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2007-08-30 Home Front: Culture Wars

Why would the public lose trust in the media?

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Posted by Mike 2007-08-30 06:24|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Whose politics will be served? "Free to Choose", compared to "I'll Choose for You, Because You're too Dumb"?

Posted by Bobby 2007-08-30 06:45|| 2007-08-30 06:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Public-school systems run by static teachers unions may find themselves abandoned by young parents from the Snowman's tribe, "accessing" K-8 education in unforeseen ways. Whose politics will that serve?

More likely the parents' and students' than the power hungry teaching thugs and their greedy union bosses. Get over it.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-08-30 11:00|| 2007-08-30 11:00|| Front Page Top

#3 From Lileks's gig at the Minnesota State Fair (toward the bottom):

A few times Ive flashed the press badge, and the reaction is always the same: okay, but dont go lying about me, or anything. People automatically assume theyre fodder. Wonder how that happened.

(Richard Jewell to the white courtesy...oops. Sorry.)

Later in the day, toward the top of Lileks's post:

Todays person who reacted to the sight of a press badge as if Id just pulled out a piece of liver and addressed it as my precious little kitty: the Marine at the physical-education challenge booth. Some people really dont like the press.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2007-08-30 11:37|| 2007-08-30 11:37|| Front Page Top

#4 More proof that the MSM are in a downward spiral.
My guess is they will never correct the problem, they will just fade away like smoke.

Posted by wxjames 2007-08-30 11:44|| 2007-08-30 11:44|| Front Page Top

#5 More important question: why should the public trust the media in the first place?

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-08-30 12:47|| 2007-08-30 12:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Or... why won't the media trust the public? To make up it's own mind when presented with facts, informed opinion (not opinion dammit, but informed opinion) and balanced reporting?

Posted by Thinemp Whimble 2007-08-30 14:25|| 2007-08-30 14:25|| Front Page Top

#7 See # 1 TW. Wew're just too childlike or naive at best, but most likely just too boorish, stupid, and uneducated to understand their nuanced positions. So we have to be led by the nose.

Some folks, Democrats come to mind, seem to like it.

Posted by Bobby 2007-08-30 16:24|| 2007-08-30 16:24|| Front Page Top

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