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In reply to the discussion: What, exactly is the pupose of the Ray Rice saturated coverage [View all]freeplessinseattle
(3,508 posts)43. wow, so you admit you are trying to minimize the importance and reality of blood, threats and tears?
Why so "concerned" about other people's fortitude to multitask different topics within the course of few days?
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There are several aspects depending where you are coming from. One is simply reporting a story
still_one
Sep 2014
#1
actually this was a criminal act of assault that Rice did. Rice is also a public figure, you aren't
still_one
Sep 2014
#41
The media wants to keep talking about it to fill airtime that could be filled with Republican
Fred Sanders
Sep 2014
#3
Exactly. If they really cared about women being abused, we would have had saturation
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#29
wow, so you admit you are trying to minimize the importance and reality of blood, threats and tears?
freeplessinseattle
Sep 2014
#43
People are tired of large thugs beating the shit out of defenseless people and getting away with it.
951-Riverside
Sep 2014
#25
Maybe, for one thing, it has an uncanny way of revealing some individual's true colors?
freeplessinseattle
Sep 2014
#44
Football as it exists is a toxin. It is a violence creator. It should be eliminated if a full reboot
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2014
#48
there is nothing else for them to "report" on since news is just sensationalism
snooper2
Sep 2014
#52
Because it's a recurring problem that the NFL has been sweeping under the rug for too long.
jillan
Sep 2014
#62
It is more about the NFL owners and managers because they did not see it as a problem until the
jwirr
Sep 2014
#63
Media bonanza du-jour. Something to "report" on so you watch and see the ads aired. n/t
Populist_Prole
Sep 2014
#64