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Dez:
morning!
Carl:
Hi Dez
Dez:
hi Carl
Dez:
where's the producer?
Dez:
BB, where are you?
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Dez:
there he is :)
ProducerBadBob:
slow going. *smiles*
Dez:
well Carl, if you ever ate bamboo then you can truly say you've eaten grass...
Carl:
Have eaten bamboo
Dez:
grass eater! *grins*
Dez:
ow, Democrat fire
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Dez:
say, isn't it a bit riscy to keep the name "Free Fire Radio" with all those wildfires going on out there?
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Sungold:
Good Morning
Dez:
good morning Sungold
Jarhead:
Carl, we see that around here all the time ? lol
Sungold:
I'd like to reach into the TV and pound the reporters who ask victims of tragedy how they feel...so stupid
ProducerBadBob:
There are so many ways to let people who want to express themselves without asking that dumbass question. It was a tough balance to get the human side and not just sit there and read off numbers and name. Part of journalism is to show the humanity...and it's a real razor edge at times.
ProducerBadBob:
too easy to apply a one size fits all policy
ProducerBadBob:
People DO want to see the story from the human side and have empathy. It's not all evil.
Sungold:
It takes the human heart, common sense, and empathy for a fellow human being. It is best to leave the victims alone at that time of realization as to what happened to them. They need help, love and assistance, not some reporter in their face.
Sungold:
There can be smarter and better ways to get the ratings. No one seems to get the facts right anymore because they are falling all over each other to be the first to report something and usually the facts are all wrong.
ProducerBadBob:
My general question was "do you want to talk about it?" And surprisingly a number of people were willing to. It calls for a great deal of discretion, which I think they have stopped teaching in journalism school.
Sungold:
Too bad
Sungold:
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Sungold:
ven that question can set one off, it would me
Sungold:
Even
Sungold:
Gene and I went up to the Jones Valley area to see a neighborhood that had burned down the day before. The looks on the faces of the victims as we drove by was terrible. I will never do that again.
ProducerBadBob:
you develop a feel for the situation. Some people you can tell need to vent out. But again it's a case by case thing.
Sungold:
And I will never forget the look they gave us - it was a stupid thing for us to do.
ProducerBadBob:
When I covered the French Fire, I was able to go in and gather information from inside, and bring it back out to residents waiting at the French Gulch turnoff. Making live reports on the situation and tell people that lookieloos were going to hamper the fire efforts. Was a long and very rewarding
ProducerBadBob:
day
ProducerBadBob:
Most common question from residents. "Is the hotel still standing?"
Dez:
let me guess, he's build like a brick outhouse?
ProducerBadBob:
he's a fairly sturdy looking fellow, yes.
Dez:
*grins*
Dez:
I think something went wrong here https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNQbbbHUYAAsBAA.jpg:large
ProducerBadBob:
O.O
ProducerBadBob:
wow
ProducerBadBob:
I believe that was a pressure cooker with a defective pop-off
Dez:
yep
Sungold:
Saw my first moose in Canada, came walking into the RV park!
Sungold:
One does not want to get close enough to the moose to take a sniff.
Dez:
looks like the moose is loose
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Dez:
did someone contact Rocky to tell him Bullwinkle got of his leash?
HufflePuff:
What about the LA office that was just shredding case files
HufflePuff:
Or the number of vets that died while waiting?
HufflePuff:
Such an amazing thing MIAP is doing
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HufflePuff:
So is Iran deal under TPA Authority?
Jarhead:
and who gave the pres. the power to override ...who gave him the executive power, has he always had it or was it just granted to him
HufflePuff:
How does the President veto a no vote?
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RallySally:
Nothing happens when "all hell breaks loose." Give me a break!
RallySally:
That was before Boehner shoved the CRomnibus down your throat!
RallySally:
Even though you didn't vote for it, he shoved it through. What will you do on the upcoming Debt Ceiling vote?
RallySally:
Or will you vote to defund Planned Parenthood-even though it might shut down the government?
RallySally:
Whatever happened to the promise of getting rid of Obamacare
RallySally:
? "Give us the Senate and we will do everything possible to defund Obamacare." EXCEPT the one tool you have in the toolbox given to you by the Constitution-defunding it. Instead Congress took it to the courts. How did THAT work out?
RallySally:
Defunding it might require "shutting down the government"......
RallySally:
People are sick of do nothing "stability" they want someone who will get something done.
RallySally:
We haven't seen any "results" yet.....
ProducerBadBob:
the problem being...it will take a LOT of "someones
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