Question

Why don't we hear about the July 1st asteroid that is approaching Earth in the media?

Answer 1

Cause they can't find a reason to blame it on George Bush. Unless it is negative towards the president the MSM don't care.. . Check some alternative news.. . And don't listen to the doom and gloom crowd it is NOT going to hit us.

Answer 2

They are it will miss earth by a very big margin. However I guess in the vastness of space, it is close. It will be visible as a bright white light in the sky.

Answer 3

Probably to prevent some other group of nut cases from holing up in a house, drinking the Kool Aid with the intent on hitching a ride with the aliens tailgating behind the asteroid.

Answer 4

WTF???? link please.

Answer 5

It would start a mass panic & out-of-control social & legal problems like rioting & looting...No point in warning people they are going to die if it can't be stopped or if there is no other good purpose...I'd like to know though so I can die having sex, instead of sitting at this stupid computer...

Answer 6

Oh great! Nice one....it was meant to be a surprise!!! And now ya gone and ruined it for everyone!

Answer 7

I saw something on the news yesterday about an asteroid that is passing close by, jsut further than the moon. So, I think the media is reporting on it. It's not a huge story because it's not going to hurt anything.

Answer 8

I hope you aren't relying on the traditional, popular media, to tell you the truth, and provide you a 'public service'. Remember that it is a Commercial Venture these days. I find more intelligent info on the net, (and a lot of crap too), but at least I get to decide what sounds right, and not have it fed to me by someone who is only trying to make an entertainment buck for his sponsor.

Answer 9

I looked up July 3, 2006 ateroid and couldn't really find anything under that, but I did see one thing and it kept refering to the asteroid's name as '2004 XP14'. When I looked up '2004 XP14' I found alot of stuff. . . . Here's some links:. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13556129/. http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rhill/alpo/minplan/flyby.html. http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rhill/alpo/minplan/2004XP14.htm. http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060626/sc_space/hugeasteroidtoflypastearthjuly3. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2006-06-27-asteroid-encounter_x.htm?csp=34. . . Here's the link to my search results:. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=ytff1-&p=2004%20XP14&ei=UTF-8. . . Thank you very much for asking this question. Until I read it I didn't even know anything about an asteroid coming so close to Earth on July 3rd. I learned something new from looking it up! Thank you.

Answer 10

It was on the news here in California several times this week, probably because we were suppose to be able to see it. But I didn't see it. Oh well. . http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-ojGZLP4jfqjfSqfSc0rMAyzqIzA-?cq=1&p=82