Matt Bors for February 18, 2013
February 15, 2013
February 20, 2013
Transcript:
Reporter 1: No hot water! Not enough food! Too few toilets! Woman: On what? Man 1: Like a floating hotel for white people. Reporter 2: "This is the same sort of thing many people went through in Katrina." Man 2: "Those are two different things." Reporter 1: Oh my God! No phone service! Reporter 2: Hell Cruise. CNN went with wall-to-wall coverage of the disabled cruise ship. Someone tell these people that's how half the world lives. When the passengers came ashore, they seemed fine. A CNN host said: Turned out the people who lost all contact with the real world were on land.
chazandru about 11 years ago
Mr. Bors places the magnifying glass on the proper subject. The story of the ship deserves some attention since, by one report, 300,000 people travel on cruise ships on any given day. The cruise line contracts, a document resembling paperwork for a home sale, protect the company from almost anything. This ship’s maintenance history shows preexisting problems which reports suggest will nullify some of the protections in the contract. Once the most important information had been conveyed to viewers considering cruises, it was time to move on to the myriad stories with greater importance. It is my understanding, passengers will get full refunds, vouchers for a future cruise, and money for travel and hotels to their homes.CNN and too many other news sources, their budgets to do real news slashed to the bone, picked a too easy target. The ‘news’ focused very little attention on how ships sailing under foreign registries are poorly regulated and managed. Disney owns ABC news and wouldn’t want its own cruise lines to come under scrutiny. This was an unnecessary act of negligence and the cruise line will be punished.Respectfully,C.
zoidknight about 11 years ago
And they either live that way because of their local warlords they elected to power or because they do not want to improve themselves. In Chicago and Detroit both appy.
chazandru about 11 years ago
Very well stated. I totally agree, Howie.Sincerely,C.
rockngolfer about 11 years ago
I want to tell a joke someone emailed me.
A woman went to the doctor’s office where she was seen by one of the younger doctors. After about four minutes in the examination room, she burst out screaming as she ran down the hall. An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem was, and she told him her story.After listening, he had her sit down and relax in another room. The older doctor marched down the hallway, back to where the young doctor was writing on his clipboard“What the h@&% is the matter with you?!” the older doctor demanded. “Mrs. Terry is 71 years old, has four grown children and seven grandchildren, and you told her she was pregnant?”The younger doctor continued writing and without looking up said, “Does she still have the hiccups?”
wadased about 11 years ago
But persons did not pay thousandss of dollars for the experience.
Uncle Joe Premium Member about 11 years ago
On the bright side, no one had an assault rifle on the Triumph.