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Originally Posted by Karried
Quail Springs is surrounded by homes, condos and apt... plus many retail outlets ( shoplifting ) making it much more heavily populated.
Crossroads mall is surrounded by freeways and roads and open fields - not nearly as many houses.
I live North East - near Quail Springs mall and I've never had a problem.
I almost died when I turned on CNN this morning...Crossroads Mall was the SECOND story of the Day! How embarrassing! Oklahoma City is where they said it happened. Why is this making headline news?
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A. It's bad news
B. It's bad news from Oklahoma
C. Bad news from Oklahoma = good news for CNN and they love anything bad coming from Oklahoma.
In short, CNN has a history (and I've noticed this this myself) of plucking bad news from Oklahoma and making it national. I have seen but maybe an ounce of good news or good stories about Oklahoma on CNN. And it's not just Oklahoma, other southern and midwestern states are targets too, but they seem to enjoy plucking bad stuff from Oklahoma and making it national. It seems to have become one of CNN's pastimes. "Oh, bad news from Oklahoma? Woohoo! Let's air it, I don't care what it is, as long as it's something bad!" And other networks do it also, but to a lesser degree. Atleast other networks have aired something good happening in this state, either on TV or on their websites.
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They invent terms like "wind chill" and "heat index" so they can make it sound hotter and colder than it really is. It is a career field that has no credibility.
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Umm, "wind chill" and "heat index" are meteorological terms coined by meteorologists, and they were coined to make it simpler for the public to understand the weather, the media has nothing to do with their coming about. And they do exactly the opposite of what you said, they help people realize how hot it actually feels or how cold it actually feels (because humans don't just "feel" the ambient air temperature, they feel the effects of the sun and wind as well). But on the issue of their usage, yes, I completely agree with you there, the media generally has no clue what they mean. I also agree with you when you say the media thrives on negativity.
OUman