MetroTV video of suspected Serang bird flu victims
Scott McPherson
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You know, we don't get to see many breaking television bird flu news stories outside of the US, but Indonesia's MetroTV seems to be doing a good job of broadcasting breaking bird flu news to their viewers. Back in the 1980s, then-news director of Miami's Channel 7, Joel Cheatwood coined the expression "If it bleeds, it leads,"
The MetroTV mantra must be "If they sneeze, they lead." Sorry.
Anyway, if you click on this link, you will see the news story of the family being transported to Jakarta via ambulance. Again, a top of the cap to Commonground, veteran flusite poster. Now I want you to put yourself in the position of any Indonesian resident who is watching this unfold on television. How would you feel if this was broadcast in New York, or Peoria, or Billings, Vancouver, or Tampa? Or Tallahassee?
As Count Floyd used to say: Pretty scary, kids.
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