"...it's just an eye-roller, and it shows the need for our alleged news media to create tension where there is none, even in situations that do not warrant tension."
It's not just Entertainment Hype. A few days ago the NBC Nightly News started off with their anchor saying "If you can believe it, radiation from the Fukushima plants has been detected in America."
Anyone who knew ANYTHING about this would have known this was inevitable, it was at the expected time and amounts, and that those tiny amounts were totally harmless. Yet they made it their lead story and introduced it with "If you can believe it".
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branchandroot
Eye-rolling News
Date: 2011-03-30 11:10 pm (UTC)It's not just Entertainment Hype. A few days ago the NBC Nightly News started off with their anchor saying "If you can believe it, radiation from the Fukushima plants has been detected in America."
Anyone who knew ANYTHING about this would have known this was inevitable, it was at the expected time and amounts, and that those tiny amounts were totally harmless. Yet they made it their lead story and introduced it with "If you can believe it".