Teen Nearly Killed us All

[JustAGuy]

"Top Secret" was a moniker placed by the article, recklessly at that, I may add. Fermi is well known as a nuclear research lab. It's the fearmongering perspective of the alarmist media that calls it a super-secret weapons lab with all the implications that the facility will make the world go *boom*.

Hey, I was just going by what I read in the article. I wasn't trying to pick at or dwell on the details, rather the reason why an article like that uses alarmist buzz-words in the first place.

Comprehension and cognizance of real-world mechanics will aid you in identifying the ever important (and sadly, ever more pertinent) fact that the media: A> is not an ascribed expert in any esoteric field and must report from the perspective of a generality; B> not going to sell much by saying "everything's fine, people..."

I'm quite aware of what the media does, and how and why it does what it does. That's a wonderful by-product of Captialism and "vested interests", be they the interests of the "news source" or others. It must be noted that it is primarily the American media that perpetuates the fear-mongering. I'm not saying Canada (ah, the frozen lands of the north) is free from the "bad news" (e.g. "computer attack believed to be perpetrated by terrorists!!"), it just doesn't focus on it as much. Canadian news is actually pretty funny sometimes.

What ticks me off is that your second statement is so very true. I don't disagree with you one bit, it's just distressing and irritating. I'm aware of it, but a lot of people aren't.