The Robert’s Rule of News is about the speed of news. Recently the actress Tanya Roberts died and she died twice. That is a case of fast reporting, and being the 1st to have the hot take in play here.
The story is the actress Tanya Roberts died. Then it came out that she wasn’t dead and then it came out that she died a few days later.
Needing to be 1st is buried deep in the human race. If you’re 1st with the information you can save the tribe from attackers. You can save the tribe from poison, from the dangers of a regime change. All these things are important, like the king is dead, that changes everything. Whoever gets that information 1st has the upper hand. This is a defense mechanism and it works.
Tanya Roberts was an actress who was a Bond girl and, in that role, she had the role of sex appeal, coolness. She was also on Charlie’s Angels and that 70’s show and she died 2 times. Her death was announced, and retracted. Later she reported again as dead. Who reported her death? A publicist, a family member? I don’t know but the press took it and didn’t double check it. Why would you check on an obituary or announcement somebody’s passing? But they ran with it. We are not concerned about the mechanics of the error, that’s not too important for us. it’s about the reaction.
Here is the Tanya Roberts Rule or The Robert’s Rule.
If you hear news that doesn’t directly affect you, it doesn’t threaten you, give it 24 hours, let it breathe. Let it be what it is without comment and see upon reviewing the story. Is the reporting of story still in fact what was reported 24 hours ago. Feel free to apply the Robert’s Rule of News and see the results in what impacts you and what doesn’t.
And to Tanya Roberts thanks for the years of entertainment. And thank you for the Robert’s rule of 24 hours of letting it cool. Unless of course the news threatens my family or friends.
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KRIS WILDER
Kris Wilder is a martial artist based in Seattle Washington. He has authored many martial art books, including the classic, The Way of Kata. Making no apologies for his obsession of Football he can be found telling any who will listen about the nuances of the Canadian Football League.
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