Snow-Day Caller Tells Media to Get Back to Reporting Real News
Well it turns out Kori isn't exactly enjoying the media attention either. Following the coverage from the Washington Post and CNN Kori has been inundated with phone calls from media outlets who he says have better things to cover. "I think there are issues like Darfur, I mean there are presidential primaries going on. There's so many other things that could have this media attention."
We're apt to agree with Kori on this one. We may be reporting it, but as an outlet that purely covers technology it's perfectly reasonable that we would pay attention. Outlets like CNN have probably dedicated more time to Kori's snow day phone call in the last three days than it has to Darfur in the last three months. And speaking of Darfur when was the last time you heard anything about it? Don't even remember do you, so we'll do CNN's job and give you a quick update - It's not getting better. Government forces in Sudan recently opened fire on a convoy of peace keepers from the United Nations and the African Union, though denied the attack was intentional. And to make matters worse, the government appointed Musa Hilal, who is accused of being a leader in the Janjaweed militia and being directly involved in the atrocities in the Darfur region, to a senior position.
Now that we've got the ball rolling maybe CNN can pick up where we left off and take Kori's advice -- start reporting on issues of true consequence and leave the quirky stories of internet phenomena to the tech blogs.
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VIC POWERS @ Jan 25th 2008 5:04PM
yeah, it was all good when HE was screwing with other people, but once you turn up the heat YOU can also get burned...you know, maybe you should have NOT put it on youtube and facebook, along with the phone numbers for the school district guy... live by the sword, die by the sword, my young friend...we all learned that lesson the hard way... it's called adulthood, and it's coming your way REALLY soon...and itlooks pretty pissed off!!!
Ralphie @ Jan 25th 2008 6:05PM
I guess the little punk got more than he bargained for. Maybe next time he will think twice about questioning a school administrator on such a trivial matter to begin with.
Dean @ Jan 25th 2008 6:25PM
ahmen to Vic Powers!