> Dino wrote: > Yes, you all know my beef with the media. My stance that they don't report > the new but instead spin events to create the news they want.
Pretty shocking ... Although I think the media is just a symptom - your problem is with people. They are the ones that drove "the media" from news to entertainment. Ever seen the movie Network? It started happening in the 70s and that movie was the canary in the coal mine. Once people started watching info-tainment rather than news, it was a short leap to the realization the sensationalism sells. This then spawed people like Rush Limbaugh who essentially sell fictionalized news - but only where it's able to be easily sensationalized. This extends to celebrity news as well. Seen the South Park where the kids learn that Britney Spears must die as a sacrifice for The Harvest? The spin is that instead of out right killing her, we now do it with paparazzi. Anyway, the point is, if people wanted pure news that's what "the media" would deliver, but they don't. Which is why shows like The News Hour aren't very popular. Nobody wants objective journalism. It's not the media, it's the people that buy the media. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260779 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
