blatham wrote:DontTreadOnMe wrote:blatham wrote:...Print media, journals and books are where we turn if we wish to know more, or if we care about accuracy or breadth of understanding...
in fairness, it's difficult to really know if what you're reading is truth or not.
humans usually accept writings that are the emotional equivalent of comfort food.
DTOM
Sure, I understand this point. But we have no alternative. Either it is a turning to some single infallible source or it is learning in the greatest breadth and depth we can personally manage. The second choice seems rather preferable to me as a relatively dependable means to understanding or 'truth'.
yep. didn't mean to imply that you are wrong. simply that i try to take it all with a grain of salt. see if the words a hear and read match up with what i see taking place.
in some cases, we are limited to actually see "the truth" because of geography. when that occurs, we are at the mercy of those who can provide us with documentation such as written/oral reporting and in this age, visual like live or captured video.
here's an obvious example;
what we are told by the bush administration is that things are going according to plan and that the "elite" media never shows anything good.
okay, fair enough.
however, we now know that the administration routinely delivers EPKs to the networks that were conceived, directed and posted by admin services. in fact, it was only recently ruled that those EPKs must be branded as having been made and distributed by the administration. previously, they had no declaration of such and were being presented as network generated "news/journalism".
so really, the question is;
with that power to effect the media outlets output, why are there not streams of "good news" being supplied to us? such as video of the new schools and powerplants. happy iraqis going safely to work and home. that sort of thing would do quite a bit to show skeptics that things were in fact going well.
why hasn't the president hosted a television presentation with video from assorted media outlets ?
there's a saying that i like. there are three sides to every story. your side. my side. and the truth.
the truth is what i want, whether it affirms my political views or not.
