9/11

Tom Earp · #1 09-11-2007, 08:24 PM

Sad that no one noticed

Bless those who lost thier lives.

kathykd2005 · #2 09-11-2007, 08:39 PM

http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=90059

Someone DID notice... Did you notice that?

jon1856 · #3 09-11-2007, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Sad that no one noticed

Bless those who lost thier lives.

Thank you for you thoughts Tom.
However, thread was started in News section:
http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=90059

REE1993 · #4 09-11-2007, 09:59 PM

Just because you didn't see a plethora of messages splattered all over a public forum does not mean that people did not remember or care. Not everyone "mourns" by wearing a flag pin, attending ceremonies, and declaring their "patriotism". For me, the most public displays feel the most hollow. If that's what you choose to do, then by all means do so.

I purposely kept away from the tv, radio, and news outlets today. Does that make me a bad American, or just an apethetic human being?

Let's not put expectations on how people should act, whether it's the day something happens, or 20 years later.

DeltAlum · #5 09-11-2007, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by REE1993

I purposely kept away from the tv, radio, and news outlets today. Does that make me a bad American, or just an apethetic human being?

No. Neither.

We were chatting in our network control room today about the situation in New York City, where WABC-TV (Channel 7) had decided to carry the services from "Ground Zero," but not carry the reading of all of the names of the victims.

There was so much negativity, that the station caved in and carried the names.

Sorry if it's insensitive, but I don't see why five or six TV stations, along with several cable networks should all carry hours of reading of names. If a viewer really wants to see and hear that, they have many opportunities.

I would even venture to say that some people don't want to see that part because it disturbs them deeply. They really might need alternative programming.

I'm as outraged, as moved and as hurt as most Americans, but I just don't see the value of so many media outlets doing the same thing at the same time.

AlethiaSi · #6 09-12-2007, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by DeltAlum

No. Neither.

We were chatting in our network control room today about the situation in New York City, where WABC-TV (Channel 7) had decided to carry the services from "Ground Zero," but not carry the reading of all of the names of the victims.

There was so much negativity, that the station caved in and carried the names.

Sorry if it's insensitive, but I don't see why five or six TV stations, along with several cable networks should all carry hours of reading of names. If a viewer really wants to see and hear that, they have many opportunities.

I would even venture to say that some people don't want to see that part because it disturbs them deeply. They really might need alternative programming.

I'm as outraged, as moved and as hurt as most Americans, but I just don't see the value of so many media outlets doing the same thing at the same time.

I agree, everytime I turned around yesterday, there was something else on. I really liked the fact that NPR (which I listen to everyyy morning

) had a special on it, but didn't broadcast (but did stream the ceremony on their website). They did specials with interviews, etc.

I also heard this later on that evening on my way home about Sheikh Rashid Lamptey

I was at work all day so i stayed away from the TV until I came home and watched a documentary on the History channel about Rick Rescorla (http://www.rickrescorla.com/)

I think it was pretty excessive the way that things were shoved at people from every mass media outlet.

OneTimeSBX · #7 09-12-2007, 10:58 AM

i chose not to turn on any news report yesterday. the effects are felt year round, i didnt feel the need to mourn on the anniversary.

it still hurts. i remember being in my moms kitchen holding my daughter who was 10 months old at the time, crying my eyes out. i was so scared, DC is just an hour away from me, and i live 10 minutes from one of the biggest military supply centers on the east coast. this is our generations Pearl Harbor. we wont ever forget it. it will always be on our minds.

jon1856 · #8 09-12-2007, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltAlum

No. Neither.

We were chatting in our network control room today about the situation in New York City, where WABC-TV (Channel 7) had decided to carry the services from "Ground Zero," but not carry the reading of all of the names of the victims.

There was so much negativity, that the station caved in and carried the names.

Sorry if it's insensitive, but I don't see why five or six TV stations, along with several cable networks should all carry hours of reading of names. If a viewer really wants to see and hear that, they have many opportunities.

I would even venture to say that some people don't want to see that part because it disturbs them deeply. They really might need alternative programming.

I'm as outraged, as moved and as hurt as most Americans, but I just don't see the value of so many media outlets doing the same thing at the same time.

I agree with your comments.
However there maybe a point of interest/"fact" that maybe of interest.
WABC/ABC was NOT going to show the entire program.
However groups representing survivors and family/friends insisted that they should and had to. One of the main reasons they used:
The people who had an interest in event but not able to make their way to the locations could only see it on WABC/ABC!!!!!!
WABC/ABC is one of at least 6 stations in NYC that are over the air.
And in fact only WCBS/CBS was live, over the air, on 9.11.01 as it was the only network to have their antennae on the Empire State Building.

DeltAlum · #9 09-12-2007, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jon1856

And in fact only WCBS/CBS was live, over the air, on 9.11.01 as it was the only network to have their antennae on the Empire State Building.

That is true.

At one time, all of the major NYC TV stations were on The Empire State Building, and all moved to The World Trade Center.

WCBS-TV (Channel 2) was the only one left that still maintained a transmitter site at Empire State -- although I'm pretty sure it was a backup site and that Channel 2's main site was also at WTC.

Most (probably all) of the Trade Center sites were automated, but I know that there were some TV technicians at the sites, probably doing maintenance. The man who replaced me at the UN is a former Assistant Chief Engineer at one of the stations, and talked to one of his people on the phone who didn't make it out I believe.