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I liked the part where the female reporter narrates the physical and psychological devastation that has been wrought... and then the kicker... "And in other news, riots continue in Poland."
Pretty clever, methinks. It says two things: 1. The media only focuses its attention on something for only so long, and then casually moves onto something else. 2. Out of (relatively) prosaic events, larger things can erupt or evolve.
I liked that too though in the event of a major US disaster the news would likely not even mention the outside world for a long time afterward. BUt all the points the terrorist made about the media were valid. I also liked the fact that after all that at the end when it seems everything is gonna end happily the bomb detonates afterall!
shareThat was the best bit. Although it could have been improved by being a hundred times bigger.
shareit could have been improved by being a hundred times bigger2.3 Megatons would've vaporised the entire city, irradiated most of South Carolina & a fair bit of the surrounding states, and spread deadly levels of fall-out hundreds or possibly even thousands of miles down-wind (what with it being a dirty 'ground-burst' detonation).
I don't have a problem with that.
shareWouldn't've left much room for a narrative though - destroying everyone & everything.
Also, we would never've seen the blast if it was that big. The only reason we did was because the explosion was small enough for the film crew on the other side of the bay to survive (including their equipment, which is odd, considering that even a relatively 'small' 23 kiloton bomb would certainly generate a substantial EMP at that range).
To hate another simply for proving you to be in the wrong is the lowest form of cowardice...
You're behaving very well in the face of provocation - congratulations.
shareYou're behaving very well in the face of provocation - congratulations.
You've got balls.
Oh, my God! They're turkeys!
Yep, the method that you demonstrated could serve as a great example for a lot of us. You could add to your list of "reactionary, opinionated zealots," maybe add "kids that just want people to react."
shareI remember when 9/11 occurred the news media covered it wall to wall from Tuesday (the 11th) until the morning of the following Monday (the 17th), commercial free. If an event like what happened in Special Bulletin happened for real, an American city getting nuked, it would be as big an event as 9/11 and there would be 24-7 coverage for about a week.
I was home on 9/11 and remember even the non-news channels switched to carrying news. As an example, ESPN carried the ABC feed for much of the day, and secondary cable channels like the Food Network and TNT and E! switched to either the CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN or Fox News feed. Home Shopping Network went off the air for the day after 9/11, and I think it was several days before they started broadcasting again. I seem to think the Premium movie networks like HBO and Cinemax showed their normal programming.