Back to summer (and far away from Fox News)
lemme tell ya, going from high desert winter cold in nevada to high summer heat and humidity in buenos aires in less than 24 hours, combined with an all-night flight and an 8-hour delay, ain't exactly the recipe for clear thinking and fluffy-tailed enthusiasm... however, after unpacking, a shower, and kicking it around with a friend who stopped by, i'm significantly better than i was...
i almost never watch any kind of television in the u.s., news or otherwise... i'm usually glued to my computer... the one exception is when i'm flying out of reno... when it's an early flight, i generally grab a mcdonalds breakfast and fox news is always what's on the tv in the eating area... here's a caption from the wednesday morning, approximately 8 a.m. pst, fox news...
WILL THE NEW CONGRESS BUY INTO MYTH: THE RICH KEEP GETTING RICHER?
that intrigued me so much that i was moved to cast about the other diners and see what was in THEIR field of vision...
usa today...
CAN SMALL BUSINESSES HELP WITH THE WAR?
wall street journal...
INSIDE ABBOTT'S TACTICS TO PROTECT AIDS DRUG
maybe i spend too much time scouting out my own news and have totally lost touch with the mainstream, but i have to confess i was somewhat astounded at the blatant propaganda focus of those three captions/headlines... i mean, i KNOW that we are having our minds manipulated daily from almost every quadrant of the media, but i guess i had allowed too much distance to accumulate between me and just how intense that effort is... i won't spend any time here debunking and/or analyzing any of the three... i don't need to waste my valuable time and energy on such a worthless endeavor... suffice it to say that this is the kind of crap the american people are exposed to each and every day, and you can bet a fair percentage of them are swallowing it, hook, line, and sinker... Submit To Propeller
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i almost never watch any kind of television in the u.s., news or otherwise... i'm usually glued to my computer... the one exception is when i'm flying out of reno... when it's an early flight, i generally grab a mcdonalds breakfast and fox news is always what's on the tv in the eating area... here's a caption from the wednesday morning, approximately 8 a.m. pst, fox news...
WILL THE NEW CONGRESS BUY INTO MYTH: THE RICH KEEP GETTING RICHER?
that intrigued me so much that i was moved to cast about the other diners and see what was in THEIR field of vision...
usa today...
CAN SMALL BUSINESSES HELP WITH THE WAR?
wall street journal...
INSIDE ABBOTT'S TACTICS TO PROTECT AIDS DRUG
maybe i spend too much time scouting out my own news and have totally lost touch with the mainstream, but i have to confess i was somewhat astounded at the blatant propaganda focus of those three captions/headlines... i mean, i KNOW that we are having our minds manipulated daily from almost every quadrant of the media, but i guess i had allowed too much distance to accumulate between me and just how intense that effort is... i won't spend any time here debunking and/or analyzing any of the three... i don't need to waste my valuable time and energy on such a worthless endeavor... suffice it to say that this is the kind of crap the american people are exposed to each and every day, and you can bet a fair percentage of them are swallowing it, hook, line, and sinker... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
1/04/2007
