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cthulu23 · 10-23-2004, 03:59 PM

"Conservative" Americans have done an excellent job in creating a seperate media complex to communicate their messages. There is no comparable complex on the "liberal" side. Although there is nothing wrong with creating means of communications, I think that this survey reveals some of the dangers when one-sided forums become viewed as the only legitimate information sources. That was what I spoke of in my first post. Although political hay can be made of this, the more important issue is finding and confronting the causes of this dangerous information gap.

Edit: the validity of the UN is a matter of opinion, the issues mentioned in the survey deal with facts. There is no equivalency between the two.

I don't doubt that the left has it's own self-delusions, but I can think of none that have the same immediate importance as this. This election has been largely fought on the issue of Iraq...if many of Bush's supporters are massively misinformed about the issue then this election could be decided based on a series of misconceptions.

10-23-2004, 03:59 PM	#18 (permalink)
cthulu23 Banned	"Conservative" Americans have done an excellent job in creating a seperate media complex to communicate their messages. There is no comparable complex on the "liberal" side. Although there is nothing wrong with creating means of communications, I think that this survey reveals some of the dangers when one-sided forums become viewed as the only legitimate information sources. That was what I spoke of in my first post. Although political hay can be made of this, the more important issue is finding and confronting the causes of this dangerous information gap. Edit: the validity of the UN is a matter of opinion, the issues mentioned in the survey deal with facts. There is no equivalency between the two. I don't doubt that the left has it's own self-delusions, but I can think of none that have the same immediate importance as this. This election has been largely fought on the issue of Iraq...if many of Bush's supporters are massively misinformed about the issue then this election could be decided based on a series of misconceptions. Last edited by cthulu23; 10-23-2004 at 04:04 PM..