And people wonder why I feel the mass of humanity are sheep. You've just stated it. :) This whole thing is hitting home for me because of the media lynching against Israel. The media talks and the facts say otherwise, but no one cares as what the media say "must be the truth". Yes, the media are up on the top of my hate list.
> 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:212238 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
