Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >>