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I experienced a surreal moment after putting on the cable television to see if there was coverage of the Republican National Convention.
I saw that coverage was going back and forth between Hurricane Gustav and a phone line manned by someone who was taking questions from people in three separate groups: those supporting Barack Obama for president; those supporting John McCain for president; and those who supporting a third person for president.
Since I couldn''t use the computer, I listened to some of the phone calls. One of the callers told the person manning the phones that Amy Goodman had been illegally arrested at the Republican National Convention and that he had been on the telephone to the police department for hours trying to get information about her. The man manning the phones (who was on C-Span''s television station, mind you) seemed stunned and turned to his computer. After checking his computer, he said that the caller was right...that Amy Goodman had been pepper sprayed and that the news of her arrest was all over the Internet! The caller then went on to say that he was concerned about how Amy Goodman was being treated and he was disabled and he supported Barack Obama and that John McCain was trying to fool people that he cared about them, but he only cared about people who made over 5 million dollars.
I was just amazed that in this age of information that a phone caller could bring news from the Internet to a newsman on television!
Amy Goodman is a pacifist; I read on the Internet that she had been manhandled by the police. We shall see. She is a person of conscience.
Deborah
I saw that coverage was going back and forth between Hurricane Gustav and a phone line manned by someone who was taking questions from people in three separate groups: those supporting Barack Obama for president; those supporting John McCain for president; and those who supporting a third person for president.
Since I couldn''t use the computer, I listened to some of the phone calls. One of the callers told the person manning the phones that Amy Goodman had been illegally arrested at the Republican National Convention and that he had been on the telephone to the police department for hours trying to get information about her. The man manning the phones (who was on C-Span''s television station, mind you) seemed stunned and turned to his computer. After checking his computer, he said that the caller was right...that Amy Goodman had been pepper sprayed and that the news of her arrest was all over the Internet! The caller then went on to say that he was concerned about how Amy Goodman was being treated and he was disabled and he supported Barack Obama and that John McCain was trying to fool people that he cared about them, but he only cared about people who made over 5 million dollars.
I was just amazed that in this age of information that a phone caller could bring news from the Internet to a newsman on television!
Amy Goodman is a pacifist; I read on the Internet that she had been manhandled by the police. We shall see. She is a person of conscience.
Deborah