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Adventures of a Modern Day, Middle-Aged Hero, on the Glory Road(to family security)

4.16.2013

Play the role of alarmist much?

OMG...the headline reads: Poison found in letter to U.S. senator

The horror!  Except, the article goes out of it's way, through many quotes of it's main source, to point out that there were two positive tests and two negative tests.  He says 'I’d be shocked if it were ricin' because 'this facility is famous for false postives'. 

So...really...after what happened in Boston, some of our newspapers feel the need to over-sensationalize headlines?  Not enough drama out there to play it straight right now? 

Read more here: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/04/16/2359173/poison-found-in-letter-to-us-senator.html#storylink=cpy


Read more here: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/04/16/2359173/poison-found-in-letter-to-us-senator.html#storylink=cpy

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