The Sky is falling!

[RichLender]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27083134/?GT1=43001


Honestly at times I have to wonder if this Economy is really that bad! The Media for One never contributes anything positive-no they just like to Spin everything and make you the viewer sit on the edge of your seat biting your nails!


Holds true with Politics as well.

[mopar]

two words:



speculation



perception



I can remember first aid training years back when they teah you not to foster pestimism.
If you are a first repsonder to a car accident and a guy is in a mangled crash with his arm torn off, you are suppose to give them postive reinforcement- No, you're not gonna die. Help is here. You hang on til we get to the hospital.
If you start telling them holy crap I have never seen an arm ripped off like that, Im not sure youre gonna make it...the doom and gloom sets in and statisitcally that person has a lower chance at survival based on the pestimism.

Step 1 to heal the economy- the goddamn media has to stop throwing logs on the fire about the pestimism and start focusing on the positive aspects.

[chow]

two words:



speculation



perception



I can remember first aid training years back when they teah you not to foster pestimism.
If you are a first repsonder to a car accident and a guy is in a mangled crash with his arm torn off, you are suppose to give them postive reinforcement- No, you're not gonna die. Help is here. You hang on til we get to the hospital.
If you start telling them holy crap I have never seen an arm ripped off like that, Im not sure youre gonna make it...the doom and gloom sets in and statisitcally that person has a lower chance at survival based on the pestimism.

Step 1 to heal the economy- the goddamn media has to stop throwing logs on the fire about the pestimism and start focusing on the positive aspects.

Never, have truer words been typed!

Believe in yourself, if you have a book of business-keep going!

[Drunken Monkey]

Step 1 to heal the economy- the goddamn media has to stop throwing logs on the fire about the pestimism and start focusing on the positive aspects.

This is the most important step IMHO. What disturbs me even more is that most people you talk to will always say that the media is full of shit 99% of the time, but when they hear about not being able to get a loan/oil/etc, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, etc. are considered the trusted advisor. I would really like to think the American public is not that dumb, but it's not looking good right now.

Does anyone listen to NPR? There is a show "On Point with Tom Ashbrook" on in the evening. (I do like this show BTW) They had a guest on there last night that was talking about the financial crisis. This guy could not have been more wrong. It's like they had Corky from 'Life Goes On' commenting on the entire financial system. Who was he? He was a journalist/film maker that decided to write a book (uh hello!?! trying to pawn his book on national radio - he referenced that he wrote a book about 20 times during the hour of the show).

The other guest, an economist, actually knew what the hell he was talking about (I know, go figure). Of course, the economist was "completely wrong" according to the journalist and had no idea what he was talking about. Really? People buy this bullshit? (BTW he had very good/educated comments on the subject).

Here is the link if you want the podcast:
http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2008/ ... /#comments

This just irritates the hell out of me.

Rant over.

[MichiganTed]

Step 1 to heal the economy- the goddamn media has to stop throwing logs on the fire about the pestimism and start focusing on the positive aspects.

This is the most important step IMHO. What disturbs me even more is that most people you talk to will always say that the media is full of shit 99% of the time, but when they hear about not being able to get a loan/oil/etc, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, etc. are considered the trusted advisor. I would really like to think the American public is not that dumb, but it's not looking good right now.

Does anyone listen to NPR? There is a show "On Point with Tom Ashbrook" on in the evening. (I do like this show BTW) They had a guest on there last night that was talking about the financial crisis. This guy could not have been more wrong. It's like they had Corky from 'Life Goes On' commenting on the entire financial system. Who was he? He was a journalist/film maker that decided to write a book (uh hello!?! trying to pawn his book on national radio - he referenced that he wrote a book about 20 times during the hour of the show).

The other guest, an economist, actually knew what the hell he was talking about (I know, go figure). Of course, the economist was "completely wrong" according to the journalist and had no idea what he was talking about. Really? People buy this bullshit? (BTW he had very good/educated comments on the subject).

Here is the link if you want the podcast:
http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2008/ ... /#comments

This just irritates the hell out of me.

Rant over.

But terrified, content folks will not be coming back in 5 minutes to catch the latest update (along with the attendent toilet paper and tampon commercials, which after ALL pay the bills for them.)

[Drunken Monkey]

Ted

[mopar]

Step 1 to heal the economy- the goddamn media has to stop throwing logs on the fire about the pestimism and start focusing on the positive aspects.

I would really like to think the American public is not that dumb, but it's not looking good right now.

Uhhhm..... Bush got elected... twice.

'nuff said.

[MichiganTed]

:?: Ted

Just referencing the media's propensity for scaring the pants off everyone. To keep them coming back....

[Drunken Monkey]

:?: Ted

Just referencing the media's propensity for scaring the pants off everyone. To keep them coming back....

[mopar]

valid point MI Ted....


all is well doesnt sell like chaos and panic does....


i wonder if NBC< CBS, CNN, etc stocks are up or down... hmmmmmm

[vin303]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY9kQcWLvEM

Kind of fits.