Imagine yourself pulling a body out of that mine.

I am actually a rocket scientist. My lastest project included developing a small chemical propulsion device using sodium bicarbonate and impure dilute acetic acid, which will decompose into carbon dioxide, thus providing this reaction to be used as the core thrust for my rocket. So far, I can lift a US penny over the roof of my house. Next, I will lift myself over the roof of my house in my lawnchair. Look for my Darwin Award in a few weeks.

That is all folks!

Sorry to hear about the miners though, that is very sad.

Ah jesus christ.

RIP

What kinda grabtastic screw up makes this type of screw up? / R. Lee

How did they get the news so wrong??? Last night they reported 12 miners were rescued. That is such a bummer!

Haha!

Good one, CNN!

You sly dog, you.

Now pay for the funerals, you sick fark.

I havent been following this. So they were alive when they found them and now they're not?

/wouldnt go down a mine for all the money in the world

Sad indeed.

Ya, just as tragic as the other millions of people that die everyday. Why should we care any more about these guys?

Archie DeBunker

Imagine yourself pulling a body out of that mine.


Ok....*imagines*.... right, that was needlessly depressing.

For my next thought I'll imagine drowning a bag of puppies.

Traxis:

I'll keep that in mind should you or a loved one die in an accident of some kind.

This is old news. How many people actual thought that CNN, NY Times, and other news orginizations would actual get this one right? Not me. I know that they never check there facts before they print.

/I hate the media
//I hate people that think the media isn't bias even more

just terrible

Dam librul meedya and there lyes.

Traxis
Ya, just as tragic as the other millions of people that die everyday. Why should we care any more about these guys?

A bit true, but a bit sad at the same time.

Sometimes we forget the number of people who do very dangerous and thankless jobs that make our lives better. Tragedies like this remind me how much we all owe to people we never meet.

RIP

shiat happens, deal with it and move on!

Yahoo home page says 11 of the 12 are dead
RIP

As soon as I heard "this news is unconfirmed" lastnight on CNN, I got the feeling we were all going to be disappointed... guess I was right.

WTF, submitter?

Traxis

This story is different because it's a small town, it's not your usual inter-racial violence and it's not a car crash. Thats why it is getting attention. The same reason why the guys in Quecreek got the attention. You ignorant asshat.

Insult Comic Bishounen: I'll keep that in mind should you or a loved one die in an accident of some kind.

Good. If I die I deserve no more attention than the rest of the people that died at the same time. Look, I'm not saying it isn't sad, or that I don't feel bad for their familys. I just think it is stupid for everyone to freak out about this when it happens every day. To be honest, I think it is pretty sick that the media makes such a big deal out of stories like this. Let the families grieve in peace ffs.

RIP

At the same time, these guys knew what they were getting into. Mines collapsing, exploding, filling with lethal gas/water... TYhese are not new occurnces folks. I tip my hat the the miners for hteir dilligence and accepting such a job. I also hope their families don't get left out in the cold by the company...

CNN = asshats

\(insert totally innapropriate joke here)

I hadn't seen the news last night that they were supposed to all be alive, until after I'd seen that one was (and I was very happy about that, I didn't expect that anyone would be). After seeing that the family members had been told that they were all alive...it's so sad, I can't even imagine that.

"Ya, just as tragic as the other millions of people that die everyday. Why should we care any more about these guys?"


10 Deaths = Tragic

1,000,000 Deaths = Statistic

The more deaths there are, the less they matter.

/sad but true

Wrong Headlines:
New York Times Front Page
LA Times Front Page
Chicago Tribune Front Page
Boston Globe Front Page
Dallas Morning News Front Page
San Francisco Chronicle Front Page
Atlanta Journal Constitution Front Page
Baltimore Sun Front Page
Twin Cities Pioneer Press Front Page
Arizona Republic Front Page
San Antonio Express Front Page
Houston Chronicle Front Page
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Front Page
Miami Herald Front Page
Nashville Tennessean Front Page
Cincinnati Enquirer Front Page
Indy Star Front Page
FW Star Telegram Front Page
Toledo Blade Front Page
Charleston Gazette Front Page
Dominion Post Front Page

Reserved Judgement:
Washington Post Front Page

Right Headlines:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Front Page
Seattle Times Front Page
San Jose Mercury Front Page
Detroit Free Press Front Page
Denver Post Front Page
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Front Page
Honolulu Advertiser Front Page
Anchorage Daily News Front Page

Corrected Papers:
New York Post Front Page
New York Daily News Front Page

Miscommunication people. shiat happened. It really shouldn't have. But it did. That is life. Only 1 guy came out alive. The rest aren't. Condolensces to their families.

/insert a random remark regarding my disgust of the media
//read the link if you want to know why

Traxis showed what incredible empathy he has by posting the following,

Ya, just as tragic as the other millions of people that die everyday. Why should we care any more about these guys?"

Actually, you have a point, every single one of those millions of deaths is a tragic loss - some, perhaps, more than others. Personally, I feel sympathy when a beloved family member dies at an advanced age even though my sympathies are more for the families who must now be grieving. In this case there are now hundreds of people who have lost a father, a brother, a spouse or simply a friend and are deeply affected.

One has to wonder if there was anyone like you in that mine and if you understand that people like me would risk death or injury to extract even someone as unsympathetic as you. Many of us look at this situation as "There, but for the grace of God..." and then there are others as you have chosen to illustrate here.

I am somewhat surprised that you didn't biatch about the new welfare mothers that are personally out to ruin your financial future. Of course, it's still early and that thought might not have crossed your mind quite yet.

man i feel sorry for the relatives , this is just sad

It wasn't the media's fault on this one. People in the miners' hometown overheard authorities talking on cell phones, got excited and spread the word. It's no one's fault. It's just sad.

RIP miner dudes.

This just broke my heart. I went to bed last night after watching the joy on all those faces, then woke up to find out that 12 were dead. I just cant imagine being a family who had worried all that time, probably about lost all hope, then think they are alive, just to find out that they were dead.

I do think that we have to be careful not to blame the media on this one. Even the governor came out and said that it was a miracle and that the men were alive. If I was in the news biz, I would consider the governor as a reliable source.

What supposedly happened is that a couple of the relatives received news that the men were found and they were checking for vital signs. They took this to mean that the men were alive, and the news just took on a life of its own from there. The blame, I believe, lies with the company who waited around 3 hours to correct the news. The company officials said that when they found that there was only one alive they wanted to wait to find out who it was first. What a cop-out. To let these people go that long thinking their loved ones were alive.

All in all, my prayers are with the families and with the one miner that has durvived.

There's a terrible mining accident in West Virginia. Where are the survivors buried?

/I don't need a ticket, I'm flying the plane
//I killed a bunch of people once

Reporters overheard saying "we get all our numerical data from Fark, I can't understand what went wrong....."

what's the frequency, kenneth?

Wrong Headlines:

Its a time zone thing. The more western the paper, the more time they had after the reports to go to print.

Tragedies like this tug at the heart and likely will get ugly politically, media and judicially long before most forget. We went through something similar up here in Canada in 1992, at a little tiny Nova Scotia town called Plymouth.
A tragedy called Westray

Big news at mine = Media win.
More big news - One found dead = media win.
More big news - 12 found alive = media win.
More big news - Opps mis reported = media win.
More big news - Start the blame game on how it was reported. Guess what Media win.

Can you say job creation and justification?

I say lets all concentrate on praying for the miners and families and ignore the media.

I've been watching the news this morning and it looks like someone on-site somehow got a message to the relatives that all OR all but one were okay, when in reality the rescue crews reported back they found the miners but still had to check their vitals. Apparently, the people on-site knew within 20 minutes that the initial info was bad, but waited to see HOW bad before reporting back to the families.

Sounds like some well-meaning but very, VERY misguided person thought they'd contact the families ASAP rather than wait for the official communication lines to spread the news slowly but accurately.

:~(

Summary of 2:30 AM Briefing by mining company officials (paraphrased):

"No... we didn't mean 'alive'. It's the other one. Oops. Our bad."

Reports much outraged and violent hilarity among the families followed.

ranold

Bad link?

Traxis, It's okay that you don't think its important and that you think the media is 'making a big deal out of this' but it is tragic and it is dramatic... Yeah lots of people die in lots of places but these ones are guys whose job it is to go into the ground and get minerals out so society can function. If the drama and tragedy of this story isn't self-evident you're an asshat.

DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN!


/d'oh!