Here's how TV news works

TheSportsPredictor · Apr 29, 2009

From some Columbus TV station's site:

WASHINGTON — If the Mexico swine flu becomes a global pandemic, the routines and comforts of daily life would vanish in the blink of an eye. Small towns and big cities alike would go into a protective crouch.

The worst case scenario, according to U.S. government planners: Two million dead. Hospitals overwhelmed. Schools closed. Swaths of empty seats at baseball stadiums and houses of worship. An economic recovery snuffed out.

We're nowhere close to that. But government leaders at all levels, and major employers, have spent nearly four years planning for the worst in a series of exercises. Their reports, as well as interviews with policymakers, paint a grim picture of what could happen if the swine flu gets severely out of control.
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http://www.10tv.com/live/content/nationalnews/stories/2009/04/28/story_swine_crisis.html?sid=102

IT COULD HAPPEN! (But it won't.)

dixiehack · Apr 29, 2009

Swaths of empty seats at baseball stadiums
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Is that what the Yankees are blaming now?

PCLoadLetter · Apr 29, 2009

TheSportsPredictor said:

From some Columbus TV station's site:

WASHINGTON — If the Mexico swine flu becomes a global pandemic, the routines and comforts of daily life would vanish in the blink of an eye. Small towns and big cities alike would go into a protective crouch.

The worst case scenario, according to U.S. government planners: Two million dead. Hospitals overwhelmed. Schools closed. Swaths of empty seats at baseball stadiums and houses of worship. An economic recovery snuffed out.

We're nowhere close to that. But government leaders at all levels, and major employers, have spent nearly four years planning for the worst in a series of exercises. Their reports, as well as interviews with policymakers, paint a grim picture of what could happen if the swine flu gets severely out of control.
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http://www.10tv.com/live/content/nationalnews/stories/2009/04/28/story_swine_crisis.html?sid=102

IT COULD HAPPEN! (But it won't.)
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Yes, you're right, that's how TV news works. No other outlet would stoop that low.

Except, of course, that its an Associated Press article that you just linked to.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_go_ot/us_med_swine_flu_worst_case

Starman · Apr 29, 2009

Watched about 15 minutes of Glenn Beck for hoots yesterday.

Topic: Swine flu pandemic. Is the nation panicking, and if not, should we be?

SockPuppet · Apr 29, 2009

The reporters/news outlets who cry WOLF!

So what happens when there is a story worthy of real urgency? Will anyone pay attention?

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