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#4285 - 01/29/10 12:05 PM Re: Bomb Scares [Re: hidegoseek]
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Registered: 08/15/09
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What a lame, one-sided story! That reporter needs to revisit Journalism 101.
Has the Times-Standard ever done a geocaching story? Would it be a good thing? (All identities would be protected, naturally).

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#4286 - 01/29/10 12:17 PM Re: Bomb Scares [Re: humspuds]
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Originally Posted By: humspuds
What a lame, one-sided story!

I like the blog post by ChildOfAtom regarding the article:
Originally Posted By: ChildOfAtom

This is a prime example of the new form of sound bite "journalism" that has been so pervasive in the last few years. It just seems like they pick a random topic from a hat, find the worst possible "fact" they can about it, and make a story that really only works in the headline.

"How your slippers can KILL YOU!"

"Why rainbows might CAUSE CANCER!"

"The ingredient in your mom's lasagna that is giving your children ADHD!"

The commercial soundbite draws viewers, but the actual story falls apart as soon as they get past that because the actual story is conjecture... "you might, possibly, maybe get injured by these shoes if your wear them upside down and are standing too close to a wall when the moon passes through the third house of mercury! So be careful!"

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#4807 - 03/08/10 10:50 AM Re: Bomb Scares [Re: hidegoseek]
crimona Offline
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Registered: 03/23/09
Posts: 104
Originally Posted By: hidegoseek

Bomb scares are nothing new to geocaching. Read about the most recent incident in Texas here and here.


This is precisely why I stick to hiding micros that don't even closely resemble any sort of dangerous ordnance.
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#4816 - 03/08/10 11:02 PM Re: Bomb Scares [Re: crimona]
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sweej will never have a BT
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#5029 - 03/28/10 12:16 PM Re: Bomb Scares [Re: Enbay1]
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Energizer Bunny arrested: charged with battery.

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#5034 - 03/28/10 05:25 PM Re: Bomb Scares [Re: hidegoseek]
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more bombs.
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#5203 - 04/19/10 09:27 PM Re: Bomb Scares [Re: hidegoseek]
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Here is the latest.
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#5209 - 04/20/10 05:39 PM Re: Bomb Scares [Re: hidegoseek]
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another one bites the dust!
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#5798 - 08/13/10 12:04 PM Re: Bomb Scares [Re: Enbay1]
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Here's another scare at South Lake Tahoe. It's taking quite a gamble to tape a geocache to a casino.
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#5802 - 08/13/10 04:59 PM Re: Bomb Scares [Re: hidegoseek]
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why would you tape a geocache?
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