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dc_dux · 05-22-2007, 01:36 PM

The media in the US has many problems, biases and shortcomings, but the fault likes equally, if not more so, with the readers and viewers.

For those who care to seek out the truth and the full story, there are numerous sources of reliable factual information.

The problem, IMO, is not the media, but rather the desire of many to play "gotcha" politics and their propensity to only rely on or site those sources that suit or support their pre-conceived notions.

One onely need to look at Judy's example of Gore's energy costs without siting the FACT that it comes from green sources....

Or Ace's example of Edwards's speaking fees where he rightly questions the Univ for paying such a fee, then resorts to characterizing Edwards as a hypocrite for doing what every pulic figure does (get paid for public speaking because there is a market for such speechmaking). DId you bother to look beyond the blog to determine how much time and/or money Edwards donates to charity and/or poverty causes (I dont know) or how many pro-bono cases he took as an attorney for clients in poverty?

05-22-2007, 01:36 PM	#14 (permalink)
dc_dux Location: Washington DC	The media in the US has many problems, biases and shortcomings, but the fault likes equally, if not more so, with the readers and viewers. For those who care to seek out the truth and the full story, there are numerous sources of reliable factual information. The problem, IMO, is not the media, but rather the desire of many to play "gotcha" politics and their propensity to only rely on or site those sources that suit or support their pre-conceived notions. One onely need to look at Judy's example of Gore's energy costs without siting the FACT that it comes from green sources.... Or Ace's example of Edwards's speaking fees where he rightly questions the Univ for paying such a fee, then resorts to characterizing Edwards as a hypocrite for doing what every pulic figure does (get paid for public speaking because there is a market for such speechmaking). DId you bother to look beyond the blog to determine how much time and/or money Edwards donates to charity and/or poverty causes (I dont know) or how many pro-bono cases he took as an attorney for clients in poverty? __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 05-22-2007 at 01:50 PM..