9-11 coverage

[Mayhem_J30]

What do you think about the 9-11 coverage/rememberance?:patriot9-11, what do you think about the media coverage

[biggie]

We are going to relive the whole day through the news, if you turn your TV on. Last night that was all that was on, but it doesn't bother me that bad. Might be a different story if I were involved deeply in the tragedy.

Anyway, I've got other things to think about on Sept 11.

[jpalm]

Turn off the TV and radios. I'm tired of being spoon feed garbage by the media (from 9/11 to hearing about each child abduction for the last month). The media sensationalizes some things and trivializes others. I don't TV to tell me what I should think or feel. I rarely watch it anymore exept for the factual bits (ie. weather (relitively speaking), sports, traffic). I will catch the major bits of headlines and learn more about it on my own and form my own opinions. I feel the documentaries on the history channel, etc about 9-11 are informative, however I will not be watching TV or listening to the stupid radio DJ's today.

This is just my opinion. I just feel each American has been touched in a different way and should reflect in whatever way they feel.

[Mayhem_J30]

Turn off the TV and radios. I'm tired of being spoon feed garbage by the media (from 9/11 to hearing about each child abduction for the last month). The media sensationalizes some things and trivializes others. I don't TV to tell me what I should think or feel. I rarely watch it anymore exept for the factual bits (ie. weather (relitively speaking), sports, traffic). I will catch the major bits of headlines and learn more about it on my own and form my own opinions. I feel the documentaries on the history channel, etc about 9-11 are informative, however I will not be watching TV or listening to the stupid radio DJ's today.

This is just my opinion. I just feel each American has been touched in a different way and should reflect in whatever way they feel.

:Werd

i'm not a big media fan either unless it's car related or weather. for everything else i just go straight to the facts and get my news from http://www.drudgereport.com . no BS there.

[Movingviolation240]

I'm just sick of it, how the heck are we supose to forget about it and move on if they keep shoving it in your faces. I think my freind, who was former head of security at the White House said it best "their dead, get over it".

I'm a pilot, and I'm pissed that they ruined my carear, and now I have to constantly put up with it every day on the news.... give me a break.

Everytime anything happens that could be a "terrorlst threat" they react like it's the bombing of pearl harbor. A year ago if they closed an airport for 2 hours it would be on page E11 in the newspaper, now it's a "special alert" and it's on every channel.

Anyhow, get over it

PaulOrlando, FL

[theTony]

Over the past year, I feel like I have seen enough media coverage of the 9-11-01 attacks. If I wanted to ever get informatin about it at any time, it is available in books and on the Internet.

So far this is a normal day for me and I intend to keep it that way as much as possible. I'm at work, at my desk, the same exact place I was sitting when all the attacks took place a year ago. I'm going to do my best to keep it is routine as possible today. For me I think that's best.

[MaineExport]

I agree that the media poisons us with their venomous spin on this tragedy. I will, however, watch the tv to see the memorial ceremonies. I feel that we owe a great deal of respect to those who lost family, friends, and loved ones. You can't just say they're dead and get over it. This was an attack against US on OUR land, and OUR people died. I don't think we need to linger on this. We do need to move on, and not let it affect our daily lives, but we should ALWAYS remember it... it seems to me, that too many people would just as soon forget the whole ordeal, and let it happen again. Today is an important day, and hopefully it will rekindle concern about the serious nature of the situation we face as a nation. I, for one, will not sit here and say, "they're dead, get over it." I would like to hear the media shut their damn mouths and let us sort out our own feelings and beliefs. But I would also like to hear more people show respect and concern for the people who are still suffering as a result of 9/11. Just my thoughts......

[AZhitman]

Well said, Jeff and Tony.

Remember this as you go about your day: There was a time when such an incident would have resulted in every last one of us having to pick up a rifle and say good-bye to our families and go defend our homeland together. We can be thankful that things are different now...

At any rate, I hope all of my brothers here at NICO have a safe and peaceful week.

[biggie]

I just got back from a remembrance ceromony here at work-- As our company had an office in the South tower and lost about 100 people. Nothing too special about it because this is our busy time and they didn't want to take up too much time.

Last year at the time the second plane hit I was taking an exam, weird how much has changed.

Still I will never forget Sept 11, as it would have also been my Mothers 50th birthday on Sept 11, 2001.

Just some random thoughts.

[I H8 UR DSM]

good reading...although i didnt see one posted opinion from anyone in NY.

its easier to stay away from everything....when you are and were so far away from everything.

[Stoneage_Turbo]

heres my 2 cents , no more sensationalizim on tv ....

and cnn and everyone needs to frickin stop with this miltiary crap, i hate cnn and everyone telling you all about what were doing ..sounds bad i know but im tired of faimly freinds and everyone else asking me if im fine everytime something comes on the news , its never as bad as it sounds 90% of the time . not to mention cnn telling everyone about what were getting ready to do , leave the military out of it , we will tell you guys what we did once its over we got our reasons for going out and kicking someones *** we will let you know when were done kicking it . keep your reportes safe at home parked in front of the pentagon , im sure rumsfield will hold a press confrence letting you know whats up , trust us......

like general franks said when he was here a month or so ago " i dont know where osoma is but osma, ill find you and kill you"

[skydragoness]

:Werd I agree mainimport, to let an event go forgotten would be a grave mistake,we shouldn't become desensitized to the loss of human life. I do feel, however, that i would like to pause and remember things in private than watch tv or participate in some big ceremony(that's just my loner self). But i flicked the tv on this morning on my way out to class to watch some of the ceremony at Ground Zero, it really makes you think and realize how lucky we are to be alive. Although i think it would be even more profound if every single channel went black, (cable included)saying "9-11-01" and nothing else. I think the idea of tv/the media going silent for at least the morning would be very effective, because tv has a way of detaching the viewer from what is really happening on the screen.

anyhow, that's how i feel

[greg_atlanta]

I'm tired of feeling sorry for people. Both for 9/11 and every other ailment, predicament, situation, or crisis.

Worshipping the victim is not successful living.

Bad things have happened and will continue to happen in one form or another, some of which we can control, a lot of which we can't. Learning to accept the things you can't control is the most important thing you'll ever learn.

[Spectre]

I can't stand the people trying to make a profit off of this. I went to a photo display at the Miller Outdoor Theatre today. On the way in you are greeted with concession stands. I understand that people need stuff to eat and drink, but was the sno-cone stand or the toy stand necessary? I went there to look at a collection of photos about the deaths of many people, I don't want to eat a sno-cone or look at some Blue's Clues toy!

My point is that this is an example of how the media treats it. Something to make money off of.

[horsepower]

Dady bush started all this when he took usa to war with that nut Saddom. That teriost (9-11) act has alot to do with that i belive.Cause The terisot could have done that when Clition was in office just as easy.But my points is that the USA officals has know about the teriost groups to begin with and done nothing to keep the arms and groups to a minamim.Its very said that a 3 world country could do that to us.I i was tor up when i seen it on T.V that. And i feel sad for the folks who had a loss of kin.(god be with them) Cause the media has no respect of they really feel. All the media is worried about is the rateings there getting.And who can the the best story live and so on. But i think the remberance should be held in private and no photos or live video should be aired on live TV.It will only bring back bad thoughts!SO in closeing DOWN with the 9 -11 coverage to hell congress and politions all they do is lie cheat steal and only worried about them selfs there all f*** in Washtion DC . Sry about the reply here but thats the way i feel and i could keep typeing too. I guess if its to blut you can delete it. Well hope i didnt start a civil war.Peace !!! this is what i think about Wa.DC:bsflag

[I H8 UR DSM]

like i said, no one posting is from NY. When you talk to people here, the consensus feeling is that only 2 or 3 months have passed. Yes 9/11 was a year ago, but it was a 'war zone' atmosphere here for 5-6 months after the event. 9/14 was the same feeling as 9/11 while cleanups, and searches for bodies continued. To this day you go to NYC, and its still a construction site. It hasnt left the minds of NY'ers. Its something you have to see, and experience every day. Whether its walking down a city street, and seeing a building w/ remaining burns, or being cleaned to seeing rememberance signs all over.

I have no doubt in my mind that if it occured in Iowa, or Missouri, i wouldnt have any sort of idea the magnitude of what happened, or the affects on the people of that area.

Its much easier to space yourself from something so far away, but you have no idea what its like to see 1/2 your city get crumbled.

I mean for years its been happening weekly in Isreal, dealing w/ terrorism, and the US avoided doing anything to combat the problem, now it is our problem, and it has to be faced. You have no comprehension of what happens when u arent there.

[skydragoness]

i've went to NYC on Sep 28th, school related, my friend and i noticed how nice people were to help us find stuff, the flags everywhere, and cops on every corner, streets blocks off,....in some streets the silence was deafening, never did we get the chance to go to ground zero, i think we were unconsciously avoiding it, (assignment was to go to art exhibits) but i am kicking myself for not going that day, i really need to make another trip there to see it i've been to the WTC few years ago, and remembering how cool the view was from up top, it's very eerie to think i made plans to go back with my bf, anyhow, i agree i h8 ur dsm, now we know what it feels like to the people living Israel, they have to deal with it almost every day, honestly though, i don't think the US should have ever got involved, IMO

[MaineExport]

So DSM... you've been to Isreal then? It sucks that this stuff happens ANYWHERE in the world, but why is it so many people try to drag us into it and say that the U.S. didn't do anything about it. First of all WE DID. Second of all, since when is it our responsibility to baby sit every one else? We do SO MUCH to help promote world peace, and it goes unrecognized... but some country has a problem and we somehow get blamed for not doing anything about it... It's a load of bullsh!t. As far as Isreal goes.. did you ever wonder why they have the best Air Force in the world?... because the U.S. trains them, and supplies them with aircarft.. We have been helping Isreal for decades.. now I guess it's our fault that Yassir has a problem with them..... oh well.

[I H8 UR DSM]

the us didnt get involved like it shouldof, the suggestion and calls of help from the Isrealies was to knock out terrorism....terrorism didnt effect us, therefor we didnt consider it our problem, now that all of a sudden it hit us, not terrorism is our problem...if this diddnt happen we would still be saying terrorism isnt a world problem....

its like when there is a bully in the class, you stay away and avoid confrontation because it isnt effecting you directly. Once that bully start picking on you, all of a sudden you want some action taken, and it is your problem. It should of been dealt with a long time ago....

and we did know when clinton was in his last year that Ossama had "some attack on the US planned in the next year", but i guess was under the idea that it wasnt our problem because it hadnt happened yet.

[skydragoness]

seriously, helping out Israel meant we were going to be the enemies of other middle easterners,it's a shame for the innocent----but they have been having the same damn kind of fighting for thousands of years, we should have never touched that place, US should have known it was going to get ugly over and over and over. Let them solve their own damn problems

[I H8 UR DSM]

So DSM... you've been to Isreal then? It sucks that this stuff happens ANYWHERE in the world, but why is it so many people try to drag us into it and say that the U.S. didn't do anything about it. First of all WE DID. Second of all, since when is it our responsibility to baby sit every one else? We do SO MUCH to help promote world peace, and it goes unrecognized... but some country has a problem and we somehow get blamed for not doing anything about it... It's a load of bullsh!t. As far as Isreal goes.. did you ever wonder why they have the best Air Force in the world?... because the U.S. trains them, and supplies them with aircarft.. We have been helping Isreal for decades.. now I guess it's our fault that Yassir has a problem with them..... oh well.

i dont think putting a 'bandaid' on a problem is helping anymore than short term, and thats obviosly what happened.

[I H8 UR DSM]

seriously, helping out Israel meant we were going to be the enemies of other middle easterners,it's a shame for the innocent----but they have been having the same damn kind of fighting for thousands of years, we should have never touched that place, US should have known it was going to get ugly over and over and over. Let them solve their own damn problems

your forgetting that the US is the rulers of the common world for a reason, and getting involved with other nations problems lends to that reason. Yes we could sit back, and be our own coutry (more like russia or china), but i wouldnt want to be like those coutries, and would like to stay the world power

[MaineExport]

All right, I can see what you are saying... I just don't understand why the popular opinion is that it's OUR responsibility to take care of it? And we have known about terrorism for a long time, and it has affected us overseas for equally as long. Yes, it took a HUGE homeland strike to compell us to drastic action, but we've been combatting terrorism before this.

I just want to clarify my point.... WHY is it OUR job to take care of everybody else? They tell us to keep out and stay away and not interfere, until they are up against a wall, then they b**** because we didn't help... it's very frustrating!

[I H8 UR DSM]

i dont care too much about helping people, but getting involved is different. We should of knocked out terrorism before it hit us at home, for all i care we could blow up the whole middle east and south america to solve it, i dont care, i dont have reason to have iraq and iran or islreal as part of my life, the land is important, and IMO we should rule all of that anyway. The oil producing coutries have too much power.

[skydragoness]

it should have ended with Sadamm Hussein/other terroristic leaders going down in the Gulf War, but it didn't, we left a lose end hanging around, and it came back and bit us in the ***, certainly we should'nt have got involved with the middle east, but sure as hell shoud'nt have left it unfinished/unresolved

[I H8 UR DSM]

well if we didnt get involved, we would prob be paying over $5 a gallon for 87 octane gasoline....

[skydragoness]

i guess, that''s a negative, but everyone else does besides us, and they do fine (all the more reason for taking care of Iraq in the first place)

anybody see the news today? 3 guys in FL stopped? Some lady in a restaurant tipped off the authorities! whooohoo! those bastards don't know what they got themselves into!

[I H8 UR DSM]

for every 3 that are found, there are 20-30 more out there, that are plotting/planning something else. I forget the count the government gave of proboble terrorlst in North America, but i know it was over 100....and we've known for years that we have terrorlst living in the states...its just a matter of when and were something will happen now.

jesse

[skydragoness]

as long as we got stool pigeons (heheh--stoolpigeons), and people looking out for suspicious activity, we have a chance to intercept some of these retards, it goes without saying we have terrorists pre-9/11, of course. we know that. very slowly this country is learning about preventing something before it becomes a problem, and not waiting until it does (this applies to almost everything,roadwork to the Columbine incident, to terrorism) we learning not to be so nieve anymore

[Silviaspeed]

On the matter of Terrorists in the country, that just goes to show you how pathetic the INS is. Ppl waltz right into this country like its nothing, and then when something tragic like 9/11 occurs everyones like "oh we didn't see this coming". Bull. I thankfully had to work all day and didn't have to relive the whole tragedy again, but I kept it on the back burner all day and watched the TV here and there. Its important to remember, not so much as to watch it happen all over again. And thats what its all about, I don't think anyone would like to see that day replayed again, EVER. Me included.