Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah!!! What he said!!! beautiful piece, Jim....I especially like the lawyer analogy!!! Walt On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Jim Brick wrote: > The News Media. > > It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see, hear, and know, how biased our > news reporting establishment is. Anyone who cannot see that they constantly > take one side of issues, refuse to report issues that are clearly news and > important, and generally speak in a manner that is ambiguous, is either > still in his/her mothers womb, or dead. > > It's not until they perceive that public backlash is about to rear it's > ugly head, that the news media will start scrambling for high ground. They > basically run with what they conceive is either the "popular" or > "establishment" outlook, regardless of any morals, conscience, duties, > whatever... They have their own agenda and continue to perpetrate it onto > the public at large. > > A major problem is, the majority of the citizens, take literally what they > hear or read in/on the "news", without questioning the validity or origin > of the information. Like a lawyer in a courtroom, the news media can word > "the news" in a way so that it leads one to believe exactly the opposite of > what is true. > > The lowly reporter, with his/her notebook, writing down what is happening. > The lowly photographer photographing a situation. Neither has a chance of > telling the truth. The "higher levels" of the organized news media will > message these truths, into whatever fits the agenda of the moment. Perhaps > the small "hometown" rags and very local air ways can publish true "local" > stories. Unless, of course, the owner of the newspaper or TV/radio station > wants to be Mayor/Attorney General/Governor/whatever. Almost without > exception, there is an agenda that will find its way into molding public > perception. > > As I see it, like the Killer Whale, the news "mega-behemoth" (ABC, CBS, > NBC) including CNN (Communist News Network) and others, are the ULTIMATE > PREDATORS. They have NO KNOWN natural enemies. They may, as they choose, > run roughshod over anything and everything that does not fit their > political, or other self serving, agenda. > > I DO NOT take a news paper. I will not contribute to the biased, > slanderous, diatribe, that these organizations call the news. I do not > watch junk like 20/20, 60 Minutes, etc... Total biased misery. Who needs it. > > Of course, I'm human, and have occasionally watched these "news magazine" > programs. What appears to me is that they occasionally run a "public > interest" segment like "getting an innocent man off of death row", or > "finding a missing person" to keep their "credibility" level off the bottom > of the dumper. But again, most people watching these shows, actually > believe the stuff, in the exact manner that it is shown. Pathetic. > > I do see the local evening news which covers mostly local happenings and a > smattering of national stuff. And the weather. Then on Friday night, when I > can stay up, I watch Leno. Always great to have a chuckle before going to bed. > > On Saturday night, my wife of 31 years, and I usually rent a video. Either > a musical, comedy, or love story. Bruce Willis need not apply. > > Jim > > > At 04:07 PM 2/26/99 -0700, you wrote: > >Dear Eric, > >In every case where the press reported on something that was know to me > >through direct, personal experience, the press got important facts wrong. I > >also believe that the press constantly bows to direct or indirect pressure > >from owner, advertisers, influential people, etc. In fact, members of the > >press frequently complain of just these constraints to their ability to do > >their jobs. Individual members of the press may try to tell the truth a lot > >of the time, but it is also true that the truth is concealed, preverted, and > >distorted by the press. > >Sincerely, > >Joe Stephenson > >++++++++++ > >Eric wrote: > >And don't lump the press in with those liars. We at least try to tell the > >truth. > > > >Eric Welch > >St. Joseph, MO > > >