[Boatanchors] Re The Media

[Carl Nord]

Carl,
You are right. I apologize to the group.

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From: "jeremy-ca" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
> I'll echo "What does this have to do with Boatanchors?"
> 
> Lets get off the soapboxes.
> 
> Carl
> KM1H
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carl Nord" <chnord at comcast.net>
> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Re The Media
> 
> 
> > The statement was not made by someone from NPR,   "...the (NPR) announcer 
> > was commenting on  Paul Reynolds" (a British reporter).  According to Mr. 
> > Reynolds, the President  was "Acting like a blind man in a room full of 
> > deaf
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: "Jim Wilhite" <w5jo at brightok.net>
> >> My question is why try to embarrass either blind people or
> >> the President.  I guess the answer is, Your Tax Dollars at
> >> Work.  If it were not for NPR this jerk probably would be a
> >> reporter for the Point Barrow, AK newspaper.
> >>
> >> Jim/W5JO
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
> >> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 5:06 PM
> >> Subject: [Boatanchors] Re The Media
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Hi All,
> >> >
> >> > On NPR a few minutes ago the announcer was commenting on
> >> > Paul Reynolds. According to Mr. Reynolds, the President
> >> > was "Acting like a blind man in a room full of deaf
> >> > people."
> >> >
> >> > Now why is it perfectly alright to use such a description
> >> > of a blind person that makes them out to be clumsy
> >> > stumbling oafs and demeans the deaf as being ignorant of
> >> > what is going on around them?
> >>
> >>
> >> > Why do these elected officials, radio and TV announcers,
> >> > newspaper and magazine writers and other people get away
> >> > with it? >
> >>
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