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No fly zone over Boston and front of the White House cordoned off.
Fuckin scary.
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cutuphalfdead wrote:My suspicion is that after all the newtown misinformation the local media is showing slightly more restraint with this story and running with anecdotal stuff.
I assumed it was due to limited resources. I've been watching Channel 7 and the only time they talked about JFK was when the BPD guy mentioned it.
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NBC Sports Network ‏@NBCSN 30m

Reports of Marathon Runners that crossed finish line and continued to run to Mass General Hospital to give blood to victims
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shinkdew wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:My suspicion is that after all the newtown misinformation the local media is showing slightly more restraint with this story and running with anecdotal stuff.
I assumed it was due to limited resources. I've been watching Channel 7 and the only time they talked about JFK was when the BPD guy mentioned it.
There was confusion because of the electrical fire this morning. When word of the explosion there came down a lot of people thought it was just confusion with the fire.

All the local media outlets are out in full force today anyway, they have the resources.
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jfk library spokesperson says no injuries there
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NBC News says BPD is guarding a wounded person they are calling a possible suspect at a hospital.
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Anders wrote:I do not have a «neoliberal assessment of geopolitics», so please stop writing that I do.
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Sniffer dogs were present at the start of the race and people were being told it's just a drill. Did they have prior info?
http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/sto ... 0.facebook
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dimejinky99 wrote:Sniffer dogs were present at the start of the race and people were being told it's just a drill. Did they have prior info?
who knows. but i would expect that's at least standard protocol for an event like this. i know i've seen that at other sporting events
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dimejinky99 wrote:Sniffer dogs were present at the start of the race and people were being told it's just a drill. Did they have prior info?
http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/sto ... 0.facebook
There are always sniffer dogs at the start of the race. The thing is, it becomes near impossible to have dogs sniffing around during the race due to the crowds. They're speculating that these bombs were small, carried in backpacks, and dropped casually in trash bins during the race. There are lots of cameras in that area too.
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theplatypus wrote:Best post I've seen about it.
http://www.facebook.com/pattonoswalt/po ... 0800582655
Yeah, not bad.
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Self wrote:
theplatypus wrote:Best post I've seen about it.
http://www.facebook.com/pattonoswalt/po ... 0800582655
Yeah, not bad.
Yeah I liked that.
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CNN is saying the muslim suspect thing isn't true.
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Obama is about to address the nation.
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They've retracted on the JFK explosions. There was only a fire there. Ed Davis just came on and said that.
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BPD says reports of a suspect being guarded at a hospital are untrue.
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dimejinky99 wrote:Obama is about to address the nation.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/presiden ... tatement-2

If you wanna watch.
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Skynews(owned by Murdoch) is all over it here.
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theplatypus wrote:Best post I've seen about it.
http://www.facebook.com/pattonoswalt/po ... 0800582655

Thats incredible. Made me smile.
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Strat wrote:
theplatypus wrote:Best post I've seen about it.
http://www.facebook.com/pattonoswalt/po ... 0800582655

Thats incredible. Made me smile.
Yes, thanks for sharing that.
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