News Media caused a panic yesterday

[dixiechick]

TweetOnce again the local news media had to stir up a panic over gas prices. The first I heard of it was on my way home last night. It was one of the radio station DJ telling people that gas prices had gone up 50¢ that day, that it was expect to go up a $1, and that stations were limiting how much gas you could purchase. A listener called in telling about two men getting into fight over a tank. Yes, gas had gone up anywhere from 20-40¢. This morning the prices were the same as last night.

You would think as many times as the media has cried wolf that people wouldn't believe a word they say any more. I HATE them. They have turn this election into a 3-ring circus just like they do every they report.

Sept 11, 2008
Rumors and reports lead to long gas lines, anger around town

Jay Jones left work with a nearly empty tank of gas and drove by several with long lines before deciding he had to stop.

“I passed a lot where the lines were on the road,” said Mr. Jones, a Hixson resident who was driving home from U.S. Xpress.

When he finally got the RaceTrac gas station on Highway 153, there were about 40 cars, he said.

A possible surge in gas prices sent a panic through drivers Thursday evening leading to long lines, gas outages and even police at some stations.

The so-called panic was caused by fears that Hurricane Ike could cripple the country's refining capabilities, according to a report issued by the Oil Price Information Service, a Maryland-based company that makes daily reports on fluctuations in petroleum prices and news from the industry.

For complete details, see tomorrow’s Times Free Press.

[FUZO]

TweetThe news media sucks

[dixiechick]

TweetThey could fall off the face of the earth and I wouldn't miss them.

[daved150]

Tweetthey are doing the same thing here right now!! saying it'll be up by the end of the day .30 or more!! i had to get gas anyways, and in my town, there wasnt a line, but by the time i got down into detroit, the lines were stupid