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Old 18-06-2009, 01:16 PM #1
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I'm tired of hearing how we are all going to die every two minutes, its either

"Swine flu is gonna kill us all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

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"Global warming will drown you and then shoot your family!!!!!!!!!!"

is this how new programmes try to get ratings? if so its pathetic
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it does my head in what annoys me more is all the sheep who jump on the bandwagon after reading one story without looking into any background to it tis exactly why i dont buy the papers any more
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I dont watch the news or read the papers any more, too depressing
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If you stick your head in the sand you won't catch swine flu but on the other hand you wont see or hear the bomb coming.....
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Just discover the mass media today, yeah?
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Because people actually get excited by it, believe it or not. I kinda like them shows... I don't know why.
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Bad news is good news for news papers! Your always going to hear the bad stuff unfortunately
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