jeffy124's Journal: A prediction......

Some of you may have seen past journal entries of mine ripping the press on how they scare the public, sensationalize, etc, all without fact checking. (And praising journalists like John Stossel for efforts to counter it) A few summers ago, for instance, was "Summer of the Shark" off the southeastern coast, even though the number of attacks and the sizes of the shark populations were consistent with the numbers of previous years. Despite this, the press's handling scared people in taking vacations elsewhere, leading to a lack of tourism in beach communities, and which sent their local econimies downhill fast.

My prediction: Tornadoes will be a hot topic this summer in the press, no matter how bad the numbers actually are.

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Re:My money's on hurricanes.

[baldass_newbie]

Global Warming.
After all, it causes tornados, hurricanes and halitosis.
You heard it here first.

Re:My money's on hurricanes.

[heliocentric]

Ok, link global warming to unplanned pregnancy in 50 words or less... ready GO.

Re:My money's on hurricanes.

[baldass_newbie]

Teenagers uncertain about the future due to global warming are getting pregnant in ever increasing numbers.
15 okay?

Re:My money's on hurricanes.

[heliocentric]

But how does being uncertain about the future indicate a greater risk of pregnancy?

Re:My money's on hurricanes.

[baldass_newbie]

This is the media we're talking about.
The logic doesn't have to be valid or cogent.

Re:My money's on hurricanes.

[heliocentric]

Oh boy... let the flame war begin:

This is the media we're talking about.
The logic doesn't have to be valid or cogent.

If you put the word religion in for the word media I think we've got a new .sig