well the problem is deeper than that, actually. When someone tries to do in-depth and objective reporting ppeople change the channel and watch something that reinforces their existing ideas. Usually.
Dana On 8/1/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I consider all of the political differences here as commentary. Either we > were part of the event, were there or we heard about it from the media and > are reacting. As no one here was present at most of the events we're > talking > about and were not actually part of the event, we're commenting and > speculating. > Only through investigation can the truth of an event be known and the > modern > media is well known for jumping to speak and tell their story before the > facts are in. And once the facts are in, they rarely write a retraction or > try to repair the damage they have done by haste. > Think of the speed in which Kofi Anan speaks without thought and you see > the > damage of unverified media. > > >I don't think you can consider the third edge as a single entity. Look at > > all the different versions of the politically obvious we see here. > > > > On 8/1/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Truth is a 3 edged sword. One is what happened, the second is what was > >> seen > >> and the third is what the media reports. Beware that third edge. > >> The older I get, the more vorlon I get. :) > >> > >> > >> > probably both versions... > >> > > >> > On 8/1/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Cynical sam wonders how much of the news is real or 'created'. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > http://www.workingforchange.com/comic.cfm?itemid=21139 > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > "People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a > >> >> > confession > >> >> > of their character." - Ralph Waldo Emerson > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212237 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
