[oclug] OT: Harper is my enemy, but I despise falsehood in the media

[Brad Barnett]

On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:11:22 -0400
miden <miden at travel-net.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 12:49 -0400, Fred Williams wrote:
> -edited-
> > 	Yes, the media needs reform.  We are supposed to have the
> > 	separation of
> > church and state, we also need the separation of government and
> > private indusrty and private industry and media and government and
> > media maybe to some extent.
> > 	We need the media to stop taking government announcements like
> > 	they
> > were God's own truth.
> > 
> 
> It puzzles me when I read expressions of extreme indignation concerning
> the state of our news media. If they're so crappy, why do you read,
> listen, watch, whatever?
> 
> Vote with your feet as I did a long time ago.
> 
> Unless you're addicted to the adrenalin/emotional rush accompanying the
> state of high dudgeon, of course.
> 

Erm.

When the state of the media is fixed over all media forms, voting with
your feet does *nothing* to prevent the perversion of that form of
communication.

Put another way, if something is broken, you don't just ignore it!  To do
so, is to invite trouble!