tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118466046388568040.post3736045664231141000..comments2023-04-10T08:15:27.688-04:00Comments on Ruffled Feathers: WTF?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295108545202556557noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118466046388568040.post-31706484156959726952010-08-04T22:04:43.444-04:002010-08-04T22:04:43.444-04:00I am not one to comment .. but this did make me th...I am not one to comment .. but this did make me think .... (please excuse my poor grammar spelling punctuation etc...)<br /><br />it is good to vent .. and I "can see where you are coming from" on 99% of it... the fairness doctrine though makes me want to puke ..almost as much as the all the right wing broadcasters that are monopolizing the airwaves...<br /><br />I submit to you this ... why do we need this "law" when in fact the market itself worked (based on the loss of sponsors when Sinclair went coo-koo) That is what gives me hope- that a crazy person tried to pull something umm CRAZY the sponsors recognized and mobilized... and the crazy person said.. damn I better not do this.... that works SOOOO (yes I am using emphasis) much better then any "law" our government can dream up (that people will just work to circumvent/ find loopholes in anyways)<br /><br />but that is just me... i know there is bad out there... and I think that most people have a propensity towards it... however when given time to reflect and think about things for a bit more people tend to recongnize the wrong and work to fix or at least avoid the bad...<br /><br />(and just fyi government is run by parties.. who are run by people thinking short term ... thus it has an even greater propensity toward the "bad"... well enough of that from me..<br /><br />but thanks for writing .. I am glad you did!Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118466046388568040.post-22045963513396805652010-07-31T09:08:36.097-04:002010-07-31T09:08:36.097-04:00I agree with this 100 percent. It's sickening...I agree with this 100 percent. It's sickening how not only is our media so ready to jump on any ridiculous bandwagon, but how the government plays right into the (as you stated) manufactured BS.<br /><br />I was listening to NPR about the media frenzy about Chelsea Clinton's wedding, where reporters from all over the globe are harassing the town's citizens looking for any tidbit to make a story out of... so the main question is -- why are we so obsessed with this mindless tripe?! Can you imagine what it would be like if all those reporters were busting down the "doors" (or perhaps booms?) to find out what is really going on at the gulf with this oil spill? If they were interviewing any citizen they came across and were ruthlessly pursuing any lead of a juicy story? <br /><br />But see, that would be much more difficult, and it would take ACTUAL work and reporting. It's easier to inflate a non-issue, like a celebrity wedding into prime time news. DISGUSTING.<br /><br />The Administration can't be blind to how useless the mainstream media (especially FOX!) is right now when it comes to factual news, so why are they buying it? It doesn't make sense. Obama knows how to work news outlets/the media, etc., his campaign was a great success -- so what's the problem now?Katienoreply@blogger.com