Comments on: Hype and Hyperbole in news reporting http://www.wizardstower.co.uk/wordpress/2009/04/27/hype-and-hyperbole-in-news-reporting/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:21:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ghosttie http://www.wizardstower.co.uk/wordpress/2009/04/27/hype-and-hyperbole-in-news-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-378 ghosttie Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:17:56 +0000 http://www.wizardstower.co.uk/wordpress/?p=1206#comment-378 I have now :) I have now :)

]]> By: ghosttie http://www.wizardstower.co.uk/wordpress/2009/04/27/hype-and-hyperbole-in-news-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-370 ghosttie Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:17:56 +0000 http://www.wizardstower.co.uk/wordpress/?p=1206#comment-370 I have now :) I have now :)

]]> By: Jenni Peterson http://www.wizardstower.co.uk/wordpress/2009/04/27/hype-and-hyperbole-in-news-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Jenni Peterson Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:20:50 +0000 http://www.wizardstower.co.uk/wordpress/?p=1206#comment-377 Totally agree. Seems to be blown way out of proportion. All the headlines look like a dire plague that will wipe out half the world's population. Then you read the fine print and there's effective medications, plans for a vaccine and a fairly slow transmission rate. You'd think they could come up with something else to talk about (global financial meltdown, anyone?) but I guess fear sells.<br><br>Have you voiced your opinion here: <a href="http://www.hubdub.com/m39738/Will_the_MexicanUS_swine_flu_AH1N1_grow_into_a_pandemic_in_2009_as_feared" rel="nofollow">http://www.hubdub.com/m39738/Will_the_MexicanUS...</a> ? I have 4k on no. Totally agree. Seems to be blown way out of proportion. All the headlines look like a dire plague that will wipe out half the world's population. Then you read the fine print and there's effective medications, plans for a vaccine and a fairly slow transmission rate. You'd think they could come up with something else to talk about (global financial meltdown, anyone?) but I guess fear sells.

Have you voiced your opinion here: http://www.hubdub.com/m39738/Will_the_MexicanUS... ? I have 4k on no.

]]> By: Jenni Peterson http://www.wizardstower.co.uk/wordpress/2009/04/27/hype-and-hyperbole-in-news-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Jenni Peterson Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:20:50 +0000 http://www.wizardstower.co.uk/wordpress/?p=1206#comment-369 Totally agree. Seems to be blown way out of proportion. All the headlines look like a dire plague that will wipe out half the world's population. Then you read the fine print and there's effective medications, plans for a vaccine and a fairly slow transmission rate. You'd think they could come up with something else to talk about (global financial meltdown, anyone?) but I guess fear sells.<br><br>Have you voiced your opinion here: <a href="http://www.hubdub.com/m39738/Will_the_MexicanUS_swine_flu_AH1N1_grow_into_a_pandemic_in_2009_as_feared" rel="nofollow">http://www.hubdub.com/m39738/Will_the_MexicanUS...</a> ? I have 4k on no. Totally agree. Seems to be blown way out of proportion. All the headlines look like a dire plague that will wipe out half the world's population. Then you read the fine print and there's effective medications, plans for a vaccine and a fairly slow transmission rate. You'd think they could come up with something else to talk about (global financial meltdown, anyone?) but I guess fear sells.

Have you voiced your opinion here: http://www.hubdub.com/m39738/Will_the_MexicanUS... ? I have 4k on no.

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