White House Press Secretary Tony Snow has been diagnosed with colon cancer. Katie Couric says that Snow and Elizabeth Edwards are painful reminders that cancer is an epidemic. (CBSNews.com)
Annoyed me too. Epidemic scares people. OMG!!! SARS is pandemic, it kills almost more people than the flu! Damn journalists scaring the **** out of people.
what sucks was her interview with edwards and his wife, where she accused him of putting his "insatiable political ambitions" before his concern for his family. kindof cruel and horrible thing to say; my opinion.
Need to look epidemic up in the dictionary I think. When used as a noun it refers to the spread of infectious diseases. Cancer is not infectious. It can be used as an adjective to describe the proportion of a problem. I think this was perhaps what was intended. sorry petty point but it ticks me off when journalists can't use English properly. Their profession depends on their ability to communicate.
@quietsheep
I can't stand Couric, but that turned out to be accidentally for her I suppose true.
But it wasn't his political ambitions, it was his sexual ones.
MyTotalRemedy 9 months ago
The idiots are. Also, the anchorwoman is being sympathetic towards Tony Snow, which adds to the low ratings for those who despise him.
XaviersSecretary 5 years ago
...change the segment's name...who the hell is giving low rating
oooALICEooo 5 years ago
Annoyed me too. Epidemic scares people. OMG!!! SARS is pandemic, it kills almost more people than the flu! Damn journalists scaring the **** out of people.
cleo4u 5 years ago
what sucks was her interview with edwards and his wife, where she accused him of putting his "insatiable political ambitions" before his concern for his family. kindof cruel and horrible thing to say; my opinion.
quietsheep 5 years ago
Need to look epidemic up in the dictionary I think. When used as a noun it refers to the spread of infectious diseases. Cancer is not infectious. It can be used as an adjective to describe the proportion of a problem. I think this was perhaps what was intended. sorry petty point but it ticks me off when journalists can't use English properly. Their profession depends on their ability to communicate.
dynamos222 5 years ago
cool
mrtvman 5 years ago
cool
mrtvman 5 years ago
good luck to him!
and anyone with cancer!
jfmj83 5 years ago
well, nice and hard
manly4ever 5 years ago