quattro Digest, Vol 68, Issue 29

[TWFAUST at aol.com]

I didn't mean there was an actual "handshake" agreement. More that there  
was a tacit agreement that it is "not news". Actually, if bank robberies are 
as  common as I understand them to be, it is "front page" stuff, just as an 
epidemic  of car jackings would be. I would bet that more people are killed 
this year in  Massachusetts bank robberies than have died of swine flu 
(excuse me "N1H1"). It  seems to be agreed with the media to drop "swine flu". 
Sorry, I am getting a  little ornery here. Did I mention that I have 3 Audis?
 
Oh, cops only refer to "perps" on TV, in real life they are a**holes.
 
Tom Faust 
 
 
In a message dated 6/16/2009 3:01:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
quattro-request at audifans.com writes:

On  6/15/09 10:07 PM, " TWFAUST at aol.com wrote:

> There is also an  "agreement" with the media to hush up bank robberies. 
Most
>  fair  size cities, Boston for instance, have 4-5 a day. They don't want  
the
>  public to know how common, or easy, it is.

Oh  reeeeallly?

As someone with two decades of experience in media,  including working at 
and
for some pretty major daily newspapers I can say  that none of the editors
I've ever worked with shied away from covering  anything, especially crime.

In fact, if any of them or myself for that  matter had been "approached" by 
a
bank in search of this kind of  "agreement" we would have considered it news
and reported on it.

The  reality is that because bank robberies are fairly common, the ones  
that
don't involve violence, blood, death to innocents or large amounts of  cash
(most sums stolen are relatively paltry) don't rank high in the news  cycle.
They'll get a mention, maybe a shot from the bank's video of the  perp and a
plea to help "identify the suspect", and the cycle will spin on  to more
interesting and important things. Like Brittany's latest  boyfriend.

Just my $0.02. Those who have also worked at newspapers, TV  stations and
other media outlets can feel free to chime in. But pretty off  topic, IMO.
Unless, of course, you're using an Audi as the getaway car or  robbing banks
to pay for those RS2 upgrades. If so, do tell! :-)

Tom  '95 S6 Avant





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