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Raine

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4. Totally agree

Reply to maxrandb (Original post)

Wed Apr 13, 2022, 03:37 PM

Apr 2022

It doesn't even matter whether there's a new development or not they just repeat the same old things again and again.

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Ok, I get it. The subway shooting was horrible [View all] maxrandb Apr 2022 OP

It being in NYC is at least part of the reason Tomconroy Apr 2022 #1

+1 Celerity Apr 2022 #12

totally NJCher Apr 2022 #15

I hate "me too" posts, but "me too." mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 #23

The media has way too much time and too many who want to say the same thing as the one before. Srkdqltr Apr 2022 #2

How dare News get reported on! AZSkiffyGeek Apr 2022 #3

It was kind of my thinking there Sympthsical Apr 2022 #14

Thank you. BlackSkimmer Apr 2022 #30

Totally agree Raine Apr 2022 #4

The media focus H2O Man Apr 2022 #5

Good points! ShazzieB Apr 2022 #32

Right. H2O Man Apr 2022 #41

Exactly Meowmee Apr 2022 #50

THIS malaise Apr 2022 #51

Media sucks. Joinfortmill Apr 2022 #6

it's partly b/c it is NYC and partly b/c it involves transportation/commuting infrastructure fishwax Apr 2022 #7

+1. Well said. Scrivener7 Apr 2022 #11

Exactly! ShazzieB Apr 2022 #33

I quit television news and opinion a few days after 9/11 and haven't watched it since. hunter Apr 2022 #8

I'm with you there bif Apr 2022 #21

I believe the shooters in Sacramento were black too. So no on that supposition. BlackSkimmer Apr 2022 #9

It's because it's New York. Happens over and over again. (nt) Paladin Apr 2022 #10

Exactly. milestogo Apr 2022 #19

NYC is the center of the news universe. maxsolomon Apr 2022 #13

Yep. They spent the whole day broadcasting... dchill Apr 2022 #16

It still hasn't gotten as much air time Mr.Bill Apr 2022 #17

Or "the slap"! BlackSkimmer Apr 2022 #31

It got more attention because at first the smoke bomb was reported as an explosive ripcord Apr 2022 #18

I think it is also because there were detonations Danmel Apr 2022 #20

I really think grass isn't green enough. It should be greener. For my benefit. (Nt) FreepFryer Apr 2022 #22

I am about to get snarky here and may get slapped by the mods. MOMFUDSKI Apr 2022 #24

No, they don't. ShazzieB Apr 2022 #42

Proud NYC'r who loves some other cities... electric_blue68 Apr 2022 #49

Well NY is a Rebl2 Apr 2022 #25

I was petrified! My son takes that subway to work every day. CTyankee Apr 2022 #26

It's to appease the white nationalists out there Catherine Vincent Apr 2022 #27

Wait, what? News about a shooting in a subway car is to appease white nationalists? BlackSkimmer Apr 2022 #34

The criminals in ForgedCrank Apr 2022 #28

Mayor Adams is not afraid to say guns are the problem tirebiter Apr 2022 #29

Well, the turd that shot up the subway car bought his handgun legally. BlackSkimmer Apr 2022 #35

How about... brooklynite Apr 2022 #36

Posts here remind me of this New Yorker cover: spooky3 Apr 2022 #37

I like to call it geocentrism NJCher Apr 2022 #43

I had calls from as far away as Holland asking if I was okay... brooklynite Apr 2022 #44

Because a lot of us ride transit and it's relevant to us. LisaM Apr 2022 #38

It was a different and more exciting type of shooting that allowed the media to hype it more. jalan48 Apr 2022 #39

Like when the Ukraine War started, all other global conflicts ended? WarGamer Apr 2022 #40

I think it's a good thing. DashOneBravo Apr 2022 #45

Mental illness is rampant. nt live love laugh Apr 2022 #46

The MO initially looked like a terrorist-type of attack. LudwigPastorius Apr 2022 #47

The shooting suspects in Sacramento were also Black JI7 Apr 2022 #48

I didn't watch much news the past two days or so and felt sick Meowmee Apr 2022 #52