this article from the onion is a truely wonderful example of how a media report can make something quite normal seem utterly devistating.
I remember a series of media reports about exploding cars when unleaded petrol was first introduced in New Zealand. Every exploding car was reported in full detail for about a week. Approximately one a day. Curiously the average number of cars flambe per year was about 350 for a perfectly normal year. But the media was sure they were onto something.
Thank God I made it home before the disaster struck New Zealand.
Posted by carla at March 6, 2006 08:41 PM