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  • It Bleeds, It Leads, It Deceives

    08/03/2007 5:47:17 PM PDT · by Congressman Billybob · 24 replies · 934+ views
    Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 3 August 2007 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)
    There is a saying in the broadcast media, “If it bleeds, it leads.” That supposedly explains the ghoulish nature of TV news especially. But the wall-to-wall, anchors on the scene, coverage of the Minneapolis bridge collapse, belies that theory. Five people are known dead, eight are missing. If all the missing are dead, that means 13 people have died in Minnesota. Let’s make some quick comparisons. The Iraq War in five years is 310 times that total. But the number of Americans killed by illegal aliens here in the US, is even more than that. That is a relatively small...