I seem to remember from university 4 W’s, Who, What, Where and When. As interesting as the Why can be, it leads to things like People magazine and FAUX Entertainment
On Sep 26, 2:36 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > There is never any balance as long as all we get is viewpoints. Molly > expressed this rather well a couple of weeks back. Presenting some > kind of 'objective voice' isn't the answer either. There is something > wrong with the timeframe of public discussion. > > On 26 Sep, 12:34, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > …truth is that today, we in the ‘free’ country of the United States of > > America can easily dial up any news opinion we want. Fox is not news, > > it is entertainment for those hungry for red meat. The same is true > > for some of the leftie programs. The problem is that while it feels > > good to watch opinions that are similar to ones own, it does NOTHING > > for humanity nor our survival. In fact, I would posit that loads of > > misinformation is regressive and adds to this culture’s decline. > > > No longer are there only 3 TV programs…there are hundreds! And, when > > it comes to a diversity of opinions, the net takes the cake. News > > print is almost a monolith today. I think I heard that there are only > > 5 companies now that own the major news outlets…. > > > Regardless, since we can no longer afford to provide a good education > > due to tax reduction, we can’t even help here by teaching the masses > > to at least evaluate situations. . . let alone look for objectivity. > > Neil, my heart cries too! Technology, in the sense of media machines, > > merely adds to the problem. I have no idea about other aspects of it. > > I fear we are entering another dark age. USA passed its zenith decades > > ago and now will crash and burn quite quickly when China and/or Japan > > stop lending monies. 1% of our population have more wealth, in the > > physical sense than 98% combined. Surfdom is beginning to look like a > > pleasant option! Yet, politicians and the corporate dogs (lobbyists) > > continue to fan the flames of another civil war all too similar to the > > last one, which, as I understand was in fact based on economic issues > > too. Is there any possibility that the two poles, right/left could > > stop fighting long enough to turn attention to the policy makers and > > legal system? I’m sure this an option that few would expect. I am way > > past the old saying of ‘throw the bums out’. (all of ‘em) We are no > > longer represented. The majority of us want universal health care…the > > majority of health care practitioners want single payer…we are 37th in > > the field world wide and have so many other countries to learn from… > > does arrogance allow us to do so? Either way, I think I’ll go into the > > wheelbarrow business. It was good enough in Germany at the end of WWII > > to cart inflated monies around, it will be just as good here…and will > > be even better when all plastic is stopped. > > > Here endith the rant..... > > > On Sep 26, 2:37 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Good points here orn. I'll accept that explanation and agree it could > > > be the reason some choose to avoid the communist label while clearly > > > supporting the most well known tenets. > > > > The Daily Show clip, while amusing, isn't exactly representative of > > > the truth. Compare your average 'liberal protester' with with your > > > average conservative Tea Party goer. Say, those kooks at the G-20 > > > summit in Pittsburgh with the recent Million Man(or 60k;depends on > > > where you get your info.) march in DC. How many were arrested in DC? > > > How many in Pittsburgh? What Jon Stewart didn't play was O'Reilly > > > clearly calling the folks that committed crimes and got themselves > > > arrested kooks. I'm sure when some conservative bites of a liberal's > > > finger he'll call him a kook as well. > > > > dj > > > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 3:51 AM, ornamentalmind > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From a different thread, we find the following: > > > > > "...In a completely unrelated matter; why do so many 'activists' hide > > > > (or > > > > at least obscure) their true ideologies? People that live and breath > > > > a Marxist doctrine will look you straight in the eye and tell you > > > > they > > > > aren't a communist. Do you think they're ignorant, stupid or are > > > > they > > > > trying to put one over on us? Not that there is anything wrong with > > > > being a communist... I'm just curious what some of you think of the > > > > often un-clever attempts of some journalists to muddy their political > > > > leanings. Do they think we're all stupid or something?" – DJ > > > > > Personally, I find right wing activists to be the worst and more > > > > deceptive here…surprised? I doubt it! :-) > > > > > I for one, while in no way a monolith and being quite conservative on > > > > many topics, often am afraid to express my proud liberal views if I am > > > > required to stuff them into a nebulous and never fully defined term > > > > such as Marxist, communist, socialist etc. I have found that everyone > > > > thinks they know the meaning of these terms, me included, and almost > > > > in every case, this is far from the truth. Or at the very least, there > > > > is no agreement on the meaning of terms. So, why should I set myself > > > > up as someone else’s straw man? > > > > > So, in the spirit of equality, I present the following! > > > > > Fox News: The New Liberals > > > > > Fox News turns into the liberal media by defending protesters, > > > > criticizing the president and shoving its values down America's > > > > throat. > > > > >http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-august-19-2009/fox-news--the-ne...quoted > > > > text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
