....yep, just as balanced as the Saudi prince and CAIR wants it to be....
Honestly, Fox only frightens me because of the power (see above) that it seems to hold over people. I cannot think of a single person that gets all agitated when CNN, MSNBC, NBC News, ABC News, CBS News or the Northwest Daily News is criticized, unless they are the owners. I don't see people feeling it is a threat to their liberty if I were to point out, for example, that for Anderson Cooper to give airtime to Brownie last night so that he could spout his halfwit opinions was just muckracking and an attempt to create a controversy, not real news.
Anyone? Anyone want to jump in here and act like I'm some sort of anti-American, anti-freedom wingnut for criticizing Anderson Cooper and CNN?
I agree with the "power over people" part, and unfortunately all too often the people over whom the power is held, are the very ones most adversely affected by the idealogy espoused by these so called news shows.
And the idea that Shopper has that the news is more fair and balanced now than ever before is ludricious.
Almost all the news agencies now are owned by corporations whether US or otherwise...the ratings which used to be only for entertainment purposes, are now used for newscasts as well--news has been relegated to the commerce side of the house--which is now the
only side of the house.
It is truly a sign of our times and I believe it will prove to be detrimental to the country.
Yet, some people who have never known anything else think that it is okay...just as they think that deregulation of the financial industry, the airlines, the insurance industry, the drug industry, the oil companies, ad nauseum...
People need to think for themselves; turn off the television, do some research; and get involved in the process. Otherwise, someone whose only interest is profit for themselves, is the one who will be making the decisions for you, while you pay the bill at the gas pump, the store, the tax collectors office, the airline counter....
Our leaders believed the oil companies when they said the technology is so great now that it is safe to drill...and the masses are caught up in the "mob mentality" of the Palins of the world...while the Gulf is being destroyed by gushing oil...that no one knows how to stop! We have allowed a dangerous business to operate without even the semblance of a safety, recovery plan. We only have ourselves to blame for allowing the corporations to run roughshod over everything!
I think it is beyond disgusting that Anderson Cooper would offer "Brownie" a formum; who cares what he thinks? Yet, CNN is caught up in the same ratings games...apparently NBC offered him the same forum...do we really have nothing better to do with our time than watch this stuff?
The only way to stop it, is to turn off the television and stop purchasing anything from the sponsors...unfortunately, ratings and money are the only benchmarks of success these days, and thus, the only way to make a point and hope to make a difference with a television station or a business or industry.
if you are interested in having your voice heard:
http://www.freepress.net/FutureOfMediaAction
