{"id":10207,"date":"2006-06-22T23:27:56","date_gmt":"2006-06-22T20:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/06\/22\/how-mass-media-craps-in-your-brain\/"},"modified":"2006-06-22T23:27:56","modified_gmt":"2006-06-22T20:27:56","slug":"how-mass-media-craps-in-your-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/06\/22\/how-mass-media-craps-in-your-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"How mass media craps in your brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Here&#8217;s just one example of how mass media craps in your brain &#8211; an article in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinquirer.net\/\">The Inquirer<\/a> about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinquirer.net\/?article=32550\">Dell laptop explosion<\/a>.  I picked this one as it is number one in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloglines.com\/toplinks\">Bloglines&#8217; Top Links<\/a> for June 21, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Read it.  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It&#8217;s just a laptop.  <strong>Even if<\/strong> something like this will ever happen on the plane, a trained stuard will take of the fire with fire extinguisher.  You don&#8217;t have to scary everyone just yet.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s more.<\/p>\n<p>Either it&#8217;s all is a joke, or I don&#8217;t get it.  Damn!  I don&#8217;t get it even if it&#8217;s a joke&#8230;<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Here&#8217;s just one example of how mass media craps in your brain &#8211; an article in The Inquirer about Dell laptop explosion. I picked this one as it is number one in Bloglines&#8217; Top Links for June 21, 2006. Read it. You&#8217;ll notice a whole bunch of crap that was intended for your brain. 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