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Originally Posted by host
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I see nothing to "fine" the media for doing, in the above example. I see intentional, politically divisive, propaganda, in your example, coming from one political faction, and I see it as one of many examples that has deepened a divide that hampers discussion. The "middle" ground ends up being the mindset that does not see anything that has happened as any more unusual as "routine" politics.... and that does not lead to serious discussion....as in,
"discuss what"? or "same old, same old".....
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The Media is not really to blame, the people digesting it are. If the population truly wants more information, it is there for the taking....BBC, and NPR as an example. I have come to the conclusion that Americans in general do not want to know just how bad things might be, and so create a self imposed vacuum of unimportant headlines. The Media as a whole are a business, and to remain viable must react to the market if they want to stay in the game.
If peole did not create the "Paris Hilton" syndrome by demand, it would not exist. But I have heard her name (1) One time in the last month on NPR, and only twice on the BBC, which is part of the reason I watch and listen to these sources. Dwelling in ignorance during troubled times can be an effective tool of self preservation for he weak minded.....and we as a country have a very weak mind.