4 Reasons to Be Glad Bush Is Still President

[Thomas Condon]

Ken Moffat wrote:
> Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
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>>On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 11:30 -0800, Ken Moffat wrote:
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>>>Those who watch FOX news do not hear the truth, believe it or not.
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>>Of course not. But that does not mean that one does hear it in other
>>services, which is what you imply. The real solution is to listen to
>>both and judge for yourself. Any five or ten minute news blurb will be
>>incomplete. Fox is shown here in Sweden. Despite Sweden's reputation as
>>a somewhat leftist country, many people do watch Fox. Of course, most
>>Swedes do so for simple entertainment. Fox is more about murder
>>investigations than anything else. But it does offer an opposing
>>opinion. And 'news' is, IMHO, mainly opinion and seldom indisputable
>>fact. With the possible exception of the BBC :)
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>>Roger
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> My problem is that many, if not most, right leaning people in the US do
> believe what O'Reilly, Hannity, and the others of that ilk say. I have 
> relatives I visit now and then who at first did not know that I son't
> lean to the right. When we first met we were watching Fox, and one told
> me "Those guys, O'Reilly and Hannity really tell it like it is!" They
> were raised in an era of truthful news (they are  in their 70's), of
> Walter Cronkite, etc. and see Fox as News, not Entertainment. Indeed,
> their entertainment value is high at times for certain people, and the
> produce well, but as for truth, I agree with you that it's hard to find.
> I try to explain to people that it's all about money and often has
> little true news value, but most blow it off. Many still believe in this
> President, too, which is confusing.
> 
> IMHO cable news and right wing talk radio, along with the religious
> right, have sent this country in the wrong direction. Spinning to the
> right with all their might they have managed to make a difference, and
> it only takes a few percentage points. Not enough people see that.
> (Maybe it's me!? ;-) )

I kept thinking this topic would go away.  But it doesn't seem to want 
to die.

Journalistic integrity: When Cronkite stood up from his drinks, put on 
his helmet (while still in the rooftop bar) and was filmed telling the 
American people that we had lost the Tet Offensive badly journalism 
reached a new low.

News of the day: When I want to know what is happening in Iraq or 
Afghanistan I read the emails of some of the soldiers over there.  The 
won't tell me troop movements, but they give a pretty fair account of 
dealings with the citizens and how the people of those countries see us.

Rule of thumb: If the title says "News" it is all about sensationalism 
for ratings.

Can we get back to Linux now?


In A Chord,

Tom Condon