Subj : Re: Huh... To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Mon Sep 05 2005 00:35:51 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote: > 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) Ah, Brady Bunch...is there nothing it can't teach us? -- Jim .