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Originally posted by Cowperson@Sep 29 2004, 02:22 PM
Somebody didn't learn the Nixon/Kennedy lesson that sometimes substance matters less than appearance in a debate!!
Cowperson
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Oh no, I'm well aware of that Cow, and I'm sure that both candidates and their handlers know this as well.
I just find it hilarious that Tranny comes out and announces it like this is a massive step forward for the media and holds it as evidence that the government is NOT controlling the information we getting. The media is standing up and arguing that they have the right to control what camera angles they get to use, hence they are right and truthful and are indeed reporting the whole story. Hey, if this is indeed the case, and the media does have control over what information they are allowed to show us, how about more information on the war veterans? How about more information about the way war is being waged over there? How about the non-sanitized images of Iraq that the public has the right to see? How about the reports on civilian casualties that take place every day? How about the grizzly evidence that would turn the American public's stomach? How about closer looks at the connections the administration has to the businesses raking in record profits? There are just certain subjects that are considered taboo and unAmerican to report on at the moment. The government is responsible for the sanitation of this information so they have the control over what people get to see and read in a lot of regards. And of course it helps when the news outlets are corporate owned and view the news business as just that, a business where appealing to the wants of your market leads to bigger profits. If you tell people that everything is okay, people are more inclined to watch your product because people want to be assured that the people running the show have a clue that they know what they are doing. That is how you keep a country behind a war that is not going well. And that is without even dipping into the whole Rupert Murdock and his support of the conservative agenda side of things.
The fact that we are arguing about the significance of a release that the media has stood up for themselves in regards to camera angles proves that the government is achieving its goal. We're arguing about a Seinfeld issue. Its an issue about nothing. We aren't thinking about the real problems that affect the country. Mission accomplished.