My Favorite Quote- May 6, 2008 You win again, Gravity!Zapp Branniganhttp://cosmicwatercooler.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-favorite-quote.html Broadcast Fear- May 6, 2008 In the most recent Skeptic magazine there's a most enjoyable article titled "Journalist Bites Reality! How Broadcast Journalism Is flawed in Such a Fundamental Way that Its Utility as a Tool for Informing Viewers Is Almost Nil" by Steve Salerno.It's something you may already know, but the article provides some good examples.So, in covering (gastric bypass surgery) that helps (or at least doesn't kill) roughly 99.5% of patients, Dateline elects to tell the story in terms of the 0.5% with tragic..http://cosmicwatercooler.blogspot.com/2008/05/broadcast-fear.html Happy Cinco de Mayo- May 5, 2008http://cosmicwatercooler.blogspot.com/2008/05/happy-cinco-de-mayo.html |