CANCELLED-due to drastic drop in confidence in the quality of our beaches due to the overinflated and uneducated oil fears.
We can't rely on the media to do anything but spread bad news. In addition to the liability that BP has for leaking oil into our Gulf, the media has a major roll in elevating the economic damage caused by disasters by building up fear in the general public.
Maybe it's a blessing Nashville didn't get but 15mins of national coverage when the largest rainfall in their history flooded the banks of the Cumberland river. Otherwise the media might have hurt their tourism by saying it was a total loss, when in fact they too are still ''OPEN FOR BUSINESS!''