Posted on 05/01/2007 10:59:23 PM PDT by Northern Alliance
Every member of the press will assure you that freedom of the press is the most fundamental of all liberties. The news media are the "fourth estate" (or is that a fifth column?), the sacred guardians of public access to information, all declaring that the citizenry has a "right to know" while wrapping themselves in the Constitution and taking credit for every informed citizen on Earth.
But if the media really wishes to justify its excesses and self-important swagger by claiming that it provides people with the relevant information needed to make important decisions, then the modern media is a self-defined failure. It is not just ideological bias that drives this failure, although that is rampant. On every controversial issue of the day, the mainstream media weighs in with advocacy in the guise of information, creating a demonstrably misinformed electorate.
For example, many people live in a carefully cultivated fear of the radiation from nuclear power plants, unaware that the coal-fired plants that are often built in their place emit far more radiation due to the uranium contained in coal. The Iraq War is declared an unsustainable and pointless loss of life that must be ended immediately by ignominious retreat, yet Salmonella kills more Americans every year. And Lord only knows how many Americans are killed by illegal aliens every year, because the media simply isn't going to keep track. Clearly, not all loss of life is equal when a debate is raging. (And "Bush left the mayonnaise in the sun, kids died" doesn't rhyme.)
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The number of reads of this thread will give some indication about the number of Freepers that are, indeed, interested in Freak Porn.
April 4, 2007 — Redding, CA
The Spirit of God says, I will move in a very unusual manner. For this Nation is being mocked. Third world countries are mocking you. Ungodly nations are mocking you. But God said, not the forces of hell, for they are hearing sounds of fire and resurrection that are emerging from the four corners of this Nation. Some would say, you are forgotten, but I have told you there will be an invasion of the news media. Instruments that once mocked Me will be instruments that now raise Me up, says the Lord.
Men who attempted to say there is no God, as they have done through the centuries and they have done through the millennia, God says, it shall once again happen the same way that it happened then. Would history repeat itself and would I arise to the occasion? Yes. For God said, I am not going to yesterday to bring the past back into existence, but I am moving into the future and bringing it into existence. For this Nation shall once again pioneer the greatest move of the Spirit that has ever ever happened, says the Lord. And you are alive, you are alive in the midst of it!
Abraham saw your day and rejoiced. David saw your day and sang about it. And what are you doing in this your day? Do I stand as I stood before Jerusalem and say in this your day, did you know your day of visitation? Or did you judge it by the political reigning powers and the religious bigotry that exists? This is your day, says the Lord.
Hey! Where’s the porn?
I am sad that this excellent piece sums up the nightly news all too well.
Do we really have an informed electorate anymore or is America composed of sheep?
The recent polls on how Americans felt about the economy really scared me. The economy has been incredibly strong according to most indicators yet the public is negative about it.
Most people polled said they felt better about their own situation and worse about the national condition.
How many votes do the nattering nabobs of negativity and freak news sway? That is a poll we will never see.
Even the hard news shows are slowly switching to freak television.
Thank God for the internet!
Same here...and I live in Australia.
I am not sure what your point is, but 177 in 50 minutes is quite a bit. More than I expected, actually. I guess the word 'porn' is kind of irresistible. In fact the article is about non-porn used as porn by the MSM to titillate and catch the attention of the public rather than inform it. You should read it.
I did read the article. My point was that people are attracked to porn in its many forms. These news agencies are providing the people with what they want. It is not their fault that they serve the needs of their customers. Any responsiblity belongs with the customers. If the customers did not access the crap then they would stop providing it.
The answer is an unequivocal "NO!"
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