don@umd5.UUCP (02/10/86)
> . > . > It was a terrible thing, but the media went crazy. They > did more than just inform us. By 12 noon the day it happened I'm sure > everyone in North America heard of what had happened. But for the next > 3 days all that was on TV was about the shuttle. No new news except that > there was no new news. But they had to boost their ratings "More on > the Challenger at 5". It was as bad as the summit meetings! I saw no mention by the press about all the people who, upon hearing the news about Challenger, drove with their headlights on in memoriam of the seven astronauts. I don't think this public response was restricted to the Washington, DC area ... or was it ? -- --==---==---==-- "beware the fruminous Bandersnatch" ARPA: don@umd5.UMD.EDU BITNET: don%umd5@umd2 UUCP: ..!{ seismo!umcp-cs, ihnp4!rlgvax }!cvl!umd5!don (NOTE: Please mail to umcp-cs!cvl!umd5!don NOT umd5!cvl!umcp-cs!don) umcp-cs ::= mimsy.UMD.EDU | maryland.ARPA | umcp-cs.UUCP