The press plays a vital role in our democracy, shaping citizens’ understanding of social and political issues and functioning as gatekeepers through which issues, people, and events must pass. No matter what you care about — gun rights or abortion rights, the environment or economics — the media influence the perceptions of citizens and policymakers, affecting the policies that touch us all. Media must not be considered just another business: they are special institutions in our society. Information is the lifeblood of democracy — and when viewpoints are cut off and ideas cannot find an outlet, our democracy suffers.
Traditional media, telecommunications and cable are converging, all becoming firmly linked to the Internet. The ways we share information, the ways we receive information, and the ways this information is produced are all changing rapidly. In the halls of power — from corporate boardrooms to the corridors of the Capitol — policies are being rewritten to prepare for this new era.
Big Media, Big Cable and Big Telecom are some of the strongest and fiercest lobbies in Washington, and, indeed, across the country. One of the most profitable industries and one on which politicians depend to make their views heard, it is difficult to battle such clout. Media outlets unwilling to report on their parent company’s interests and broader issues of media reform put more obstacles in the way of public interest advocates.
BIG MEDIA has a huge effect on who wins presidential primaries. the major television news outlets are viewed by most americans, which gives them the power to manipulate the masses' opinions on candidates that would help them by relaxing laws on media ownership. They also have the power to essentially blacklist candidates who would be a threat to them by passing new laws that would be more in line with the constitution. So you can see how a candidate that values the constitution would be a major threat to them.
if Dr. Ron Paul got the amount of attention that Obama, hilary, edwards, romney, mccain %26amp; guiliani get, i am sure that he would win the election by an enormous number of votes. If the average american knew who he was, and what he is all about, he would be a huge threat to hillary's presidential campaign. Ron paul is EXTREMELY popular among the people that know who he is because he truly represents the american people, not the establishment. Ron Paul has a voting record in congress that demonstrates that he will not be pushed into voting for any unconstitutional legislation, such as the patriot act, or the real id act, or the torture bill. He is 1 of only 6 republicans that voted against the war. Ron Paul has also been named "the taxpayers best friend."
Many web sites and forums have had to shut down, due to the overwhelming number of people writing messages of support for Ron Paul. a MySpace page titled "Opinion Polling" posted the following note this week: "Temporarily shut down due to Ron Paul. will be back eventually." A source said that the page's owners shut it down because Paul supporters "invaded the place."
here is a website called techPresident.com that has an ongoing internet poll displayed on it.
http://techpresident.com/scrape_plot/mys...
the poll shows that Ron Paul is the top republican candidate among internet users.
Yet, the big media companies IGNORE Ron Paul on their 24 hour news networks. Every other story is about which celebrity is endorsing barak obama, or what color dress Hillary wore last week at a fundraiser. How did this happen? WHat can be done about it? i am thinking maybe the fairness doctrine should be applied to the big cable news networks, even though i am a libertan.
here is an article (which i used some quotes from) that explains this further:
(http://ronpaul.rescue-us.org/2007/03/02/...
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Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who has explored a presidential run, doesn't register very high in the national polls featuring 2008 presidential candidates (1 percent, tops). But there's one place that he simply rules: the Internet.
Fans of the libertarian have stormed the Web -- in ways both good and bad -- to show their support. Over at TechPresident.com -- a Web site that tracks candidates' "friends" on the popular social networking site MySpace.com -- Paul is tops for Republicans, with 3,107 "friends" (Mitt Romney is second with 1,785).
But elsewhere, the voraciousness of Paul's supporters has sparked the ire of others. The Web site 2008HorseRace.com, which features an ongoing poll for candidates, issued this notice on Feb. 23: "Ron Paul has been suspended for two weeks because of repeated use of mob intimidation tactics and multiple threats made by Ron Paul supporters against racetrack operators, racetrack officials and racetrack sponsors." PajamasMedia.com removed Ron Paul from its presidential polls after it was discovered that someone had rigged the poll system in his favor. It has since implemented a rule that it will only include candidates polling at 1 percent or more in credible national news polls.
And a MySpace page titled "Opinion Polling" posted the following note this week: "Temporarily shut down due to Ron Paul will be back eventually." A source said that the page's owners shut it down because Paul supporters "invaded the place."
Paul's exploratory committee spokesman Kent Snyder thinks he knows why Paul's supporters are so gung-ho for their guy. "One of the reasons that Dr. Paul is getting a lot of cyber support is because he voted against regulating the Internet," Snyder told Yeas %26amp; Nays.
How can the people take the enormous amount of power that BIG MEDIA has in presidential elections?
Not a question, just a REAL long blabing.
Reply:The only person who matters in Presidential Elections is US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Scalia. He selects whoever he likes to be President no matter who the people or media want. If Scalia doesn't support you, you won't be selected President. Case Closed!
Reply:But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow.
Reply:The Yahoo censors are watching...........
Thursday, November 19, 2009
The cause of world unrest, poverty, wars, human rights attrocities and social depravation is?
For other uses, see Elite (disambiguation)
Look up elite, élite in a Dictionary.Elite (also spelt Élite) is taken from the latin, eligere, "to elect". In sociology as in general usage, the élite (the "elect," from French) is a relatively small dominant group within a larger society, which enjoys a privileged status which is upheld by individuals of lower social status within the structure of a group. When applied to an individual, as in the phrase "many elites come to this restaurant," the usage quite economically both refers to an individual within that class and establishes the speaker as non-elite.
An elite is the result of economic and political forces within a social structure. Upon formation, societies have always had the tendency to stratify due to a combination of politics and ability. The position of an elite at the top of the social strata almost invariably puts it in a position of leadership and often subjects the holders of elite status to pressure to maintain their position as part of the elite. However, in spite of the pressures borne by its members, the existence of the elite as a social strata is usually unchanged.
1 Religious elite
2 Linguistic elite
3 Class elite
4 Educational elite
5 Financial elite
6 Military elite
7 Elitism
Religious elite
In religion the Latin form "elect" is preferred over the French form "elite" in discussing Cathar or Calvinist theology, for examples, and the social structure that is theologically driven. Other religious groups may use expressions like "the saints" to describe the elect.
Linguistic elite
Some elite groups speak a language that is not shared by the commonality: in Tsarist Russia and in Vietnam the elite spoke French, in Plantagenet England the elite spoke Anglo-Norman, and in Ptolemaic Egypt the elite spoke Koine Greek. (See linguistic imperialism.) Elites establish correct usage for the language when they share one with the commonality. Elite usage is reflected in "prescriptive" dictionaries; common usage is reflected in "descriptive" dictionaries. Elites establish cultural canons, which are more widely agreed-upon within the elite and more generally ignored or resented among the non-elite. In the 1950s, the British elite spoke what linguists of the time called U English.
Class elite
American style straw hat. Complex social rules can determine when an occasion is sufficiently informal so that a man may correctly wear this hat.Elite advantages are the usual ones of a dominant social class: easier access to capital and political power, more rigorous education largely free of indoctrination, resulting in cultural influence, and leadership.
Elites may justify their existence based on claims of inherited position; with the rise in authority of science, certain 19th and 20th century elites have embraced pseudoscientific justifications of genetic or racial superiority. In Nazi Germany, genetic superiority was used as the basis of an imagined "Aryan" elite. Elite classes headed by monarchies have traditionally employed religious sanctions for their position.
Meritocracy is a facet of society that tries to promote merit as a route to the elite. Societies such as that of the United States have it in their culture to promote such a facet [see Horatio Alger]. However, while it tends to be imperfect it sheds light as to what many believe to be the "ideal" elite: an elite that is porous and whose members have earned their position as society's top class.
Aristocracy and oligarchy are social systems which feature an elite as the ruling class. An elite group, ranged round the alpha male, is a distinct feature of other closely-related social primates.
Educational elite
Elites are educated to govern. While common public education is often designed to educate the general population to produce knowledgeable and skilled citizens, the elite approach to education is often presented at a more intellectual and demanding level, and is geared to produce leaders of a sort. It is generally defined at education geared at producing an individual capable of thinking at an intellectual level more advanced than the general population, consisting of diverse philosophical ideals and theories in order to enable the elite to logically evaluate situations.
Financial elite
Wealth is not a sure sign of elite status, as the "new rich" are frequently seen as arriving from non-elite positions. Neither does an elite necessarily show a sense of public obligation.
Military elite
A military elite is a military unit of soldiers or recruits picked for their competence and put in a special, elite unit. Elite units enjoy some benefits as compared to other units, at least in the form of higher status, but often also higher pay and better equipment. Napoléons Imperial Guard would be a good example. Note that the word elite in the military sense is fundamentally different from most other uses of the term. A social or societal elite has usually not been picked by anyone except themselves and do not necessarily make part of the elite due to their competence. Military elite units do not exercise any special leadership over other units. In the societal and social sense of the word, the elite of the army is the officer corps, not the elite units.
In the military community, it is considered doubtful if the creation of elite units are expected to do the same things as a regular military unit, only better, (as opposed to special forces that are expected to do other things than regular soldiers)is good resource manangement. Critics argue that it creates a negative "second class soldier"-feeling among the regular units. Furthermore they argue that an especially competent soldier does more good as an NCO or as just the guy who sets a good inspiring example for his comrades.
Historically many elite forces have been created and maintained as much for political reasons as for military ones. The leaders feel they need something more politically reliable than ordinary units and create elite units, hoping that the priviliges, the extra political indoctrination that such elite forces are typically given and the pride in belonging to an elite will make them more loyal. Typically, it works. Waffen-SS would be an obvious example.
Elitism
In elite theory as developed by Marxist political scientists like Michael Parenti, all sufficiently large social groups will have some kind of elite group within them that actively participates in the group's political dynamics. When a group is arbitrarily excluded from the larger society, such as in the case of the racism that was widespread in the United States prior to the success of the American Civil Rights Movement, then elite members of the excluded group may form a counter-elite to fight for their group's interests (although they may be fighting for those interests only to the extent they mesh with the counter-elite's interests). Of course, the dominant elite can neutralize the counter-elite through the classic divide-and-conquer strategy of admitting key members of the counter-elite into the elite.
Elitism usually draws envy and resentment from the lower classes and the counter-elite. There are cases where elites arguably use this resentment of an elite to maintain their position. See Communism. The Elite in the United States also use this method of control via popular culture and media influence. Author C. Wright Mills elaborates on this influence in his book The Power Elite.
Look these up (*_*)
Boston Brahmin
Brahmin
Elitism
Mandarin
Patrician
Snob
Leet
The cause of world unrest, poverty, wars, human rights attrocities and social depravation is?
Your question is one of the best I have read. My congratulations and thanks.
Man is the cause. No question about this.
But some men are more then others.
So we come to the elites.
For the bad and for the good.
Can you do anything to "improve", or change, our elites?
I believe democracy is changing our elites, but it is only the beginning.
As you know the Greeks, "invented" democracy, more then 2000 years ago.
Is it too long or too short?.
If we can find ways to improve the democratic system, the democratic ideal, the elites will, inevitable, different and better.
Reply:Imbecile. Report It
Reply:So ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
The strong conquer the weak and make them slaves.
I thought we knew that already!!
Reply:Profit, exploitation, and the siege mentality.
Reply:Very impressive piece of article
Reply:Just blame the US, everyone else does.
Reply:Okay, how in the world did you get to use so many characters in your question? I thought everyone was limited to a 1000 characters.
Reply:US greed.
Reply:so be it,
if you can't beat-em, join-em!
Reply:I got as far as the third paragraph and got bored. This question had potential but turned out to be very very dull in execution.
In answer to the main question, human beings are the cause of all those things, and all those things may never go away from human society.
Reply:Where did u download all this from?
And If all your questions are going to be this long, u will be on Level 1 for ever.
Reply:Very good article, but I'm not equipped well enough to discuss this. So I'm just rating it thumbs up =)
Reply:Mankind....
and when you have finished reading all our answers could you please help one of my students with their doctorial thesis, because I have had enough!
Reply:Is it not foolish to term your thesis as a question ?
Reply:Could you not just shorten this up and say George Bush and his gang of idiots are the cause of all that is bad in this world.
Reply:I would have said poverty itself is a problem AND the root cause of all other world problems. How do we eliminate poverty?
By breaking down barriers. By allowing people to connect and share in the global market place. Not by building little walls around econonomies and societies.
Forget charity. The way to REALLY help the poor is to let them sell whatever unique comparitive advantage they possess.
Proverb: Give a man a fish and he has a meal for a day.
TEACH a man how to fish and he will never go hungry.
Reply:a conspiracy by people who are slaves of money and power and will anything to make it sustainable..
Reply:You know this is one of the best answers I've read, pity you forgot the question but at least you got all that off your chest.
Reply:What is your point?
Are you trying to make the ultimately simplistic assertion that elites are to blame for world unrest and poverty?
Reply:I prefer not to answer you lower class sods, it is beneath me.
Reply:Other people's greed. Also their procrastination. Did anybody read all this rubbish?
Look up elite, élite in a Dictionary.Elite (also spelt Élite) is taken from the latin, eligere, "to elect". In sociology as in general usage, the élite (the "elect," from French) is a relatively small dominant group within a larger society, which enjoys a privileged status which is upheld by individuals of lower social status within the structure of a group. When applied to an individual, as in the phrase "many elites come to this restaurant," the usage quite economically both refers to an individual within that class and establishes the speaker as non-elite.
An elite is the result of economic and political forces within a social structure. Upon formation, societies have always had the tendency to stratify due to a combination of politics and ability. The position of an elite at the top of the social strata almost invariably puts it in a position of leadership and often subjects the holders of elite status to pressure to maintain their position as part of the elite. However, in spite of the pressures borne by its members, the existence of the elite as a social strata is usually unchanged.
1 Religious elite
2 Linguistic elite
3 Class elite
4 Educational elite
5 Financial elite
6 Military elite
7 Elitism
Religious elite
In religion the Latin form "elect" is preferred over the French form "elite" in discussing Cathar or Calvinist theology, for examples, and the social structure that is theologically driven. Other religious groups may use expressions like "the saints" to describe the elect.
Linguistic elite
Some elite groups speak a language that is not shared by the commonality: in Tsarist Russia and in Vietnam the elite spoke French, in Plantagenet England the elite spoke Anglo-Norman, and in Ptolemaic Egypt the elite spoke Koine Greek. (See linguistic imperialism.) Elites establish correct usage for the language when they share one with the commonality. Elite usage is reflected in "prescriptive" dictionaries; common usage is reflected in "descriptive" dictionaries. Elites establish cultural canons, which are more widely agreed-upon within the elite and more generally ignored or resented among the non-elite. In the 1950s, the British elite spoke what linguists of the time called U English.
Class elite
American style straw hat. Complex social rules can determine when an occasion is sufficiently informal so that a man may correctly wear this hat.Elite advantages are the usual ones of a dominant social class: easier access to capital and political power, more rigorous education largely free of indoctrination, resulting in cultural influence, and leadership.
Elites may justify their existence based on claims of inherited position; with the rise in authority of science, certain 19th and 20th century elites have embraced pseudoscientific justifications of genetic or racial superiority. In Nazi Germany, genetic superiority was used as the basis of an imagined "Aryan" elite. Elite classes headed by monarchies have traditionally employed religious sanctions for their position.
Meritocracy is a facet of society that tries to promote merit as a route to the elite. Societies such as that of the United States have it in their culture to promote such a facet [see Horatio Alger]. However, while it tends to be imperfect it sheds light as to what many believe to be the "ideal" elite: an elite that is porous and whose members have earned their position as society's top class.
Aristocracy and oligarchy are social systems which feature an elite as the ruling class. An elite group, ranged round the alpha male, is a distinct feature of other closely-related social primates.
Educational elite
Elites are educated to govern. While common public education is often designed to educate the general population to produce knowledgeable and skilled citizens, the elite approach to education is often presented at a more intellectual and demanding level, and is geared to produce leaders of a sort. It is generally defined at education geared at producing an individual capable of thinking at an intellectual level more advanced than the general population, consisting of diverse philosophical ideals and theories in order to enable the elite to logically evaluate situations.
Financial elite
Wealth is not a sure sign of elite status, as the "new rich" are frequently seen as arriving from non-elite positions. Neither does an elite necessarily show a sense of public obligation.
Military elite
A military elite is a military unit of soldiers or recruits picked for their competence and put in a special, elite unit. Elite units enjoy some benefits as compared to other units, at least in the form of higher status, but often also higher pay and better equipment. Napoléons Imperial Guard would be a good example. Note that the word elite in the military sense is fundamentally different from most other uses of the term. A social or societal elite has usually not been picked by anyone except themselves and do not necessarily make part of the elite due to their competence. Military elite units do not exercise any special leadership over other units. In the societal and social sense of the word, the elite of the army is the officer corps, not the elite units.
In the military community, it is considered doubtful if the creation of elite units are expected to do the same things as a regular military unit, only better, (as opposed to special forces that are expected to do other things than regular soldiers)is good resource manangement. Critics argue that it creates a negative "second class soldier"-feeling among the regular units. Furthermore they argue that an especially competent soldier does more good as an NCO or as just the guy who sets a good inspiring example for his comrades.
Historically many elite forces have been created and maintained as much for political reasons as for military ones. The leaders feel they need something more politically reliable than ordinary units and create elite units, hoping that the priviliges, the extra political indoctrination that such elite forces are typically given and the pride in belonging to an elite will make them more loyal. Typically, it works. Waffen-SS would be an obvious example.
Elitism
In elite theory as developed by Marxist political scientists like Michael Parenti, all sufficiently large social groups will have some kind of elite group within them that actively participates in the group's political dynamics. When a group is arbitrarily excluded from the larger society, such as in the case of the racism that was widespread in the United States prior to the success of the American Civil Rights Movement, then elite members of the excluded group may form a counter-elite to fight for their group's interests (although they may be fighting for those interests only to the extent they mesh with the counter-elite's interests). Of course, the dominant elite can neutralize the counter-elite through the classic divide-and-conquer strategy of admitting key members of the counter-elite into the elite.
Elitism usually draws envy and resentment from the lower classes and the counter-elite. There are cases where elites arguably use this resentment of an elite to maintain their position. See Communism. The Elite in the United States also use this method of control via popular culture and media influence. Author C. Wright Mills elaborates on this influence in his book The Power Elite.
Look these up (*_*)
Boston Brahmin
Brahmin
Elitism
Mandarin
Patrician
Snob
Leet
The cause of world unrest, poverty, wars, human rights attrocities and social depravation is?
Your question is one of the best I have read. My congratulations and thanks.
Man is the cause. No question about this.
But some men are more then others.
So we come to the elites.
For the bad and for the good.
Can you do anything to "improve", or change, our elites?
I believe democracy is changing our elites, but it is only the beginning.
As you know the Greeks, "invented" democracy, more then 2000 years ago.
Is it too long or too short?.
If we can find ways to improve the democratic system, the democratic ideal, the elites will, inevitable, different and better.
Reply:Imbecile. Report It
Reply:So ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
The strong conquer the weak and make them slaves.
I thought we knew that already!!
Reply:Profit, exploitation, and the siege mentality.
Reply:Very impressive piece of article
Reply:Just blame the US, everyone else does.
Reply:Okay, how in the world did you get to use so many characters in your question? I thought everyone was limited to a 1000 characters.
Reply:US greed.
Reply:so be it,
if you can't beat-em, join-em!
Reply:I got as far as the third paragraph and got bored. This question had potential but turned out to be very very dull in execution.
In answer to the main question, human beings are the cause of all those things, and all those things may never go away from human society.
Reply:Where did u download all this from?
And If all your questions are going to be this long, u will be on Level 1 for ever.
Reply:Very good article, but I'm not equipped well enough to discuss this. So I'm just rating it thumbs up =)
Reply:Mankind....
and when you have finished reading all our answers could you please help one of my students with their doctorial thesis, because I have had enough!
Reply:Is it not foolish to term your thesis as a question ?
Reply:Could you not just shorten this up and say George Bush and his gang of idiots are the cause of all that is bad in this world.
Reply:I would have said poverty itself is a problem AND the root cause of all other world problems. How do we eliminate poverty?
By breaking down barriers. By allowing people to connect and share in the global market place. Not by building little walls around econonomies and societies.
Forget charity. The way to REALLY help the poor is to let them sell whatever unique comparitive advantage they possess.
Proverb: Give a man a fish and he has a meal for a day.
TEACH a man how to fish and he will never go hungry.
Reply:a conspiracy by people who are slaves of money and power and will anything to make it sustainable..
Reply:You know this is one of the best answers I've read, pity you forgot the question but at least you got all that off your chest.
Reply:What is your point?
Are you trying to make the ultimately simplistic assertion that elites are to blame for world unrest and poverty?
Reply:I prefer not to answer you lower class sods, it is beneath me.
Reply:Other people's greed. Also their procrastination. Did anybody read all this rubbish?
Media in India: BOON or CURSE?
Media is playing a great role today in our lives.They make our voice reach everywhere, highlight problems, disclose ministers works.Media is more active now.But problem also comes,The news channels prefer to show a celebrity's activities instead of social activities.Total people killed instead of total people saved,Having headlines of matter which do not concern us directly or indirectly.i myself read newspapers for the truth, because i know the channels will not show the correct news.Obviously the channels want to get themselves attention.
Aaj Tak , Zee News, India TV are not news channels but a discovery channel of India.Should Media be controlled by some type of authority.
Media in India: BOON or CURSE?
i would say boon because it educates us by providing Awareness but as u say instead of saying Total people Saved they say total people killed under such circumstances i would say it is a Curse
I APPRECIATE YOU FOR ASKING SUCH A QUESTION
Reply:Aaj Tak and all are exceptions, net-net, with channels like NDTV, i think the pros overtake the cons
BOON
Reply:A mix of both boon and scourge! generally, agree with you!
Reply:Media in India have done yeoman service. They have brought many issues to public and shown the power of pen.
As Judges,Administrators and legislators media persons are also one of the pillars of democracy.They are fearless and made many a sacrifice to bring powerful crooks to books.
Now a days, they are also taking sides and hiding facts.However, on every side there are such persons giving a balance of either hiding or highlighting.
Thus ,on many occasion it is a boon, occasionally a curse.
Reply:Thank God for the media. Would Priyadarshini Mattoo and Jessica Lal's murderers ever have got convicted if not for the media pressure? Yesterday's incident of Agra lawyers whipping another man tied to a tree in the court compound - maybe the victim has some hope of getting justice thanks to media publicity ? Gujarat encounter murders - the media exposes every attempt by the Guj. govt to interfere in the investigation ? The Orissa DGP Mohanty shielding his convicted rapist son ? The Pereira drunken driving case? BJP goons vandalising Baroda art university ? Even if sometimes the media overdoses on celebrities such as in the Bachhan wedding, overall they are doing an excellent job in exposing corruption and other misdeeds by people in high places, who would otherwise have got away scot free. The media is our saviour. May they never be state-controlled.
Reply:Media in our times plays so many roles , it is a self financing
one.In this circumstances , Some acts of business work in media is unavoidable one
all media try to get more people attention, using celebrity's activities and other public interested news. to improve its
business activities.
And at the same it gives latest news, expose high level
misdeeds before the public.
Media build up public opinion in right direction and work as social conscious. Media is playing very important role
in our times.
Reply:really i appreciate this question...........
as coin is having two sides in the same way India media is many times boon and many times curse..............
Media in India: BOON
1. String operation by media to bring corruption in to a picture
2. If our any sports team(specially cricket) is not doing well then news channel is the only media for communication between common man and team
3.many times media try to pursue people from superstition by showing vies of experts regarding situation
4.many times (not every time) news channels give clear picture of situation in detail
5. Due to video clips on news channel we get clear cut situation of incident
6. The most advantage is we get the breaking news which is not possible through news paper.
Media in India: CURSE
1. India news channel is celebrity oriented
2. These news channel make the issue of any incident
3.eg. -" By women in ulhasnager " is this the breaking news??
4. Many times these channels show vulgar pictures (eg. rakhi sawant)
5.These news channels repeat same thing again and again
5.
Reply:These news channels are a boon. they expose corruption, which would go unheeded. They play the part of Sherlock Homes or Perry Mason.
but
They err when they show biased view, like yellow journalism.
I don't think they need monitoring. because they are directed by v. learned men. e.g. Prabhu chawla ,Rajat Arora and the like. and we trust their integrity
Reply:Boon for some Curse for others.
Reply:There are two sides to everything in the world. We may sometimes curse the media, but ask any cricket lover whether he can do without the live telecast of the test matches.Like so many other things, our relationship with the media is a love hate relationship.
Personally, I prefer freedom to controls.Just as people get the government they deserve, they also get the media they deserve..
dds
Aaj Tak , Zee News, India TV are not news channels but a discovery channel of India.Should Media be controlled by some type of authority.
Media in India: BOON or CURSE?
i would say boon because it educates us by providing Awareness but as u say instead of saying Total people Saved they say total people killed under such circumstances i would say it is a Curse
I APPRECIATE YOU FOR ASKING SUCH A QUESTION
Reply:Aaj Tak and all are exceptions, net-net, with channels like NDTV, i think the pros overtake the cons
BOON
Reply:A mix of both boon and scourge! generally, agree with you!
Reply:Media in India have done yeoman service. They have brought many issues to public and shown the power of pen.
As Judges,Administrators and legislators media persons are also one of the pillars of democracy.They are fearless and made many a sacrifice to bring powerful crooks to books.
Now a days, they are also taking sides and hiding facts.However, on every side there are such persons giving a balance of either hiding or highlighting.
Thus ,on many occasion it is a boon, occasionally a curse.
Reply:Thank God for the media. Would Priyadarshini Mattoo and Jessica Lal's murderers ever have got convicted if not for the media pressure? Yesterday's incident of Agra lawyers whipping another man tied to a tree in the court compound - maybe the victim has some hope of getting justice thanks to media publicity ? Gujarat encounter murders - the media exposes every attempt by the Guj. govt to interfere in the investigation ? The Orissa DGP Mohanty shielding his convicted rapist son ? The Pereira drunken driving case? BJP goons vandalising Baroda art university ? Even if sometimes the media overdoses on celebrities such as in the Bachhan wedding, overall they are doing an excellent job in exposing corruption and other misdeeds by people in high places, who would otherwise have got away scot free. The media is our saviour. May they never be state-controlled.
Reply:Media in our times plays so many roles , it is a self financing
one.In this circumstances , Some acts of business work in media is unavoidable one
all media try to get more people attention, using celebrity's activities and other public interested news. to improve its
business activities.
And at the same it gives latest news, expose high level
misdeeds before the public.
Media build up public opinion in right direction and work as social conscious. Media is playing very important role
in our times.
Reply:really i appreciate this question...........
as coin is having two sides in the same way India media is many times boon and many times curse..............
Media in India: BOON
1. String operation by media to bring corruption in to a picture
2. If our any sports team(specially cricket) is not doing well then news channel is the only media for communication between common man and team
3.many times media try to pursue people from superstition by showing vies of experts regarding situation
4.many times (not every time) news channels give clear picture of situation in detail
5. Due to video clips on news channel we get clear cut situation of incident
6. The most advantage is we get the breaking news which is not possible through news paper.
Media in India: CURSE
1. India news channel is celebrity oriented
2. These news channel make the issue of any incident
3.eg. -" By women in ulhasnager " is this the breaking news??
4. Many times these channels show vulgar pictures (eg. rakhi sawant)
5.These news channels repeat same thing again and again
5.
Reply:These news channels are a boon. they expose corruption, which would go unheeded. They play the part of Sherlock Homes or Perry Mason.
but
They err when they show biased view, like yellow journalism.
I don't think they need monitoring. because they are directed by v. learned men. e.g. Prabhu chawla ,Rajat Arora and the like. and we trust their integrity
Reply:Boon for some Curse for others.
Reply:There are two sides to everything in the world. We may sometimes curse the media, but ask any cricket lover whether he can do without the live telecast of the test matches.Like so many other things, our relationship with the media is a love hate relationship.
Personally, I prefer freedom to controls.Just as people get the government they deserve, they also get the media they deserve..
dds
How can the people take the enormous amount of power that BIG MEDIA has in presidential elections?
The press plays a vital role in our democracy, shaping citizens’ understanding of social and political issues and functioning as gatekeepers through which issues, people, and events must pass. No matter what you care about — gun rights or abortion rights, the environment or economics — the media influence the perceptions of citizens and policymakers, affecting the policies that touch us all. Media must not be considered just another business: they are special institutions in our society. Information is the lifeblood of democracy — and when viewpoints are cut off and ideas cannot find an outlet, our democracy suffers.
Traditional media, telecommunications and cable are converging, all becoming firmly linked to the Internet. The ways we share information, the ways we receive information, and the ways this information is produced are all changing rapidly. In the halls of power — from corporate boardrooms to the corridors of the Capitol — policies are being rewritten to prepare for this new era.
Big Media, Big Cable and Big Telecom are some of the strongest and fiercest lobbies in Washington, and, indeed, across the country. One of the most profitable industries and one on which politicians depend to make their views heard, it is difficult to battle such clout. Media outlets unwilling to report on their parent company’s interests and broader issues of media reform put more obstacles in the way of public interest advocates.
BIG MEDIA has a huge effect on who wins presidential primaries. the major television news outlets are viewed by most americans, which gives them the power to manipulate the masses' opinions on candidates that would help them by relaxing laws on media ownership. They also have the power to essentially blacklist candidates who would be a threat to them by passing new laws that would be more in line with the constitution. So you can see how a candidate that values the constitution would be a major threat to them.
if Dr. Ron Paul got the amount of attention that Obama, hilary, edwards, romney, mccain %26amp; guiliani get, i am sure that he would win the election by an enormous number of votes. If the average american knew who he was, and what he is all about, he would be a huge threat to hillary's presidential campaign. Ron paul is EXTREMELY popular among the people that know who he is because he truly represents the american people, not the establishment. Ron Paul has a voting record in congress that demonstrates that he will not be pushed into voting for any unconstitutional legislation, such as the patriot act, or the real id act, or the torture bill. He is 1 of only 6 republicans that voted against the war. Ron Paul has also been named "the taxpayers best friend."
Many web sites and forums have had to shut down, due to the overwhelming number of people writing messages of support for Ron Paul. a MySpace page titled "Opinion Polling" posted the following note this week: "Temporarily shut down due to Ron Paul. will be back eventually." A source said that the page's owners shut it down because Paul supporters "invaded the place."
here is a website called techPresident.com that has an ongoing internet poll displayed on it.
http://techpresident.com/scrape_plot/mys...
the poll shows that Ron Paul is the top republican candidate among internet users.
Yet, the big media companies IGNORE Ron Paul on their 24 hour news networks. Every other story is about which celebrity is endorsing barak obama, or what color dress Hillary wore last week at a fundraiser. How did this happen? WHat can be done about it? i am thinking maybe the fairness doctrine should be applied to the big cable news networks, even though i am a libertan.
here is an article (which i used some quotes from) that explains this further:
(http://ronpaul.rescue-us.org/2007/03/02/...
--------------------------
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who has explored a presidential run, doesn't register very high in the national polls featuring 2008 presidential candidates (1 percent, tops). But there's one place that he simply rules: the Internet.
Fans of the libertarian have stormed the Web -- in ways both good and bad -- to show their support. Over at TechPresident.com -- a Web site that tracks candidates' "friends" on the popular social networking site MySpace.com -- Paul is tops for Republicans, with 3,107 "friends" (Mitt Romney is second with 1,785).
But elsewhere, the voraciousness of Paul's supporters has sparked the ire of others. The Web site 2008HorseRace.com, which features an ongoing poll for candidates, issued this notice on Feb. 23: "Ron Paul has been suspended for two weeks because of repeated use of mob intimidation tactics and multiple threats made by Ron Paul supporters against racetrack operators, racetrack officials and racetrack sponsors." PajamasMedia.com removed Ron Paul from its presidential polls after it was discovered that someone had rigged the poll system in his favor. It has since implemented a rule that it will only include candidates polling at 1 percent or more in credible national news polls.
And a MySpace page titled "Opinion Polling" posted the following note this week: "Temporarily shut down due to Ron Paul will be back eventually." A source said that the page's owners shut it down because Paul supporters "invaded the place."
Paul's exploratory committee spokesman Kent Snyder thinks he knows why Paul's supporters are so gung-ho for their guy. "One of the reasons that Dr. Paul is getting a lot of cyber support is because he voted against regulating the Internet," Snyder told Yeas %26amp; Nays.
How can the people take the enormous amount of power that BIG MEDIA has in presidential elections?
One thing sure..the media is over due for public scrutiny.... it's almost imbarasing to see so many americans under the influence of so few sorces of informative and unbiased information.
Lets hope the net remains an open media...
Perhaps the siber world will solve some of the problems...but then...maybe not.. people tend to get a bit baulky once they find some affermative cause, or means, or logic... i doubt we will change very much.
Good information in your ...[?]... question... thanks
Reply:It is really easy to focus on a Target and say that they are the reason that things are so bad. In truth the problem rests with the individual. If you think that the new is clouding your mind turn it off. It is just that easy.
Reply:This is not a press. It is a commercially driven enterprise. Get started and begin a press again the way the US Constitution intended.
Reply:Can you imagine that when or if the govt takes control of the Internet, our reality will be what they want us to know. Like in 'V for Vendetta' how the news scrambled the stories to suit their propaganda. It also showed how hard it will be to undo such a totalitarian govt once it is established. I like Ron Paul, D Hunter and Huckabee but the main thing is to get united on one of these and group together. Pretty soon whichever one is ahead, I'll back him too.
Traditional media, telecommunications and cable are converging, all becoming firmly linked to the Internet. The ways we share information, the ways we receive information, and the ways this information is produced are all changing rapidly. In the halls of power — from corporate boardrooms to the corridors of the Capitol — policies are being rewritten to prepare for this new era.
Big Media, Big Cable and Big Telecom are some of the strongest and fiercest lobbies in Washington, and, indeed, across the country. One of the most profitable industries and one on which politicians depend to make their views heard, it is difficult to battle such clout. Media outlets unwilling to report on their parent company’s interests and broader issues of media reform put more obstacles in the way of public interest advocates.
BIG MEDIA has a huge effect on who wins presidential primaries. the major television news outlets are viewed by most americans, which gives them the power to manipulate the masses' opinions on candidates that would help them by relaxing laws on media ownership. They also have the power to essentially blacklist candidates who would be a threat to them by passing new laws that would be more in line with the constitution. So you can see how a candidate that values the constitution would be a major threat to them.
if Dr. Ron Paul got the amount of attention that Obama, hilary, edwards, romney, mccain %26amp; guiliani get, i am sure that he would win the election by an enormous number of votes. If the average american knew who he was, and what he is all about, he would be a huge threat to hillary's presidential campaign. Ron paul is EXTREMELY popular among the people that know who he is because he truly represents the american people, not the establishment. Ron Paul has a voting record in congress that demonstrates that he will not be pushed into voting for any unconstitutional legislation, such as the patriot act, or the real id act, or the torture bill. He is 1 of only 6 republicans that voted against the war. Ron Paul has also been named "the taxpayers best friend."
Many web sites and forums have had to shut down, due to the overwhelming number of people writing messages of support for Ron Paul. a MySpace page titled "Opinion Polling" posted the following note this week: "Temporarily shut down due to Ron Paul. will be back eventually." A source said that the page's owners shut it down because Paul supporters "invaded the place."
here is a website called techPresident.com that has an ongoing internet poll displayed on it.
http://techpresident.com/scrape_plot/mys...
the poll shows that Ron Paul is the top republican candidate among internet users.
Yet, the big media companies IGNORE Ron Paul on their 24 hour news networks. Every other story is about which celebrity is endorsing barak obama, or what color dress Hillary wore last week at a fundraiser. How did this happen? WHat can be done about it? i am thinking maybe the fairness doctrine should be applied to the big cable news networks, even though i am a libertan.
here is an article (which i used some quotes from) that explains this further:
(http://ronpaul.rescue-us.org/2007/03/02/...
--------------------------
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who has explored a presidential run, doesn't register very high in the national polls featuring 2008 presidential candidates (1 percent, tops). But there's one place that he simply rules: the Internet.
Fans of the libertarian have stormed the Web -- in ways both good and bad -- to show their support. Over at TechPresident.com -- a Web site that tracks candidates' "friends" on the popular social networking site MySpace.com -- Paul is tops for Republicans, with 3,107 "friends" (Mitt Romney is second with 1,785).
But elsewhere, the voraciousness of Paul's supporters has sparked the ire of others. The Web site 2008HorseRace.com, which features an ongoing poll for candidates, issued this notice on Feb. 23: "Ron Paul has been suspended for two weeks because of repeated use of mob intimidation tactics and multiple threats made by Ron Paul supporters against racetrack operators, racetrack officials and racetrack sponsors." PajamasMedia.com removed Ron Paul from its presidential polls after it was discovered that someone had rigged the poll system in his favor. It has since implemented a rule that it will only include candidates polling at 1 percent or more in credible national news polls.
And a MySpace page titled "Opinion Polling" posted the following note this week: "Temporarily shut down due to Ron Paul will be back eventually." A source said that the page's owners shut it down because Paul supporters "invaded the place."
Paul's exploratory committee spokesman Kent Snyder thinks he knows why Paul's supporters are so gung-ho for their guy. "One of the reasons that Dr. Paul is getting a lot of cyber support is because he voted against regulating the Internet," Snyder told Yeas %26amp; Nays.
How can the people take the enormous amount of power that BIG MEDIA has in presidential elections?
One thing sure..the media is over due for public scrutiny.... it's almost imbarasing to see so many americans under the influence of so few sorces of informative and unbiased information.
Lets hope the net remains an open media...
Perhaps the siber world will solve some of the problems...but then...maybe not.. people tend to get a bit baulky once they find some affermative cause, or means, or logic... i doubt we will change very much.
Good information in your ...[?]... question... thanks
Reply:It is really easy to focus on a Target and say that they are the reason that things are so bad. In truth the problem rests with the individual. If you think that the new is clouding your mind turn it off. It is just that easy.
Reply:This is not a press. It is a commercially driven enterprise. Get started and begin a press again the way the US Constitution intended.
Reply:Can you imagine that when or if the govt takes control of the Internet, our reality will be what they want us to know. Like in 'V for Vendetta' how the news scrambled the stories to suit their propaganda. It also showed how hard it will be to undo such a totalitarian govt once it is established. I like Ron Paul, D Hunter and Huckabee but the main thing is to get united on one of these and group together. Pretty soon whichever one is ahead, I'll back him too.
I smiled when I heard tough talk about social security during the debate last night, did you?
Social security is not a problem, believe it or not...
Social Security is not in crisis. The explanation is way too long to go into here but, Alan Greenspan gave, in his recently published book, an honest and accurate assessment of where we are. We are fine and it is not a looming budget crisis as many candidates attested to.
Left out of last night's debate is that Social Security is NOT a budget line item. The budget borrows money from the account and doesn't return it to out-pace the debt service and administration of the program, but, it is NOTa part of the federal budget. Nobody gets a chance to vote for or veto it. The media has led everyone to believe otherwise. It's just not true that social security is in any trouble looking out 30 years and making conservative fiscal assumptions on employment and the "annuity" to be paid..
I smiled when I heard tough talk about social security during the debate last night, did you?
Yeah, I got the feeling they were fudging some facts about Social Security. I didn't realize Social Security was not a budget item, so they had me fooled.
But even with all the spin, "reforming'' Social Security is still a non starter. For example, I can't imagine the Michiganders want to eliminate Social Security after losing their auto company pensions. The Repubs. must be playing to the old time conservative base: the one that was based on rolling back the New Deal, pointing nuclear missiles at Russia, and eliminating the UN.
My feeling is that Social Security would have few problems if the Trust Fund wasn't being raided. I don't think this will be difficult for most people to comprehend if they ever get a truthful explanation.
Medicare is the what will really bankrupt the treasury. Of course, Republicans can't talk about this without raising criticisms of their big pharm give away and the unsustainable system of medical care that we have for everyone.
Reply:Social Security will be just fine if the gov't would quit borrowing from the Social Security program itself
It's not a perfect system, but better than nothing. Politicians, especially Republicans, need to keep their greedy hands off of it.
Reply:You are correct. All of the economists are wrong.
Reply:I am 67 and already drawing social security, so whatever they do, I won't be affected... but anyone in their 50's needs to start worrying.
Reply:Obviously we are not reading the same material. When social security was founded, 10 workers supported 1 retired person. Today 6 workers are supporting a retired person. Estimates in 15 to 20 years say that as few as 4 to 5 will be supporting a retired worker.
Social security as we know it today is broken. First of all, the money collected by FICA goes into the general fund for politicians to spend. There is no Social Security Lockbox. Just a bunch of federal IOU's right now.
Secondly, Social Security is getting about 1.5% return on the money it lends the government. Hello! My 401K is getting a 15 to 20% return. Why shouldn't I be able to take my 6.2% that goes to FICA and place it in a government approved 401K for retirement. If I am forced to contribute, why can't I manage my own piece. That way the politicians will not spend it. My employer also pays 6.2% of what I make into Social Security. This should be used to support those who are less fortunate.
If I can control my money, I can also pass this onto my children in the future. So the nest egg that I earned can also be used to support my children in the future. This makes much more sense than the crap program that we have today.
Social Security is not in crisis. The explanation is way too long to go into here but, Alan Greenspan gave, in his recently published book, an honest and accurate assessment of where we are. We are fine and it is not a looming budget crisis as many candidates attested to.
Left out of last night's debate is that Social Security is NOT a budget line item. The budget borrows money from the account and doesn't return it to out-pace the debt service and administration of the program, but, it is NOTa part of the federal budget. Nobody gets a chance to vote for or veto it. The media has led everyone to believe otherwise. It's just not true that social security is in any trouble looking out 30 years and making conservative fiscal assumptions on employment and the "annuity" to be paid..
I smiled when I heard tough talk about social security during the debate last night, did you?
Yeah, I got the feeling they were fudging some facts about Social Security. I didn't realize Social Security was not a budget item, so they had me fooled.
But even with all the spin, "reforming'' Social Security is still a non starter. For example, I can't imagine the Michiganders want to eliminate Social Security after losing their auto company pensions. The Repubs. must be playing to the old time conservative base: the one that was based on rolling back the New Deal, pointing nuclear missiles at Russia, and eliminating the UN.
My feeling is that Social Security would have few problems if the Trust Fund wasn't being raided. I don't think this will be difficult for most people to comprehend if they ever get a truthful explanation.
Medicare is the what will really bankrupt the treasury. Of course, Republicans can't talk about this without raising criticisms of their big pharm give away and the unsustainable system of medical care that we have for everyone.
Reply:Social Security will be just fine if the gov't would quit borrowing from the Social Security program itself
It's not a perfect system, but better than nothing. Politicians, especially Republicans, need to keep their greedy hands off of it.
Reply:You are correct. All of the economists are wrong.
Reply:I am 67 and already drawing social security, so whatever they do, I won't be affected... but anyone in their 50's needs to start worrying.
Reply:Obviously we are not reading the same material. When social security was founded, 10 workers supported 1 retired person. Today 6 workers are supporting a retired person. Estimates in 15 to 20 years say that as few as 4 to 5 will be supporting a retired worker.
Social security as we know it today is broken. First of all, the money collected by FICA goes into the general fund for politicians to spend. There is no Social Security Lockbox. Just a bunch of federal IOU's right now.
Secondly, Social Security is getting about 1.5% return on the money it lends the government. Hello! My 401K is getting a 15 to 20% return. Why shouldn't I be able to take my 6.2% that goes to FICA and place it in a government approved 401K for retirement. If I am forced to contribute, why can't I manage my own piece. That way the politicians will not spend it. My employer also pays 6.2% of what I make into Social Security. This should be used to support those who are less fortunate.
If I can control my money, I can also pass this onto my children in the future. So the nest egg that I earned can also be used to support my children in the future. This makes much more sense than the crap program that we have today.
Media bias? Cons morally deficient.........??
"...liberal journalism elites are hopelessly out of touch with everyday Americans. Their friends are liberals, just as they are. They share the same values. Almost all of them think the same way on the big social issues of our time: abortion, gun control, feminism, gay rights, the environment, school prayer. After a while they start to believe that all civilized people think the same way they and their friends do, That's why they don't SIMPLY DISAGREE WITH CONSERVATIVES. THEY SEE THEM AS MORALLY DEFICIENT." This is a quote from a man who served thirty years as a journalist. He contends that 'liberal bias' doesn't simply mean being hard on Reps. and easy on Dems......real media bias is the result of how those in the media see the world - and their bias directly affects how WE ALL see the world. Now, my friends in Yahoo Land...........what is your spin on this? There IS bias in the liberal media.........it's a given. ("BIAS" by Bernard Goldberg, pub. 2002 - see page 24)
Media bias? Cons morally deficient.........??
Liberals suffer from elite subjectivity wherein there is no acceptable solution to problems unless it comes from within their own ranks which includes most of the media. Their "morality" is adequately described in Col. 2:8; "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of man, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." In other words, it's a dead end exercise in the ultimate futility. No thanks, I'll take my own morality which has a Deity base.
Reply:Everyone is entitled to his liberal view point in America, but conservatives are dogged by ACLU and CNN complaints to silence the right.
Case-in-point is the network's recent, ad-nauseum repeats of the CNN-YouTube-sponsored Democratic debate from July 23. Either CNN is really hard-up for programming or the network is trying to promote the Democratic party. I'm going to go with the latter as questions from the debate panel - YouTube users - strongly leaned to the left.
Only the CNN of the 1990s could have dragged these questions out of the pot. Most of the questions didn't tip-toe around bias; they hit it square-on. Most of the questions portrayed Republicans as gun toting, health-care denying religious zealots. One question featured a man with an assault weapon he called his "baby." Others featured everything from a talking, melting snowball asking about global warming to the atheist who was concerned with politicians pandering to religious Americans. Presidential debates are usually tremendously formal affairs; however, the CNN-YouTube debate was a scam!
On the other hand, a May 25 NBC Nightly News report, correspondent Campbell Brown reported claims of liberal bias in public broadcasting by Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, the Republican chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), and Cliff Kincaid, an editor at the conservative watchdog group Accuracy in Media (AIM), but the report provided no evidence to support these allegations and offered no assessment about whether they are credible.
As a liberal Fox basher said, "At least FOX hasn't flip flopped- they've alway been blatantly conservatively biased!"
Reply:I have heard some people get mad about BET and black newspapers... but to be honest, I think they are owned by the same companies that own the other newspapers.
It's all a scam.
You can take over a country without firing a single bullet.
1. Take over education - especially political science, arts, and history
2. Take over the media
3. Get lots of lawyers on your side.
4. Establish and control civil rights groups
5. Buy off politicians (who are mostly lawyers)
6. Control Entertainment (main source of free speech)
7. If any opposition pops up you don't like or agree with buy, squash, deflamate, take control buy whatever means necessary.
8. Get your bought politicians to buy your crap using taxpayers money.
9. Control religion
10. Set up a satelite country in case things get bad. Get your bought politicians to send mass foreign aid there. Also get your bought religious leaders to ask for charity.
11. Above all find a scapegoat. Two or three if you can to blame all your problems on.
I hope nothing like that ever happens here in America. Thank goodness we have free press and a constitution that protects us from such things occurring.
Good Luck !!!
Media bias? Cons morally deficient.........??
Liberals suffer from elite subjectivity wherein there is no acceptable solution to problems unless it comes from within their own ranks which includes most of the media. Their "morality" is adequately described in Col. 2:8; "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of man, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." In other words, it's a dead end exercise in the ultimate futility. No thanks, I'll take my own morality which has a Deity base.
Reply:Everyone is entitled to his liberal view point in America, but conservatives are dogged by ACLU and CNN complaints to silence the right.
Case-in-point is the network's recent, ad-nauseum repeats of the CNN-YouTube-sponsored Democratic debate from July 23. Either CNN is really hard-up for programming or the network is trying to promote the Democratic party. I'm going to go with the latter as questions from the debate panel - YouTube users - strongly leaned to the left.
Only the CNN of the 1990s could have dragged these questions out of the pot. Most of the questions didn't tip-toe around bias; they hit it square-on. Most of the questions portrayed Republicans as gun toting, health-care denying religious zealots. One question featured a man with an assault weapon he called his "baby." Others featured everything from a talking, melting snowball asking about global warming to the atheist who was concerned with politicians pandering to religious Americans. Presidential debates are usually tremendously formal affairs; however, the CNN-YouTube debate was a scam!
On the other hand, a May 25 NBC Nightly News report, correspondent Campbell Brown reported claims of liberal bias in public broadcasting by Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, the Republican chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), and Cliff Kincaid, an editor at the conservative watchdog group Accuracy in Media (AIM), but the report provided no evidence to support these allegations and offered no assessment about whether they are credible.
As a liberal Fox basher said, "At least FOX hasn't flip flopped- they've alway been blatantly conservatively biased!"
Reply:I have heard some people get mad about BET and black newspapers... but to be honest, I think they are owned by the same companies that own the other newspapers.
It's all a scam.
You can take over a country without firing a single bullet.
1. Take over education - especially political science, arts, and history
2. Take over the media
3. Get lots of lawyers on your side.
4. Establish and control civil rights groups
5. Buy off politicians (who are mostly lawyers)
6. Control Entertainment (main source of free speech)
7. If any opposition pops up you don't like or agree with buy, squash, deflamate, take control buy whatever means necessary.
8. Get your bought politicians to buy your crap using taxpayers money.
9. Control religion
10. Set up a satelite country in case things get bad. Get your bought politicians to send mass foreign aid there. Also get your bought religious leaders to ask for charity.
11. Above all find a scapegoat. Two or three if you can to blame all your problems on.
I hope nothing like that ever happens here in America. Thank goodness we have free press and a constitution that protects us from such things occurring.
Good Luck !!!
Why does the media whip up such hatred against president Bush?
I mean it seems like everything major that he wants, the liberal media brain washed americans to oppose the president. For example, Illegal immigration, social security, the war on iraq. I have never seen anything like it.
Why does the media whip up such hatred against president Bush?
Is the media causing the poor job approval, or are the low approval ratings giving the media it's courage back?
He has crerated an administration of fear + lies = propaganda.
You can fool all of the people some of the time. You can fool some of the people all of the time. But you can't fool all of the people all of the time. Eventually, the truth will come out, the lies will be exposed, and the regime will topple.
Try critically evaluating what's going on instead of letting your fear deartoy your mind.
Just because I think Bush is a master manipulator and a sociopath doesn't mean I hate him.
Reply:Well, I suppose I could tell you why I object to the causes you outlined in your question, however, I can say that the media in all respects, written, radio, and the tv have been too kind to this Republican Administration led by President George W. Bush/Cheney.
Anyway, my take on the issues addressed in your query:
The currant laws on illegal immigration have been unenforced by this Republican Administration thus contributing to a breach in security of our entire southern border with Mexico, and an increase of up to 20 million more people in the United States.
The changes in Social Security, was an incredibley stupid idea of using half of the SS contributions of workers salary to an individual private account like an IRA. This of course would never work because when a worker is subject to losing a job by down sizing or out sourcing he/she will undoudtedly go to the private account and empty it. It will serve no purpose when a person gets old enough to draw SS because the worker will have reduced the amount in the private account.
The war in Iraq was the biggest military blunder in the history of civilization.
Thanks
Reply:It has nothing to do with hatred, it has to do with him and his administration screwing up world perception of the US and...oh I don't know..the Suckey economy.
Reply:maybe cause he only makes bad decisions that lead the country to near-bankruptcy? I mean fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me!
Reply:I really don't think they do. In fact it looks to me like the mainstream media has been excruciatingly slow catching up with, and adjusting to the American publics views on Bush, Cheney, et. al.
Reply:love the fact that above me three woman answered this as if they had a clue lol. You three can go shop for some shoes and let the pro talk know.
First off they "liberals" do this over and over for drama meaning they keep doing it people see this and think its funny.
Whats even more funny is bush is not that bad and quite intelligent if you figure the way hes moving hes really gaining on resourses "oil" we will get oil in bunches with the stability of iraq but i guess these three didnt understand economics
Reply:justice should be done for all the innocent people of iraq thats been killed because of an illegal war
Reply:The can't stand a winner.
dental bridge
Why does the media whip up such hatred against president Bush?
Is the media causing the poor job approval, or are the low approval ratings giving the media it's courage back?
He has crerated an administration of fear + lies = propaganda.
You can fool all of the people some of the time. You can fool some of the people all of the time. But you can't fool all of the people all of the time. Eventually, the truth will come out, the lies will be exposed, and the regime will topple.
Try critically evaluating what's going on instead of letting your fear deartoy your mind.
Just because I think Bush is a master manipulator and a sociopath doesn't mean I hate him.
Reply:Well, I suppose I could tell you why I object to the causes you outlined in your question, however, I can say that the media in all respects, written, radio, and the tv have been too kind to this Republican Administration led by President George W. Bush/Cheney.
Anyway, my take on the issues addressed in your query:
The currant laws on illegal immigration have been unenforced by this Republican Administration thus contributing to a breach in security of our entire southern border with Mexico, and an increase of up to 20 million more people in the United States.
The changes in Social Security, was an incredibley stupid idea of using half of the SS contributions of workers salary to an individual private account like an IRA. This of course would never work because when a worker is subject to losing a job by down sizing or out sourcing he/she will undoudtedly go to the private account and empty it. It will serve no purpose when a person gets old enough to draw SS because the worker will have reduced the amount in the private account.
The war in Iraq was the biggest military blunder in the history of civilization.
Thanks
Reply:It has nothing to do with hatred, it has to do with him and his administration screwing up world perception of the US and...oh I don't know..the Suckey economy.
Reply:maybe cause he only makes bad decisions that lead the country to near-bankruptcy? I mean fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me!
Reply:I really don't think they do. In fact it looks to me like the mainstream media has been excruciatingly slow catching up with, and adjusting to the American publics views on Bush, Cheney, et. al.
Reply:love the fact that above me three woman answered this as if they had a clue lol. You three can go shop for some shoes and let the pro talk know.
First off they "liberals" do this over and over for drama meaning they keep doing it people see this and think its funny.
Whats even more funny is bush is not that bad and quite intelligent if you figure the way hes moving hes really gaining on resourses "oil" we will get oil in bunches with the stability of iraq but i guess these three didnt understand economics
Reply:justice should be done for all the innocent people of iraq thats been killed because of an illegal war
Reply:The can't stand a winner.
dental bridge
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