Why Isn't This All Over National News??

[Memnir]

Because, we do not talk about exploits!

So that's the answer!!! It was Turbine's Auto-Ban Missile!

[Giselle]

Ha when I saw this topic I thought, "Wow, he is blowing the bans WAY out of proportion!"

[EatSmart]

made it to the BBC website front page as a "cute interest story". I would linky but i cant find it any more.

[AcesWylde]

CBS is a relatively large network. I think it's just that the government is putting pressure on the media to ignore this story. Happens all the time. I know. I'm a journalist.

I've asked around my cbc friends and one said they weren't even allowed to touch the story.

That's strange FOX news has been talking about it constantly for the last 2 days, I'm getting tired of hearing about it frankly, but my boss keeps the TV on FOX.

[systemstate]

Clearly, the maban event is part of a joint US Government/Turbine conspiracy to move people's attention away from the unidentified object in question.

Missile turns out to just be an airplane, and Turbine made the stupid decision to use an autoban system.

News feeds are back to focusing what Michelle Obama is wearing so, back to the DDO grind for me I suppose.

[Triepod]

Haha, Mem- Where did you dig that up from? I haven't seen that picture since the 80's.

Bill T. Cat palmed it to him while they were sharing some dandelions... ;p

[Triepod]

Swamp gas.... It was just swamp gas...

It's a weather balloon.

It's always a weather balloon.

Do not let the media fool you.

You will now forget everything you read in this thread.........

[MartinusWyllt]

Calm down everyone. It was actually a test firing of my nuclear powered potato gun in my ongoing attempt to be the first to put an unmanned vegetable into orbit. Let's just keep this between ourselves as I don't wish to explain how or where I managed to obtain my plutonium.

Hm...nuclear power generated high pressure steam, like used on carrier catapult systems (unless they're retrofitting electromag catapult systems on older carriers)...+ potato...it'll have to be a hard potato otherwise it'd probably turn into a fine mist...sounds like fun.

(adv. to nuclear power, aside from being cool is that you could sustain the launching of many, many potatoes where a gas turbine would need to have had refueled)

[MartinusWyllt]

...Odd that the various news sites quote Navy and Air Force personnel as not knowing anything about it. Breakdown in communications somewhere, I suppose?

Standard response I was taught was to use the Sgt. Schultz defense. (Ok, they didn't really call it that.)

If asked about nuclear weapons on my ship I was to say: "I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons about the USS California." with the optional "However it is against general Navy policy to carry nuclear weapons aboard surface ships."

I guess I'm still bound by that, though the USS California (CGN-36) is a former ship that has not only been decommissioned but has also been turned into scrap.

[EKKM]

Hm...nuclear power generated high pressure steam, like used on carrier catapult systems (unless they're retrofitting electromag catapult systems on older carriers)...+ potato...it'll have to be a hard potato otherwise it'd probably turn into a fine mist...sounds like fun.

(adv. to nuclear power, aside from being cool is that you could sustain the launching of many, many potatoes where a gas turbine would need to have had refueled)

If you got it from the Libyans make sure to read the letter Marty gave you.

[systemstate]

If you got it from the Libyans make sure to read the letter Marty gave you.

+1

Libyans!

[Ashurr]

I see KSAF's mysterious benefactor has begun their work. Hmph. Note to self: must buy some shares.

Ashurr: sae raetar!

N'e'quea che tsemena mettakas q'en demell?

[Perspicacity]

Why on earth isn't this being covered and followed by all the news agencies?

Because CBS reported it first. If the other networks cover it they'd have to admit it's a story worth covering and then they'd have to admit that they got scooped by CBS. CBS is the old people network, they still wheel out Andy Roonie's corps once in a while to BOOST ratings. Admitting that you got scooped by CBS is the media industry equivalent of a guy admitting he got beat up by his little sister... savagely... and she's 9 years old... and has muscular dystrophy.

I don't care how good the story is no media outlet be it TV, Radio or print will ever, EVER admit it got scooped by CBS. If CBS made first contact with an intelligent alien race and broadcast it live not only would no one else cover it they'd all run old episodes of Darma & Greg or Mad About You just to make it seem like there's nothing on.