09-04-2011, 06:19 PM
Charles, honestly, why do you attack this subject? I know we are talking on a site that will not attract most of the American public due to its intellectual nature and minimal attendance.
It's my viewpoint that the mainstream American cable "news" is completely corrupted and no longer offers a viable news product conforming to check and balance free press. These powers have all the 'gates' staked-out to prevent Americans from reacting to their take-over, however a wise person will see that the system all depends on people buying their 'product'. There's one power that they can't take away from the American public and that is the individual will to support their subversion. The individual still has the power to collectively assemble themselves into a group that acts for a purpose. In my mind this is the only recourse at this point to deal with their pervasive corruption.
Honestly, I can understand if you think this is poorly or foolishly organized, however there's a difference between criticizing the form and criticizing the intention. Those who criticize that way risk looking like people who make statements criticizing the corruption but then fear becoming involved themselves and ultimately aid those whom they criticize while attacking those who actually try to do something.
If you yourself had a better suggestion I'd be interested in seeing it. By the way, the head of the FCC also shared the same opinion as my "desperate and counter-productive bleatings" when he made a recent statement saying that the American media was very close to no longer offering material by which the public could gain the information necessary to conduct a democracy. This, of course, was ignored by that same media.
It would be my counter opinion that effete writings not seen by the majority of the public would be the more counter-productive method. I believe it is true that this democracy is wired in such a way that the actions of the common people en mass have the most affect and more effective outcome. People like MLK understood this and used it effectively. His worst critics said his methods were "counter productive".
It's my viewpoint that the mainstream American cable "news" is completely corrupted and no longer offers a viable news product conforming to check and balance free press. These powers have all the 'gates' staked-out to prevent Americans from reacting to their take-over, however a wise person will see that the system all depends on people buying their 'product'. There's one power that they can't take away from the American public and that is the individual will to support their subversion. The individual still has the power to collectively assemble themselves into a group that acts for a purpose. In my mind this is the only recourse at this point to deal with their pervasive corruption.
Honestly, I can understand if you think this is poorly or foolishly organized, however there's a difference between criticizing the form and criticizing the intention. Those who criticize that way risk looking like people who make statements criticizing the corruption but then fear becoming involved themselves and ultimately aid those whom they criticize while attacking those who actually try to do something.
If you yourself had a better suggestion I'd be interested in seeing it. By the way, the head of the FCC also shared the same opinion as my "desperate and counter-productive bleatings" when he made a recent statement saying that the American media was very close to no longer offering material by which the public could gain the information necessary to conduct a democracy. This, of course, was ignored by that same media.
It would be my counter opinion that effete writings not seen by the majority of the public would be the more counter-productive method. I believe it is true that this democracy is wired in such a way that the actions of the common people en mass have the most affect and more effective outcome. People like MLK understood this and used it effectively. His worst critics said his methods were "counter productive".