I would say that I personally get a wider group of opinions and such since the advent of the internet than ever before. I mean think about it. Every mailing list and forums I belong to has something like cf-community, or a politics section or whatever. No matter what kind of site it is (unless it's obviously a right wing site) it has a mix of different opinions and beliefs.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 1:24 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: a fable for our times > > yeah you are probably right. The audience for in-depth reporting is > probably > already using the internet. The danger there though is that the points of > view become even more fractured as people are reading, again, what they > agree with. > > > Dana > > > On 8/2/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think it is valued, however I think a couple of things have made that > > type > > of reporting less attractive for one, while the ratings and demand may > be > > high, the news outlets are OK getting less ratings but doing less work. > > > > In depth investigative reporting costs money, and I'd bet many are > worried > > about lawsuits and other negative backlashes, look at the documents Dan > > Rather reported on. > > > > It isn't just about ratings, there is a profit to ratings margin. What > is > > the profit margin for a few more viewers when I have to do considerably > > more > > work. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 8:11 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: a fable for our times > > > > > > but see... in a commercially driven environment, if in-depth reporting > > was > > > valued it would get ratings and it would be offered. It is more than > > just > > > that evil media are over-simplifying. > > > > > > On 8/1/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:212275 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
