kyle we agree on the electoral college. seems as undemocratic as having a king/queen. and as to sloppy reporting i agree; there are no unbiased news agencies. it's all about advertising dollars!
Tamar
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From: KE Cleveland <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2008 12:07:58 PM
Subject: Re: How McCain plans to pay for his health care tax credits
I wouldn't classify ANY news organization as trustworthy, Kendall. News is
constantly written and broadcast with "spin", from CNN's Christiane
Amanpour's giggling over McCain's tongue-tied wreck over Ahmadinejad's name
(how can he be a foreign policy expert?) to FOX News "Fair and Balanced"
bombastic, self-important Bill O'Reilly ("no-spin zone" my a**!). One thing
I have noticed is that CNN, CNBC, MSNBC and others of their ilk can hardly
contain their joy that the "polls" are showing McCain slipping in the race.
I'm not surprised.
Not only are mass media news outlets biased, their newsgathering techniques
are lazy. Reported "facts" are rarely checked. Sources rarely vetted. It
takes time to really get to the truth. And time is money when your dealing
with ephemeral headlines.
Newspapers, long at the mercy of the owner/publisher's personal politics,
are failing, in part, because folks are tired of opinions injected into
"news".
We need Paul Harvey for the "rest of the story", no?
With regard to the election, I believe the so-called "swing-vote" is an
empty pinata. Ain't nothin' inside. These "swing voters" know which lever
they're going to pull come November 4th. They just feel (rightly) that it's
none of our business who they're voting for.
Oh, Ken, I agree with you re: what the bank said you could afford and what
you knew you could afford. Predatory lending? Possibly. I still think
it's more an issue of actuarial risk, and yes, as a former employee of a
very large bank, I know that the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) prodded
lenders to carelessly loan money to folks that didn't have a clue as how to
manage finances.
I'm becoming more of a Libertarian every day. Daggone two-party system!
And why do we still have the Electoral College for gawdsakes? I just can't
equate democracy with a mechanism that would not allow a straight
up-and-down popular vote.
Kyle
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Kendall D. Corbett <
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> Ownership doesn't matter? I've heard people argue the other side with
> the NYT and most broadcast news organizations. Don't you think
> Murdoch's ownership of Fox (or Ted Turner's ownership of CNN
> influences their reporting?
>
> I acknowledge that budgetary priorities will shift with the economic
> mess. The thing that scared me about the article was that McCain
> would have paid for health care for those who could most afford it by
> cutting health care for thhose who can least afford it.
>
> What would you classify as a trustworthy news organization?
>
>
>
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