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?