Not really, but this media frenzy over Swine Flu is ridiculous. It should be the least of our worries. tags Swine Flue News Media diseaseToday Alone: 3,803 have died from HIV/AIDS 1,923 have died from TB 1,120 have died from malaria 20,540 have died from cardiovascular disease 8,927 have died from cancer 1,210 have died from diabetes 4,550 have died from respiratory diseases 213 have died from meningitis 597 have died from nutritional deficiencies picked by mattgup 7 months ago |
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Concern over the past swine flu vaccination has caused a similar concern that the new vaccination may cause similar problems. 4 comments edit related share plime.comBe careful, Doggy. picked by JoshSF49 4 months ago |
The Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University: "TV election news has been hardest on Hillary Clinton this fall." The study also found that "Fox News Channel's evening news show provided more balanced coverage than its counterparts on the broadcast networks." picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 14 comments edit related share plime.com |
Have you been watching the news at all recently? If so, you’ve probably heard the term “Swine Flu” bouncing around a lot. While most people come down with the normal human flu at some point, it’s not really a danger to anyone but the very young and the very old. Why is this flu different and what does it have to do with pigs? picked by bingo 7 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Israel will continue to use the name Swine Flu for the deadly virus sweeping the world despite religious calls for it to be rebranded Mexican Flu. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Tests have confirmed that eight students at a New York Catholic high school have contracted swine flu, after some students at the school had visited Mexico over spring break two weeks ago. picked by TheJehosephat 7 months ago 4 comments edit related share science |
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A Queens assistant principal who for days had been gravely ill with swine flu died last night -- becoming the city's first fatality in the outbreak, and the nation's sixth. Complications besides the virus likely played a part in Mitchell Wiener's death. Wiener was 55. More info here picked by suebe 7 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Senior officials prophesied that millions could be infected by the disease. But as of last week, the WHO had confirmed only 4,800 cases of swine flu, with 61 fatalities. Obviously, these low numbers are a pleasant surprise, yet one has to wonder: What did we get wrong? picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago 7 comments edit related share science |
If you want an example of how messed up the media is in America, check out the different covers for Newsweek in different global regions 4 comments edit related share entertainmentReally shows that "entertainment" comes before "news" picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago |
Natural News is reporting that the new swine flu vaccine due out this October, will be made from the kidneys of diseased African Green Monkeys. 2 comments edit related share plime.comThe process is a bit disgusting. Who has the patent is disturbing. picked by Bingo 4 months ago |
I'm not a huge fan, but Drew Curtis of Fark has a nice article about the news media. picked by Fascha 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Media Research Center does an excellent job tracking liberal bias among journalists, is out with its Best Notable Quotables of 2006, a compilation of the most outrageous and/or humorous news media quotes from December 2005 through November 2006 picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |