discrimination by Mother Nature

[Kurt]

All media outlets owned by a corporation reflect the agenda of that corporation, which in some cases may only be to make money. The real problem is not bias but rather the lack of true journalism. Nearly every news outlet these days regurgitates information spoon fed to them by corporations and the government. Isn't it amazing how every story on every station is pretty much the same, and even in the same order?

I appreciate NPR and PBS for spending more time on important issues, going in depth and avoiding sound bites. A broad and enlightened view is a welcome relief from advertising-driven "infotainment".

I don't trust people who are always saying "trust me". And you have to wonder about a network who's slogan is "fair and balanced". I think a better slogan for Fox and all other networks would be "DON'T TURN US OFF, OR CHANGE THE CHANNEL, OR THE SKY WILL FALL ".

Effective, voluntary brainwashing. There is very little difference between people in our country (or political parties). But these days we are so easily convinced there is.

 

[Jdarg]

SoWal.com is my ONLY source for current events! I can just turn off the TV!!

 

[Smiling JOe]

Linda, this thread was started because I see journalists using the English language incorrectly, whether it is with purpose and intent, or out of ignorance, I do not know. If you want to debate Corporate Broadcasting, begin a new thread. Do you know how confusing it must be to be a newcomber on the board, or an old timer looking for a reference? They see a thread link and think this could be what I am looking for. The next thing you know they are reading through hundreds of posts about men in tights. No different here. If you are so passionate about Fox News being fair and balanced, begin a new thread, but lets stop screwing it up for others.

 

[aquaticbiology]

That's true, and while I abhor discrimination and wish for a great education for all (and great parents for all), it's hard to argue with the free market. The best locations -- not just the best neighborhoods but the highest elevations, the best pieces of land to build on -- are always going to be more expensive. Poor people can't afford them. That's not discrimination. It's reality. Unless we want socialism, it's always going to be that way.

That's not to say that, perhaps, we can't do things to make those lesser pieces of land more desirable. Which comes down to, in the case of New Orleans, protecting the wetlands, building better levees and floodwalls, etc. I believe the government has a responsibility to make those things happen. Does that make me conservative or liberal? Somebody tell me, because I don't know anymore!!

same thing happened in Paduca, KY along the river. the one low-lying dip that runs along the shore is, indeed, the the low rent district and prone to flooding. once beyond it, prices go back up. weird, now that you mention it!

 

[Bob]

All media outlets owned by a corporation reflect the agenda of that corporation, which in some cases may only be to make money. The real problem is not bias but rather the lack of true journalism. Nearly every news outlet these days regurgitates information spoon fed to them by corporations and the government. Isn't it amazing how every story on every station is pretty much the same, and even in the same order?

I appreciate NPR and PBS for spending more time on important issues, going in depth and avoiding sound bites. A broad and enlightened view is a welcome relief from advertising-driven "infotainment".

I don't trust people who are always saying "trust me". And you have to wonder about a network who's slogan is "fair and balanced". I think a better slogan for Fox and all other networks would be "DON'T TURN US OFF, OR CHANGE THE CHANNEL, OR THE SKY WILL FALL ".

Effective, voluntary brainwashing. There is very little difference between people in our country (or political parties). But these days we are so easily convinced there is.

Without stirring the cauldron O' fear everyday, no one would watch. I most love how each network has it's own fanfare during the news. NBC plays their tune and I start salivating like a Pavlovian poodle. Fox rings that breaking news bell, and I start chanting "Fair and rightist". Still it's sad there is no one in the middle, because that's boring. NPR and PBS do have the most intellectual programming, but it's so predictable how their angle is left, and they consider all of corporate America to the right. That's not always the case. I wake up everyday to NPR, because when I hear the interview of Pujeeb, the Egyptian, in Cairo, who claims he was beaten by the INS, I want to smash the GE radio into bits. I always wake up! Just reading Orwell's Politics and the English language, you would swear he had a time machine.

 

[Teresa]

I love Fox news. No other media outlet even comes close to being "fair and balanced" IMHO. They report I decide.

while I understand why some may prefer FOX news (like many of my friends and family in Bham, Alabama - I get a good dose of it everytime I visit), there is a reason. but I believe its reporting is just about as unbalanced as possible, and much of it is extremely sensationalized reporting (Geraldo's evening show).

It's great to have a choice in programming! I'll take CNN and NPR.

 

[Teresa]

Linda, this thread was started because I see journalists using the English language incorrectly, whether it is with purpose and intent, or out of ignorance, I do not know. If you want to debate Corporate Broadcasting, begin a new thread. Do you know how confusing it must be to be a newcomber on the board, or an old timer looking for a reference? They see a thread link and think this could be what I am looking for. The next thing you know they are reading through hundreds of posts about men in tights. No different here. If you are so passionate about Fox News being fair and balanced, begin a new thread, but lets stop screwing it up for others.

Smiling Joseph,
I think you need to relax. what men in tights?? where?

 

[Smiling JOe]

Smiling Joseph,
I think you need to relax. what men in tights?? where?

You are probably right. Where it the smilie in a beach chair sipping on a Margarita while hanging out on Grayton Island I?

 

[Landlocked]

You are probably right. Where it the smilie in a beach chair sipping on a Margarita while hanging out on Grayton Island I?

Ask and ye shall receive

 

[Bob]

Smiling Joseph,
I think you need to relax. what men in tights?? where?

Ok, it's all gone to hell, but if Fox News reporters wore tights, would that make them feel fair and refreshingly balanced?