NBC Saturday Evening News - Succinct summary of the Domino Effect of Y2K, focussing on impact of international failures hitting the US economy. Tone much more serious than previous reports. Sound bite from Ed Yardeni about potential for very significant economic impact from Y2K; even though they misspelled both his last name and the name of his employer (who the heck handles error checking for these clowns?), the message came through fine.

And the signoff from Soledad O'Brien was nothing like her previous "everything should be fine" efforts. Some of the folks at 30 Rock seem to be taking Y2K much more seriously...

-- Mac (sneak@lurk.com), March 21, 1999

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Thinking that this could lead to a recession/depression might not be enough to get people to prepare. If I thought that was the worst possible outcome, I'm not sure if I would prepare as I am doing. However, others more farsighted than me would view it differently. I hope that it's enough to get people at least looking for info!

-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), March 21, 1999.

'Betcha NBC was flamed for that earlier report by Soledad O'Brian. I remember it well. In fact I commented that I had purses older than her, thus I was not surprised by its simplicity. I also commented that she's a lot prettier than I. . . :)

As far as spell-checking supers (super-imposed titles), it used to be done by the guy/gal entering them in the control room, generally engineering types, versus journalists. 'Dont forget this report aired on a weekend. Had it been during a weekday, there might have been more checks and balances present, to avoid the mistake.

Saw parts of the report. Can anyone post a link?

Cheers!

-- FM (vidprof@aol.com), March 21, 1999.

BABY STEPS as bill Murray would say !!

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), March 21, 1999.

Mac,

Cant seem to find the reference.

MSNBC Nightly News page ...

http:// www.msnbc.com/news/NIGHTLYTB_Front.asp

Dont think this is the story oon their NN front ... Are Y2K fears rational? Supplies dwindle in some areas as millennium approaches ...

http://www.msnbc.com/ news/243987.asp

Worth a read, though.

Search/Find

http://www.msnbc.com/find.asp< /a>

See also ...

Computer fears: Y2K, nation on edge

As the world prepares for the millennium, Y2K is on everyones problem-solving list. NBC affiliates bring you coverage of Y2K concerns and what you can do to protect yourself. ...

http://www.msnbc.com/ news/246928.asp

Las Vegas station has lots of Y2K stories.

And see ...

Technology The Millennium Bug

Widespread Y2K fix isnt permanent

http:// www.msnbc.com/news/TECHY2K_Front.asp

For lots of NBC article links.

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), March 21, 1999.