true. I was thinking more of the people who are of a particular political persuasion and get their news from blogs and news sites of that political persuasion. I suspect that there are more of them out there than there are people who are getting their ideas from places like this, where yes, we have a diversity of opitions. Look at all the people who took for granted that Kerry would win because everyone *they* talked to agreed with them. Just to use an example I am familiar with.
Dana On 8/2/06, loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:212277 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
