More Questions Raised About Delay in Reporting Cheney Misfire
More Questions Raised About Delay in Reporting Cheney Misfire
It's not much of a surprise that people are wondering about the delay in the news, and finding a conspiracy in every line. I first heard the "breaking news" on the radio while driving back from the lake house on Sunday with my daughter. We actually laughed first, at how the "breaking news" was breaking about every 30 seconds--and the story was inevitably told each time to first lead you to believe Cheney was the one shot.
After that, we heard that the "breaking news" was 24 hours old, and yet the news station continued with the frequent updates. Go figure.
I was actually pleased that it was such a slow news day.
Now, on to the bit at hand-the delay in reporting the story. Sure--the Cheney office, and the White House, didn't immediately hold a press conference. Does that surprise anyone? When one does something that is somewhat embarrassing, do you usually rush out and tell everyone? I would think not. "Hey, you won't believe the really stupid thing *I* did today!" (okay, so SOMETIMES we tell the story--but usually not if it involves shooting someone!) It would be different if they had told a different story, or if they had at first denied it, or employed any number of other obfuscation techniques.
They didn't. They just said "yup."
posted by The Professor at 7:01 PM
1 Comments:
Well, when I said they led the listener, the tag went something like "Vice President Cheney involved in a shooting today." And you are correct, if he was shot, they would have said that up front, but they left it intentionally vague.
It's not unlike our local channels, when they give us tags like "Can your microwave kill you?" or "does eating spinach put your family at risk?" Come on--the answer ALMOST always is "no." But just in case it's yes, we continue to listen, or watch. I realize it's all about keeping the listener/viewer through the advertising, but come on....
I STILL don't know what the answer was about the microwave, I had to get outta my car!
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