The last month and half of my life has been a downhill ride for any faith I had in the media. It's bottoming out now. I'm amazed at how difficult it is, no how impossible it is to find a non-biased, honest and complete report...of anything! International news and politics being the main focus in this house. Right now, John is flipping through the news channels after the presidential debate and there's none that isn't completely one-sided. It drives me nuts! How difficult would it be to have a panel of individuals from both sides or is there anyone who can look at these things without bias? Isn't that exactly what they're paid to do? I watched most of the debate and could really see positive things about both candidates and what they had to say. Why then can't I hear some kind of fair report speaking from a place of professional journalism?
Ahhhh!
Anyway, we've finally completed the task of putting Lisette's application to FSU together. John had his flight physical yesterday and passed easily. Last night we went to see Lisette perform with her chorus class - they were awesome! Today we had lunch with good friends and then stole away for a dinner out after John went with Jake to his Hapkido class.
So now I'm ready for bed. My mind is still not quite decided on who I'm voting for on Monday but it is quite decided on the bitter realization that our media is completely out of control. If we continue to accept that, we are accepting that we are being fed partial/politically driven truths (or untruths) as our basis of knowledge. How scary is that??
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We absolutely need a free press, one that can express itself freely whether we like the message or not.
I honestly think McCain shot himself in the foot when he chose Palin as a running mate and I'll never understand why a man of his quality would take a chance like that. It makes no sense unless politics is so crooked that the true powers in the background really want Obama to wim.
Any way, one thing we can agree on is that the world is in a mess and we just have to hope things will get better.
luvluvluv
It's not a matter of liking what their message is, it's a matter of trusting that what they're reporting as the truth, is the truth. And too often, it's not.
Case in point - the AP reported an interview with a Peace Corps volunteer angry that she had been evacuated from Bolivia, quoting her saying that the "Peace Corps, unfortunately, has become another weapon in the U.S. diplomatic arsenal" When I asked John, he (being intimatedly involved in getting them the hell out) said that there had been specific threats against the Peace Corps.
So was this a diplomatic move or a security move? The article makes it sound like a political move, connecting it to the expulsion of the ambassador. Crock. And just one example of a million.
Is it possible that the peace corps volunteer was politically biased and the reporter just reported what she said?
Nothing and no-one is perfect, my love, and the world is full of lies and half truths. No-where do we see more lies than in the political arena.
luvluvluv
Again, a quote is fine - it was the "editorial" that followed, written by the reporter that bothered me. The inflamatory quote starts the article, the editorial follows, with an eventual quote from the State Dept. then the writer basically dismisses the State Dept.'s statement. Politically motivated journalists shouldn't be allowed to go unchallenged...and they are because of "free press". It's an illusion of a transparent press, a manipulation of reality. Why shouldn't they meet standards of conduct, of integrity? Don't we have the right to know the full truth?
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!!!!
xoxox
sorry, I had to :)
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