Speaking of Montel...
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Montel Williams, who has been an outspoken and effective advocate for
medical marijauna was fired for taking a discussion of the death of Heath
Ledger and focusing instead on deaths in Iraq. No doubt the conversation
would have been about a celebrity drug death if Williams had not taken
control of the conversation. Bravo for Montel for not playing the ratings
game by focusing on celebrity death and bringing the conversation back to
reality.

The video of Montel Williams expressing outrage over coverage of celebrity deaths vs. coverage of Iraq War deaths is here.

I can't help but wonder sometimes about the timing and coverage of celebrity sex/drugs/alcohol/divorce/child custody battles/ bald-shining coochies vs. coverage of other actual news stories. Sometimes I wonder if people like Brittany Spears, Paris Hilton and so forth aren't somehow controlled by the CIA and programmed to show their asses when say there is a huge explosion in Iraq that killed 550 people, mostly American soldiers, or when President Bush does things like condone torture or when the economy is totally tanking.

Hat's off to Montel for attempting to discuss real news on a 'Faux' news show.

I hope that he was not fully fired as he has been an invaluable warrior for us trying to live, work and fight in a horribly prejudiced community.

And his point that since Jan 1, 28 "unnamed" REAL heroes died and were not really highlighted by national or even local media (not to detract from the pain of Heath Ledger's family, he still expressed sympathy fro them) was an important point that each day we have soldiers dying for us, and they are heroes and are unsung heroes, and even more are coming back permanently and severely wounded.

As far as our disease / injury / syndrome, there are so many head trauma and I'll bet TOS injuries coming home (or are home) that this area of medicine will see numbers like never before. The bombs are made for head trauma. So I am guessing, but I think we'll see a huge amount of medical research and article printing on areas that affect us, due to the war results.

Thanks for bringing that video to my attention.

...hahaha, as for the CIA controlling Britney Spears - I think SHE is BEYOND their capabilities!

Didn't consider that Tam, you are right!

More brachial plexus injuries into the medical system = more TOS statistics on recovery/rehab? = more acceptance in the insurance/medical/legal communities?

Go Montel !

[QUOTE=astern;206235]Speaking of Montel...
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Montel Williams, who has been an outspoken and effective advocate for
medical marijauna was fired for taking a discussion of the death of Heath
Ledger and focusing instead on deaths in Iraq. QUOTE]

He was really fired? That totally sucks. I just watched the clip last night on youtube and thought that a vet like himself has every right to turn the topic towards one that is more salient in his eyes. Obviously Heath Ledger's untimely death is horrible, but instead of sensationalizing a tragedy the news media needs to focus on REAL news. Fox is such a joke, sorry to all the conservatives on this board, but really, it isn't offering a balance since they don't always stick to the truth!

Yeah, I do think the news media's focus on sensationalism is more than the fluff it seems. Remember a couple years ago during the mid-term elections when ALL the media focused on was that darn shooter and his son and left barely any time for our national elections? Some folks got paid off big-time for that one...

thought he was ending it himself..but if fired...bummer reason...media coverage is always like that sad to say....what brittany is doing is far more important I guess then the happenings of real world..hugssss,sarah

Yeah for Montel for speaking up about such an important issue. It's a shame if he got fired over it.