Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just joking. :-) Peter On 30/03/2015 15:07, Jim Nichols wrote: > Lee Kwan Yew > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 3/30/2015 8:40 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote: >> Who? Clarkson? ;-) >> >> Peter >> >> On 30/03/2015 03:43, Jim Nichols wrote: >>> Hi Howard, >>> >>> The April 6 issue of Time magazine, which I received in my Saturday >>> mail, has a >>> full page devoted to him. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> On 3/29/2015 7:43 PM, H&ECummer wrote: >>>> Hi Luggers, >>>> Here in Hong Kong, we get a feed of the NBC nightly news every morning >>>> at >>>> 7:30am on one of the local TV stations. >>>> I have watched with amazement over the last 5 days that there has been >>>> no >>>> mention of the death of Lee Kwan Yew - Singapore?s first and longest >>>> serving >>>> PM - >>>> an influential adviser to Deng Xiao Ping on the opening of China, and a >>>> stalwart supporter of US involvement in Asia. I finally emailed NBC >>>> Nightly >>>> News and asked why? Of course I have heard nothing back - Bill Clinton >>>> and >>>> Henry Kissinger attended the funeral so there could have been a recent >>>> US >>>> ?Hook? to report on it. >>>> Strange - very strange. Of course BBC had extensive coverage with in >>>> depth >>>> reporting. They are a wonderful resource - even if Jeremy Clarkson is >>>> gone >>>> from ?Top Gear?. >>>> Howard >>>> >>>> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 14:31:50 -0400 >>>> From: Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] RIP, my newspaper >>>> >>>> When I think of "dumbing down", I think of NPR. I have been so >>>> disappointed in their news coverage lately that I even wrote to the >>>> general >>>> manager of the Charlotte station. The new "chatty" style of delivering >>>> the >>>> news where the newscasters all talk back and forth, joking and laughing, >>>> reminds me of FOX. I told him that they were alienating all of their >>>> older >>>> listeners (the ones with the money to support NPR) and advised them to >>>> use >>>> BBC instead of FOX as role models. He actually wrote back and agreed >>>> with >>>> me. He said everybody at the local level is upset about the changes but >>>> they are all coming from the national level and they can't do anything >>>> about it. He actually used to work for BBC so he knew what I meant. >>>> >>>> I can't stand to watch local or national news on television (there is >>>> nothing worse than 4 or 5 people sitting on a couch and all talking at >>>> the >>>> same time about nothing) and have depended on NPR for my news. Now I >>>> have >>>> a Kindle set up to broadcast BBC all the time. >>>> >>>> Old Foggie, >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig