Subj : Re: What VP will Kamala pick?
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Mike Miller
Date : Wed Jul 31 2024 22:13:12


 MM>>  AT> Have you not heard about all the derailments? There was one in Ohio
 MM>>  AT> that just so happens to have been carrying hazardous materials. Then
 MM>>  AT> another one in Arizona that just so happens to have been carrying
 MM>>  AT> hazardous materials.
 MM>> 
 MM>>  I have.  It's still not as common as it has been in the past.
 MM>> 
 MM>>  Your claim was that these numbers are "the worst in history"

 AT> The frequency of the media reports is definitely unprecedented. Whether or
 AT> not the media is telling the truth is uncertain, but I'm not sure why your
 AT> people would lie about it.

News is big business.  The 24 hour news channels feed on shock and outrage.  Stories like this can easily be sensationalized to get eyeballs glued to screens that advertisers pay huge sums for access to.  

Do what I do.  

Don't watch news on TV.  

You'll be much happier. 


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