KILZ FILLZ Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 stopped raining yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreSixO Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 Hasn't rained since Monday morning... If it did we would be even more fucked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimes Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 That niggas got an autographed Saints guitar.Props to that dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milk Grenades Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Why the Media Ignored the Nashville Flood As you may have heard, torrential downpours in the southeast flooded the Tennessee capital of Nashville over the weekend, lifting the Cumberland River 13 feet above flood stage, causing an estimated $1 billion in damage, and killing more than 30 people. It could wind up being one of the most expensive natural disasters in U.S. history. http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2010/05/06/why-the-media-ignored-the-nashville-flood.aspx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityonSMASH Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 payabcks a bitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreSixO Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 I think the grizzlies are in whatever fake league the harlem globetrotters are in, not the NBA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityonSMASH Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 lol. ya, not much has changed. we started the shitstorm and unfortunatly yall had to inherit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreSixO Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 Also thanks for that article milky. This sums it up "Of course, the media is also notorious for its ADD; no story goes on forever. Which brings us to the second reason the Nashville floods never gained much of a foothold in the national conversation: the "narrative" simply wasn't as strong. Because it continually needs to fill the airwaves and the Internet with new content, 1,440 minutes a day, the media can only trade on a story's novelty for a few hours, tops. It is new angles, new characters, and new chapters that keep a story alive for longer. The problem for Nashville was that both the gulf oil spill and the Times Square terror attempt are like the Russian novels of this 24/7 media culture, with all the plot twists and larger themes (energy, environment, terrorism, etc.) required to fuel the blogs and cable shows for weeks on end. What's more, both stories have political hooks, which provide our increasingly politicized press (MSNBC, FOX News, blogs) with grist for the kind of arguments that further extend a story's lifespan (Did Obama respond too slowly? Should we Mirandize terrorists?). The Nashville narrative wasn't compelling enough to break the cycle, so the MSM just continued to blather on about BP and Shahzad." As far as the mainstream media is concerned the story is over, but thy are still finding bodies every day around here. People ARE starting to loot in the suburbs, you'll probably see a story about someone getting shot doing it any day now. Were low on water and were running out of gas in the city... Again. The cleanup is underway, but get ready for this to be known as the forgotten flood, because that's what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jugzer Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 it took watching the daily show for me to find out about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreSixO Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 John Stewart was on the story quicker than Anderson Cooper was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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