note: This >>> applies to every post I've made in the last however many years >>> I've been posting on ATF.) >>> >> >> We, in Baton Rouge and the surrounding area, probably see more than >> most people because our ABC and CBS stations have been running 24 >> hour coverage since it happened. So we get a lot of local stuff in >> addition to the national coverage. >> > > Apropos of nothing at all, how do folks down there pronounce Baton > Rouge...all Frenchy or like "batten rooj"? > Marcia on the Brady Bunch nailed it when she was trying to tell Bobby as he floundered on city-wide television. (batten rouge) .