On 30-Sep-08, at 8:05 PM, Francis Drouillard wrote: > On Sep 28, 2008, at 7:37 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: > >> On 28-Sep-08, at 7:17 PM, Chris Bischoff wrote: >> >>> On Sep 28, 2008, at 2:14 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: >>>> On 27-Sep-08, at 3:11 PM, Chris Bischoff wrote: >>>> >>>>>> WTF is this "gotcha" BS you keep rattling on about? >>>>> >>>>> Gibson and Katie both ... Even without my bias it wasn't that >>>>> hard to >>>>> catch. >>>> -- >>>> You bring it up constantly. >>> Me? >> -- >> You're absolutely right, Chris. I mistakenly attributed this post to >> Francis. > > Do yourself a favor and listen to what Bill Katz has to say about the > coverage of our current presidential campaign: > > <http://urgentagenda.com/AUDIO/AUDIO%20-%20SEPT%2008/9.30.08.AUD.html>
-- I agree. Objective truth, as much as I believe there is one, is leaving the "news". I think, in some ways, that this is completely unavoidable. I have to admit up front that I'm one of those leftist shits that doesn't believe in objective truth. A victory IS a matter of perspective, and there are 8+ billion perspectives on the planet. There is no possible way to have a human report the news without some bias unless they were to stand-off screen and read bullet points in a monotone voice. And you have that option. You could easily restrict yourself to an AP feed, which are normally shorter, fact based stories by local reporters. Any news station or paper will have read and processed these stories into editorialized pieces which do indeed serve a perspective. There are plenty of conservative outposts playing the exact same ratings game. In fact, it has to happen that way. If your audience is primarily conservative, the liberal contributors are out of place, and receive complaints from readers and advertisers. The audience itself forces the views apart. Capitalism forces any profit-driven organization to seek out money above truth. Market driven economies are really a republican mainstay, and naturally drive industries away from seeing any problem as an ethical problem. The tradition is that Democrats want their party to run the most honest campaign possible, and Republicans want their party to win at all costs. That's why nice guys finish last, and that's why you are seeing far more unrepentant liberalism lately. I see the media and government as an adversarial arrangement. The media should always be questioning the government, and then investigating it's claims. They've been widely criticised during the last few years for not asking tough enough questions, and for letting a lot of crazy lies on to the airwaves direct from the government's mouth. There was a big push on the idea that being American meant not questioning your government, and I think a lot of news sources bowed to the almighty buck. Frankly, I think Republicans have always lied this much and we just didn't know about it. -- Michael --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" 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/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
