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09-05-2007, 01:57 PM
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More Media Bashing
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science...arm/index.html
Headline: Mind-controlled prosthetic arm plays the piano Body text of note: "A person wearing a Proto 2 could conceivably play the piano." I didn't want to hijack the scientist thread, but these headline writers have got to be brought under control. I think marketing folks are writing headlines now in these media conglomerates. It's not about the facts, it's about selling the story, and that's a key problem with the media in general...
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09-05-2007, 03:42 PM
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Could be worse. The headline could have been - 'Mind-controlled prosthetic arm fires a gun' thus implying that the government was doing this to get soldiers back to their units....
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09-05-2007, 04:08 PM
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These media-bashing threads are generally tiresome and ill-informed. However, I do want to recognize you for being the first person to apparently figure out that the journalist who writes the story doesn't also write the headline. That's progress, at least.
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09-05-2007, 04:17 PM
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I wish this thread has been more about bashing the media in general, rather than just bashing the people who write headlines.
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09-05-2007, 04:28 PM
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That is why I will miss the Weekly World News. If the headline screamed "BATBOY FOUND IN CAVE", the ensuing article and pics were all about the aforementioned Batboy that was found in a cave.
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