"As William Saletan so eloquently put it in his Slate column:
If I say the sky is orange, and you say blood is yellow and grass is
purple, the important thing isn't that you've lied more than I have. The
important thing is that the sky is blue, blood is red, and grass is green.
We're not bashing Fox because there's a Republican in the Whitehouse and
because the war is unpopular. We're bashing Fox because there are, as
someone downthread termed it, demonstrably false perceptions floating
around, and these misperceptions seem to be somehow tied to consumption of
Fox and other mass media outlets."
Yes, exactly. Let's move away from "the other guys lie too." I was
discussing this with someone today and we came to the conclusion that many
of us have been lied to and belittled at some point in our lives. On both
the personal and the political level, I think the question is more along
the lines of whether we are strong enough to see and say otherwise. You
have to be careful what you allow to go unchallenged because these
formulations then become part of the political landscape...
Anyway, thank you for the post.
Dana
Jim Campbell writes:
> Here you go:
>
> The people most likely to have severe misconceptions as to what's
> actually going on in the world get their news from... (drumroll,
> please)... well, we all know the answer.
>
> Here's a link to a discussion and some supporting information on
> Plastic.com:
>
> http://www.plastic.com/article.html;sid=03/10/13/08580387;cmt=136
>
> - Jim
>
> Dana Tierney wrote:
>
> >lol - very true though many Americans will find the comparison shocking.
> >The question is, is this the type of administration we want to re-elect.
> >And are we willing to do something about not re-electing it.
> >
> >Dana
> >
> >Angel Stewart writes:
> >
> >
> >
> >>N.Y. Times Columnist: Fox News Is Bush's Al Jazeera
> >>
> >>NewsMax ^ | 10/16/03 | Limbacher
> >>
> >>Premier New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman attacked the Fox News
> >>Channel on Thursday, comparing the top-rated cable news network to the
> >>pro-terrorist Al Jazeera broadcasting company.
> >>
> >>Using a recent speech by Vice President Dick Cheney to argue that the
> >>Bush administration is too narrow-minded in its handling of postwar
> >>Iraq, Friedman complained, "Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein issue
> >>messages from their caves through Al Jazeera, and Mr. Cheney issues
> >>messages from his bunker through Fox."
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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