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Old 04-30-2011, 03:03 PM   #246 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Odin View Post
also is it just me or is the price of gas really not covered by the media right now, back in 08 when it was 4$/gal every single show every day had a good five min segment about it. were people just more prepared? they aren't freaking out as much this time
Perhaps it's just the nature of news. The first time something happens, it's news. Second time, it's not news. If it keeps happening, it soon becomes olds.

Didn't much the same thing happen with $3 gas? First time it was "omigawd, disaster". Then it went down for a bit, came back up again, bounced around the $3 level a while, and before long it wasn't news, but just normal.
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