Thursday, November 10, 2011

Tone Deaf

FCC

"It Was Only a Test, but What a Test"  NYT Brian Stelter
The only thing that would top this FCC/Homeland Security/FEMA flop?  If the tone had triggered the Kardashians.

8 comments:

  1. This EAS which used to be called Conelrad is impotent.  Who is watching TV to even get the alert?  Text it to cell phones.  Email it.

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  2. It was created in, I think, the mid-1950s in the bomb shelter era.

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  3. The EAS in my area lasted only 4 seconds and you can hear Megyn Kelly talking though the EAS...

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  4. QVC - kind of scary.
    I would think that George Orwell had something more like C SPAN in mind.

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  5. I was watching, and 4 women came on the screen, accusing me of sexual harassment.
    Naturally, I immediately reported it to the Penn State Athletic Director.
    FYI:  go to Amazon-books, and google Jerry Sandusky.  Among the titles are his memoir, "Touched" (!!!), and my favorite, "101 Linebacker Drills".

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  6. That is hilarious, Jim!  I'll read them in the shower.

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  7. I was listening to Sirus and got the tone and " this is a" back to music.

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