I was watching evening television and the news 'teaser' came on here in Atlanta. The big 'teaser' for tonight to get me to watch the late news was the same story I read on Yahoo this afternoon! "Jobs that pay $40/ hour." Really?? That’s ALL that’s going on down here?
Let me see if I can help.
How about the murdering professor who is still on the loose and the cops have no leads? Or what about the most recent ‘scare’ over the Swine Flu? Even covering the Falcons draft choices might be better than reading me the headlines from Yahoo this afternoon!!
Oh well… The South is still stuck in ‘small town’ mentality when the ‘big city’ has moved in.
Up in New York the stories might easily have been lost in all the other killings of the day. Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn is one of the best gunshot trauma centers in the world because they deal with more gunshots than anyone in the world – including war zones. So, another killing could easily be overlooked as hohum. The flu might be a story in the second hour since most of the known cases of the flu in this country are centered in St. Francis High School in Queens. It’s a HUGE high school right off the Long Island Expressway in Queens where any afternoon thousands of kids can be seen standing around looking for a ride, so most people who drive the LIE to go home know where it is. So, it probably would not be a lost story. HERE, however, the big story is the $40/ hour jobs. I guess unemployment in the South has taken precedent over killings or the flu!!
Just a thought to the local news people, rethink your strategy.
Let me see if I can help.
How about the murdering professor who is still on the loose and the cops have no leads? Or what about the most recent ‘scare’ over the Swine Flu? Even covering the Falcons draft choices might be better than reading me the headlines from Yahoo this afternoon!!
Oh well… The South is still stuck in ‘small town’ mentality when the ‘big city’ has moved in.
Up in New York the stories might easily have been lost in all the other killings of the day. Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn is one of the best gunshot trauma centers in the world because they deal with more gunshots than anyone in the world – including war zones. So, another killing could easily be overlooked as hohum. The flu might be a story in the second hour since most of the known cases of the flu in this country are centered in St. Francis High School in Queens. It’s a HUGE high school right off the Long Island Expressway in Queens where any afternoon thousands of kids can be seen standing around looking for a ride, so most people who drive the LIE to go home know where it is. So, it probably would not be a lost story. HERE, however, the big story is the $40/ hour jobs. I guess unemployment in the South has taken precedent over killings or the flu!!
Just a thought to the local news people, rethink your strategy.
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