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**CKDIWEQ** · 03-29-2012, 02:42 AM

Zippy--

Again, thanks for your vague, misdirected comments.
MY comments had everything to do with the local--and ultimately, national-- news outlets endlessly drumming the same alleged facts about the Zimmerman/Martin encounter over their airwaves and into my skull. The local news team's failure to pick up and run with the Z/M story is not something that I was concerned about when I initially posted, because the story, when it emerged, was nothing more than a routine shooting, something reported almost daily. Orlando has quite a serious violent crime problem and those kinds of stories are rather common.
Also, Zippy, I forgot that you don't have access to Orlando news reporting way up there in New York, so there is no possible way you could have followed the story, from the very beginning, as I have.

Because the story eminated from the Orlando area ( like--wait for it--the Casey Anthony story) and rose to national prominence, I consider it a local piece of news that has gone Big Time. I was initially surprised when-- after about TWO WEEKS--the local folks once again began reporting about it. I seem to recall a reporter on one of the local stations saying..."Remember the story about the security guard shooting a teenager that we reported on a couple weeks ago? Well, here are some new developments..." Almost instantly, the story went viral and I began hearing MY LOCAL NEWS reported from New York by the likes of CNN, FOX,CBS and NBC.
"Interesting", I thought;.. "its just like the Casey Anthony story" (which began as a missing child story , then sort of went away until the national networks began their endless dissection of the case). I hope that clears up the mystery of Casey Anthony appearing in a post about Zimmerman/ Martin.
Also, I hope that THIS post does not lead you to more confusion and missing-of-the-point. If it does, I suggest that, when you read my posts, you read them slower. That way, you may even get my metaphors.

By the way, I have still not arrived at any viable opinion about the Z/M situation, aside from thinking how unfortunate is was for a young man to die early. The story is still developing, but with the absence of any new information, it has become a repetitious rehash of a local incident, and no bad guys seem to have emerged. That could change, and I depend upon my local news outlets to keep me up-to-date.

03-29-2012, 02:42 AM	#31
CKDIWEQ Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 428 Senior Member	Zippy-- Again, thanks for your vague, misdirected comments. MY comments had everything to do with the local--and ultimately, national-- news outlets endlessly drumming the same alleged facts about the Zimmerman/Martin encounter over their airwaves and into my skull. The local news team's failure to pick up and run with the Z/M story is not something that I was concerned about when I initially posted, because the story, when it emerged, was nothing more than a routine shooting, something reported almost daily. Orlando has quite a serious violent crime problem and those kinds of stories are rather common. Also, Zippy, I forgot that you don't have access to Orlando news reporting way up there in New York, so there is no possible way you could have followed the story, from the very beginning, as I have. Because the story eminated from the Orlando area ( like--wait for it--the Casey Anthony story) and rose to national prominence, I consider it a local piece of news that has gone Big Time. I was initially surprised when-- after about TWO WEEKS--the local folks once again began reporting about it. I seem to recall a reporter on one of the local stations saying..."Remember the story about the security guard shooting a teenager that we reported on a couple weeks ago? Well, here are some new developments..." Almost instantly, the story went viral and I began hearing MY LOCAL NEWS reported from New York by the likes of CNN, FOX,CBS and NBC. "Interesting", I thought;.. "its just like the Casey Anthony story" (which began as a missing child story , then sort of went away until the national networks began their endless dissection of the case). I hope that clears up the mystery of Casey Anthony appearing in a post about Zimmerman/ Martin. Also, I hope that THIS post does not lead you to more confusion and missing-of-the-point. If it does, I suggest that, when you read my posts, you read them slower. That way, you may even get my metaphors. By the way, I have still not arrived at any viable opinion about the Z/M situation, aside from thinking how unfortunate is was for a young man to die early. The story is still developing, but with the absence of any new information, it has become a repetitious rehash of a local incident, and no bad guys seem to have emerged. That could change, and I depend upon my local news outlets to keep me up-to-date.
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