Trapped miners....

[booshanky]

Maybe I'm just a horrible prick of a person (maybe?) but why is a bunch of miners trapped in a mine such a big deal? I'm sure it's a big deal where it's happeneing, like local news. But why is it making national news?

NEWSFLASH! MINING IS A DANGEROUS OCCUPATION! DURRR.

Hey, i heard there's a boy trapped in a well somewhere! Call CNN!

Comments

[ashcanprobably]

I think the news likes to show pictures of horror-stricken faces, people befallen by tragedy. I can't remember the last time I used coal so, as far as I'm concerned, these are rather senseless deaths. I guess it's a big national deal because all those families got severely moded by authorities.

Like, there was a terrible explosion, but twelve men have been recovered alive ... PSYCHE! We meant one, one man was actually saved, the rest are retrievable but dead. I like how some of the news articles implied that the survivor's youth is what saved him.

[purgatorio]

lol.

[actvsdei]

I thought it was weird that the president made a special comment about it.

[bigdonkeyballs]

i really couldnt' agree more. now-a-days, the 24 hour news media clings to every bit of news and beats it to death.

i feel for my children