Media Watch

When a popular voice tells a lie, the passive majority among us will begin to promote it until it is perceived as the truth. Inundate sheep with manure long enough and they'll wallow in it. Case in point: A recent poll indicated most people believed weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq and that the dictator had indeed been linked to the 9-11 terrorists. While facts showed otherwise, popular media, through vague and ambiguous "analysis", propagated those perceptions. Walter Cronkite was once quoted as saying, "The news is what I saw the news is."  That seemingly arrogant remark has been taken several steps further by today's so-called news organizations.  Just because you report it, people do believe it.  There are a growing number of "analysts" who purport to be "journalists", and while news and commentary were once divided, today, opinion-based content is pervasive in popular media. Diane Sawyer was on Lett...

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While the movie 1 (and I know you know to which I'm referring) and gay marriage 2 dominate the headlines, what isn't being covered?  Mel Gibson was apparently try to make a great movie, and I think he managed to do that.  1 Opponents of the film sound as though they want to hear themselves talk, and those who favor it are quite passionate in their remarks.  2 Regarding Bush's assertion that a constitutional amendment is needed, the Federal Government needs to get a life.  Now can the media move on and begin covering the news?

A neat party trick might make you smarter. Increases or improvements in advanced mental functions might result from learning to juggle -- a revelation that is believed to lead to disease management, accoring to Arne May, who heads reasearch in this area at Germany's University of Regensburg. Mars rover 'Spirit' is in critical trouble. NASA engineers think a hardware failure is the cause of malfunctions that cropped up this past week, which means the mission is terminated for all intents and purposes. Spirit's twin, 'Opportunity', is expected to land later today. It's unclear whether the second rover will suffer the same demise. A new way to contribute to the presidential candidate of your choice. Amazon.com rolled out a new feature Friday that collects campaign contributions of up to $200 for the candidates. As of this morning, Kerry received 1,699 bucks, Dean got 1,095 dollars and Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik earned 252 dollars. A ...

Please don't pass this onto your friends. His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer.  One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog.  There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death. The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings.  An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved. "I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life." "No, I can't accept payment for what I did", the Scottish farmer replied waving off the offer.  At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel.  "Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes,...

This letter was forwarded to me, claiming to be the best ever chain letter.  You judge. Hello, my name is Dan and I suffer from the guilt of not forwarding 50 billion chain letters sent to me by people who actually believe that if you send them on, a poor 6-year-old girl in Arkansas with a breast on her forehead will be able to raise enough money to have it removed before her redneck parents sell her to a traveling freak show. Do you honestly believe that Bill Gates is going to give you, and everyone to whom you send this email, $1000?  How stupid are we? "Ooh, look here!  If I scroll down this page and make a wish, I'll get laid by a model I just happen to run into the next day!"  Whoopee!  Maybe the evil chain letter leprechauns will come into my house and sodomize me in my sleep for not continuing a chain letter that was started by Peter in 5 AD and brought to this country by midget pilgrims on the Mayflower.  Forget them. If...

Is it any wonder there's a demand for foreign workers in the US? $7 an hour is not a living wage, so naturally the American labor force doesn't race to take those jobs. Packing house wages haven't increased in twenty years, mostly as a direct result of illegal immigration and south-of-the-border recruiting efforts, and partly because we've started moving American companies to cheaper labor -- and right out of the jurisdiction of fair labor standards and market value in this country. American workers cannot compete on this playing field without sending Mom to work, thereby dominishing family values and the family unit itself!