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Posted by Jessica Boucher.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Student on team #237, Sie-H2O-Bots, from Watertown High School and Eastern Awning Systems & The Siemon Company.

Posted on 10/17/2000 12:45 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: A different perspective... posted by nick237 on 10/16/2000 9:25 PM MST:



: Sorry Jess. I dont agree. The news media are there for us, we are not there for them, and if you think about it I dont recall hearing or seeing any footage from any news media this year about the FIRST competition on any T.V. station ever.

Ok, first of all, what I meant was that FIRST, like it or not, is a human-interest story. Because we are all there, doing something positive, the media came to see it. Their coverage, in turn, is seen by people that know nothing about FIRST, people that might find out more information and be future FIRST-a-holics like the rest of us. Plus, most (if not all) of the footage taken there was used either that day (therefore we wouldn't see it), or is being saved for something later.


: You have to remember that I work in the news media circle and know that some of the most obnoxious selfish people any where are camera men and news reporters. There is a simple matter of courtesy, and the camera people didn't give a 'hoot' if we the people could see or not see, and if the crowd had rioted then they would have reported a different news story???

Yes, I know you work in the media and I agree that they can be selfish and obnoxious, just as everyone else can be. And if they're so obnoxious, then they're not going to be curteous. But what happened happened, and though we didnt like it, that doesnt mean nothing's being done to fix it. I'm sure FIRST is working on something to alleviate the problems.

-Jess Boucher