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Originally Posted by dc_dux
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 numomours sources of reliable 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.
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From my point of view DC's comments support my point.
Not every candidate (Edwards) is running as the "poverty candidate". If that is his issue he has set himself a higher standard than everyone else.
Not every public figue (Gore) is at the fore-front of the Global Warming cause. If that is his issue he has set himself a higher standard than everyone else.
Most in the media and otherwise fail to see this when it applies to those they are sympathetic to, or when it fits the label.