Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I thought that was the caravan of 15 cars following Sarah Palin (The media's > obsession with her is worthy of its own thread). >
"the media" is obsessed with anything you're obsessed by. Their money comes from attracting eyeballs and if people want to see Palin then "the media" shows Palin to them. It's a fairly simple business model that has the unfortunate consequence of killing in-depth investigative journalism and playing to sensationalism: It would seem more people would rather listen to Palin's ridiculous rambling on topics she knows nothing about (i.e., everything) than reading about legitimate research-based government wrong-doing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338825 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
