MSNTV

The astronomy alt.discuss group is concerned that a huge headline about "UFOs" appears on our MSNTV home page. When one clicks the link, one is directed to a "Things To Try" page which says,

"Find life out there
Get the latest UFO news in UFO Roundup.
Report your sightings to the National UFO Reporting Center.
Read true accounts [sic] of individuals abducted by UFOs."

My reply:

Subject: SEX!!!!!

....now that I've got your attention....

Yellow journalism is a much-loved tradition in this country; how DARE you question it? :)

What's more scary is the crap in the "try new things" section of the home page, or whatever they call it. They suggest a web site on astrology, not astronomy, for instance. 'course, most people, and a substantial population of journalists, don't know the difference between the two.

If we're all worrying about: PlanetX, Armagedon, psychics, astrology, UFOs, etc, we won't NOTICE reality!

Bush wants $87 billion more for his superbowl in Iraq. That's on top of $150± billion already spent. The World Trade Center cost a measly billion.

But we're worrying about nonexistant planets and lil grey guys. It's the big WHITE guys who should SCARE us! LOL