Topic 30 of 42: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Sat, May 2, 1998 (08:58) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
They just has a live broadcast of a freeway suicide in LA, with closeup
shots of someones head being blow off as they popped off a shotgun.
We are at the point where everyone must know everything that's going on
as it happens. Both a new low in journalism and a taste of the future.
38 responses total.
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 1 of 38: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, May 2, 1998 (09:06) * 12 lines
One of the busiest LA interchanges was held up for an hour, costing S Cal
economy well into 7 figures. They cut away from a kids cartoon show to
show it, the four year olds needed to see this obviously!
The guy did it because he was opposed to HMOs, and if you're in LA, the
best way to get attention is to get in a freeway chase (a la OJ). The
HMO refused to pay his Viagra subscription, one rumor has it.
So the kiddies go from happy smurfland to blood and brains all over. Not
pretty is it?
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 2 of 38: Wolf (Wolf) * Sat, May 2, 1998 (10:02) * 1 lines
that's disgusting. who needs to see that anyway, kids or adults.....geez!
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Response 3 of 38: sad state of journalistic affairs (terry) * Sat, May 2, 1998 (10:45) * 4 lines
It's the new way, everyone sees everything with no discrimination.
Sad indeed.
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Response 4 of 38: Wolf (Wolf) * Sat, May 2, 1998 (11:37) * 1 lines
and they wonder why kids are killing each other!
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 5 of 38: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Sat, May 2, 1998 (15:17) * 3 lines
i sometimes think that the news media nowadays is living by that old
saying, "It's easier to get forgiveness than permission."
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Response 6 of 38: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sat, May 2, 1998 (15:19) * 1 lines
And why people are getting rid of their TV sets! (a' la stacey) If I want to read the Nat'l Enquirer I'll buy one in the supermarket check-out line...
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 7 of 38: Wolf (Wolf) * Sat, May 2, 1998 (19:11) * 1 lines
hey, we got rid of j. springer here, so.......
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Response 8 of 38: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, May 4, 1998 (09:09) * 1 lines
wow Paul, I had no idea journalism (generalization) had sunk that low. Is this sweeps week or something?
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Response 9 of 38: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, May 4, 1998 (11:31) * 3 lines
Next week is, there are about a dozen programs that will be broadcast in
3d, you'll need glasses. Details will be posted in the tv conference.
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 10 of 38: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, May 5, 1998 (08:53) * 1 lines
more suicides in 3D?
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Response 11 of 38: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, May 9, 1998 (10:33) * 2 lines
I'd watch that...not sure I'd want my kids
to watch, though...
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Response 12 of 38: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Jul 3, 1998 (18:06) * 1 lines
Hope it gives you the fright of your life, muffin!
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 13 of 38: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (00:05) * 1 lines
You're mad at me, aren't you?
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 14 of 38: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (09:39) * 1 lines
Would I call you muffin if I were mad at you?
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 15 of 38: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (12:28) * 1 lines
That would imply that I knew if you liked muffins or not...
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 16 of 38: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (13:10) * 1 lines
I eat muffins by the hundreds - what does that imply?
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Response 17 of 38: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (13:12) * 1 lines
that I really need to watch being around you warm and covered in butter?
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Response 18 of 38: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (13:14) * 2 lines
Sure as he££!
Raw, cold, warm, buttery, jammy, crumbly, hard, soft, puffy - you just watch it, babe!
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 19 of 38: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (13:16) * 1 lines
uhoh...I'm usually all of those at once...
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Response 20 of 38: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (13:26) * 2 lines
yum yum! That's why you're so irresistable . . .
Come here, let me taste ya!
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Response 21 of 38: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (13:41) * 1 lines
*sigh*
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Response 22 of 38: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (13:49) * 1 lines
That sure says it all - don't worry, I won't come near you.
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Response 23 of 38: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (14:47) * 1 lines
methinks you misinterpret...
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Response 24 of 38: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (16:45) * 1 lines
you thinks?
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 25 of 38: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (16:52) * 1 lines
well, when my feelings let me...
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Response 26 of 38: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (17:06) * 5 lines
°eyebrow°
Pretty sharp.
Wer, could you tell me please why you created this topic? Don't you find it kinda eerie here?
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 27 of 38: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (17:47) * 1 lines
didn't create it...just play around in it...kinda like a cemetery...
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Response 28 of 38: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Jul 5, 1998 (01:49) * 1 lines
SHIVERS!!!
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 29 of 38: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Jul 5, 1998 (06:23) * 2 lines
I started this topic, little did I know.
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Response 30 of 38: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Jul 5, 1998 (17:36) * 2 lines
YOU?!
Little did we all know what depth and darkness lurked within our Spring King.
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 31 of 38: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Jul 6, 1998 (09:46) * 1 lines
No darkness lurking here!
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Response 32 of 38: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Jul 6, 1998 (12:42) * 2 lines
Just great depths!
Great name for a topic though.
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Response 33 of 38: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Jul 6, 1998 (12:55) * 2 lines
Yep, the name rocks.
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Response 34 of 38: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Jul 6, 1998 (13:46) * 2 lines
Riette... unfortunatly (IMHO) the name springs from a real live TV broadcast of a man's successful suicide attempt. Guess the video media thought the suspense was worth capturing live and when the distraught (for lack of a real insightful word) decided to follow through, the gory scene was broadcast all around the country.
the name has merit, but i don't believe the broadcast did.
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 35 of 38: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Jul 6, 1998 (16:34) * 2 lines
WHAT?!
They put a person's suicide on TV?!!?!?!?! What kind of a sick thing is that to do?! And what kind of people watch that?!?! God help us.
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 36 of 38: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Jul 6, 1998 (19:35) * 5 lines
LA people, a lot of 'em kids. Because they interuppted a kids tv show to
bring you a live suicide. This is America, honey, the land of OJ, and
Monica, and the Truman show. It's gotten, in some parts, where people
demand all the news, no matter how obscene, as it happens. We been
Simpsonized.
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Response 37 of 38: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Jul 7, 1998 (01:38) * 1 lines
That stinks.
Topic 30 of 42 [media]: Live from LA, it's suicide on the freeway!
Response 38 of 38: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Nov 11, 1998 (06:55) * 9 lines
According to the always-amusing News Blues site
http://www.newsblues.com
the situation isn't good at all in LA:
http://www.newsblues.com/Stations/kabc.htm
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