Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:35 PM 10/6/03 -0700, Adam Bridge wrote: > >Of course NONE of the stations cover either science or technology worth a damn. >It's embarassing the things that goes out over the news whether it's PBS, ABC, >or the BBC. They are quick to cover the "political aspects" of science, >technology and engineering, but when it comes to reporting a story that hinges >on any of these they utterly fail - time and time again. In fact they don't even >know the DIFFERENCE which may be worse. > Even NPR is guilty of the typical US media contempt for the military. This morning, they were speaking of the return on leave of "Company B of the 101st Airborne Division". There are probably 17 or 18 units called "Company B" in an Airborne Divison. A company is a rather small subset of a division. And, of course, there is no real Baseball being played tonight, only some game from the AAA+ of the minors, the American League. The Senior Circuit IS the Senior Circuit for sound and solid reasons! Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html