Tuesday, February 11, 2003
"BUZZZZ HOONNNNNK SCREEEEECH. This is the Emergency Broadcast System. . . ."
Uh-oh. Chemical attack? Biological? Suitcase nuke? Oh no oh no oh no . . .
The big news: A 2-month-old Baltimore girl is missing. This on a Washington radio station, when a "high risk" terrorism alert is in effect. The Amber Alert is a good thing, and kidnapping is a bad thing, but maybe we need to rethink our news-judgment priorities in this kind of climate.
Uh-oh. Chemical attack? Biological? Suitcase nuke? Oh no oh no oh no . . .
The big news: A 2-month-old Baltimore girl is missing. This on a Washington radio station, when a "high risk" terrorism alert is in effect. The Amber Alert is a good thing, and kidnapping is a bad thing, but maybe we need to rethink our news-judgment priorities in this kind of climate.
