> > Your point seems akin to saying that Burger King should only sell > salads because that's the health choice and, if they don't, they're > being unethical. Burger King's point of view is that they're selling > what the customer wants.
But they're not selling arsenic, which can easily be analogous to some of what the media is peddling (the Al Durra case is a perfect example) There are only 2 ways to get what you're asking for: convince > consumers to watch or regulate the industry. Or have watchdog groups that watch the media and make a stink when they're playing to fast and loose with the truth. Remember all of those faux photography that Hizballah put forth in Lebanon? Remember how media watchdogs showed it and caused major media outlets to pull the photos in shame? That's what the case in France was all about. A media watchdog being silenced by big media for exposing their 'entertaining news'. > In the meantime consumers will continue to buy the "news" they enjoy; > which is Rush Limbaugh, Access Hollywood, and all of the others. And others will argue on how Rush is manipulating the news and hopefully it'll cause him to do so less in the future. > As for accountability in our society it's consumers who define the > market and the government who regulates it. "Earth. Where truth is defined by its entertainment quality." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:260788 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
