Comments on: Updates & Weekly Round Up for January 24 http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2010/01/24/updates-weekly-round-up-for-january-24/ Politics, Civil Liberties, Media, Editorial, Activism Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:24:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bara http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2010/01/24/updates-weekly-round-up-for-january-24/comment-page-1/#comment-4422 Bara Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:26:26 +0000 http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/?p=1527#comment-4422 When I was younger, I loved to read the supermarket tabloids and conspiracy-theory type fare. They all used the same formula, which was to take a mundane topic and sensationalize it with crazy stuff. For example: "Woman gives birth to baby in taxicab" becomes "Woman gives birth to Elvis' baby in taxicab" "Rocket is destroyed by launch command 10 seconds after liftoff" becomes "UFO's destroy NASA rocket" These days, I notice the tabloid/conspiracy folks just reprinting and linking MSM articles. The world has become so crazy that there's no need to sensationalize anything. When I was younger, I loved to read the supermarket tabloids and conspiracy-theory type fare. They all used the same formula, which was to take a mundane topic and sensationalize it with crazy stuff. For example:

“Woman gives birth to baby in taxicab” becomes “Woman gives birth to Elvis’ baby in taxicab”

“Rocket is destroyed by launch command 10 seconds after liftoff” becomes “UFO’s destroy NASA rocket”

These days, I notice the tabloid/conspiracy folks just reprinting and linking MSM articles. The world has become so crazy that there’s no need to sensationalize anything.

]]> By: BillH http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2010/01/24/updates-weekly-round-up-for-january-24/comment-page-1/#comment-4420 BillH Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:10:43 +0000 http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/?p=1527#comment-4420 Civilian drones...hm. Perhaps that image of taking out drug dealers in New York with a missile (or anyone the government deems "anti-") isn't so far away after all? Civilian drones…hm. Perhaps that image of taking out drug dealers in New York with a missile (or anyone the government deems “anti-”) isn’t so far away after all?

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