You also seem to forget that the same companies are also developing and creating the demand - look at the presentation of the whopper in their ads. Its all very skillful manipulation that works very well. The same can be said for the news media. Its much cheaper to have a tv show showing a bunch of pompous idiots screaming at each other across a table and call it news rather than actually send a well trained reporter and a support team out into the field and have some real insightful reporting.
>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. > >There are only 2 ways to get what you're asking for: convince >consumers to watch or regulate the industry. > >In the meantime consumers will continue to buy the "news" they enjoy; >which is Rush Limbaugh, Access Hollywood, and all of the others. > >Why do you think most kids get their "news" from The Daily Show??? >News is entertainment and it's consumers that are demanding that it be >that way. > >As for accountability in our society it's consumers who define the >market and the government who regulates it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:260790 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
