05-16-2003, 07:17 PM
Hi,
If it is true, does it bother you that stories are presented this way?
Do you mean am I irritated the the source of my information is often a lying (fill in favorite epithet)? Of course I am. But I got over the surprise and shock a long time ago.
Do you just expect it as part of the political game and not think much of it?
I think about it a lot. It colors every newspaper article I read, it makes me look for a slant in every news story I watch (a short list). But the saying "don't believe everything you read" was old when I was young. Nothing new here and nothing worth getting overly upset about.
Which is why a person who has some hope of being informed (as opposed to brainwashed) gets his info from as many sources as possible. And picks those sources for their mutual antipathy. Hearing the same story from each member of the same choir adds not a bit to its credibility.
Since this particular story has no real impact on me (i.e., it is more akin to gossip than to news) I couldn't care less which side is telling the bigger lies. So, I am not concerned about it and have, for the most part, ignored it. I am much more concerned as time goes on for the (lack) of post hoc justification of the war itself. And for the blissful ignorance of the American people who's attitude seems to be, "We won, so who gives a rat's ass if we should have ever fought in the first place." Now *that* bothers me. That the intelligence level in the worlds most powerful (economically and militarily) representative democracy is so low the average citizen's input on a Sunday picnic is flawed worries me. A bunch of children playing with matches on a powder keg, with the leaders being the most childish off all.
But that's another topic.
--Pete
If it is true, does it bother you that stories are presented this way?
Do you mean am I irritated the the source of my information is often a lying (fill in favorite epithet)? Of course I am. But I got over the surprise and shock a long time ago.
Do you just expect it as part of the political game and not think much of it?
I think about it a lot. It colors every newspaper article I read, it makes me look for a slant in every news story I watch (a short list). But the saying "don't believe everything you read" was old when I was young. Nothing new here and nothing worth getting overly upset about.
Which is why a person who has some hope of being informed (as opposed to brainwashed) gets his info from as many sources as possible. And picks those sources for their mutual antipathy. Hearing the same story from each member of the same choir adds not a bit to its credibility.
Since this particular story has no real impact on me (i.e., it is more akin to gossip than to news) I couldn't care less which side is telling the bigger lies. So, I am not concerned about it and have, for the most part, ignored it. I am much more concerned as time goes on for the (lack) of post hoc justification of the war itself. And for the blissful ignorance of the American people who's attitude seems to be, "We won, so who gives a rat's ass if we should have ever fought in the first place." Now *that* bothers me. That the intelligence level in the worlds most powerful (economically and militarily) representative democracy is so low the average citizen's input on a Sunday picnic is flawed worries me. A bunch of children playing with matches on a powder keg, with the leaders being the most childish off all.
But that's another topic.
--Pete
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