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Mining Accident in Virginia

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skihillraod
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I went to bed thinking they found 12 miners alive and now I read this morning that it was "bad information" and all but one is dead and he is braindead so wtf?

Jan 4 2006 10:37AM
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DANETRON
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some one fucked up, every one makes mistakes and its not like they said some thing that lead to the 12 others deaths
Jan 4 2006 10:38AM
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Badfish2
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didn't the rescuers say that they just found 12 miners? saying nothing about them being alive. isn't this the kind of information that you think someone would double check?
Jan 4 2006 10:39AM
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Adamskinick
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12 died, 1 survived.. it's horrible, especially since the families were told they were alive. they even had a press conference about miracles.. then they found out the news was incorrect.
Jan 4 2006 10:45AM
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asac
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headline of my newspaper: 12 survive, 1 dead.

reality: 12 dead, 1 survive.

the media seriously needs to change. does anyone remember something similar in the 2000 election? (ie fox news saying bush won)
Jan 4 2006 10:52AM
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Astomp
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someone post a link?
Jan 4 2006 11:00AM
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Astomp
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12 survive in that article

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/04/mine.explosion/
Jan 4 2006 11:02AM
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Sarah_eats_snow
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Here ya go its pretty sad
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/04/mine.explosion.wed/index.html
Jan 4 2006 11:02AM
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Astomp
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then this one. here is the correct.

http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=4315473
Jan 4 2006 11:03AM
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Badfish2
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I'm waiting for them to go "Whoops, the original story was correct"
Jan 4 2006 11:07AM
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InfernoHits
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yea and it was in West Virginia, not Virginia
Jan 4 2006 11:19AM
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freestyleskiin
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thats because they print the newspaper in the night and that happened after they were printed and they dont have enough time to re-print and they need to get all the other stories out
Jan 4 2006 12:02PM
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skihillraod
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I just can't believe that the wrong story got all the way to print and through the entire media - they were interviewing the families live after they were told they survived.
Jan 4 2006 12:11PM
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skier_boy26
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yea they messed that one up. when i went to bed they were all estatic becaue they were all alive, and they were giving interviews with all sorts of people. now they aint so christian anymo
Jan 4 2006 12:25PM
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kickerlicker
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they messed that shit up
Jan 4 2006 1:36PM
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witty
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so fucked up...especially since the associated press kinda disregarded their guidelines to have multiple sources of confirmation before publishing stuff like that....damn i feel sorry for those families
Jan 4 2006 2:01PM
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DrewR.
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they are so screwed i heard like all the families are gunna sue them for saying 12 were alive
Jan 4 2006 3:17PM
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Rich
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BBC news story conveys the tragedy:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ifs_news/hi/nb_wm_fs.stm?nbram=1&news=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1&bbram=1&nol_storyid=4579804
Jan 4 2006 3:29PM
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--Binger--
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dont fuck with the ground, its bigger then u
Jan 4 2006 4:28PM
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*Fujative*
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ya, big time
Jan 4 2006 4:35PM
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