Friday, August 8, 2008

compare and contrast

cnn's front page on their website August 8, 2008 c. 4:00 pm EDT

lead story: [John] Edwards Admits to Extra-Marital Affair

headlines:
bbc world news front page on their website August 8, 2008 c. 4:00pm EDT

lead story: Russian Forces Battle georgians

headlines:
Fannie Mae reveals loss of $2.3bn
Spectacular Opening for Olympics
SpongeBob in NY torture sideshow

hmmm....

Hmmmmm.....

so...americans care more about the sordid details of a politician's private life, pot growing mexicans, slanderous campaigns, and the dow jones than they do about 1,400 civillians being killed in bombings in what will probably lead to an all-out war with a former super-power that's a little hot-headed and still has nukes . also we care about a whoooole bunch of things more than we do fannie mae - one of the biggest mortgage companies in the us - reporting an astronomical loss.

well, then...

2 comments:

mmyers said...

I had no idea Georgia was battling Russia??? How 'bout them BULLDOGS?!

And yes, Six Feet Under, you should have been watching it. Last episode=best last episode of any series evaaahhhhhhh.

mamaevel said...

yup. it's a big fat hairy deal.

yeah, i think just abuot everyone i know who was into that show needed several days to recover from the last episode. gheeeee!!!