--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 7/1/05 11:17:45 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > So this brings me to the real question -- If Neuharth is correct, > WHY is there no "strong, trusted, non-political voice" in the media > today, if not because of a relatively complete sell-out to the M- I > complex? Again, this is not a rant, just a question. > Rory, sorry buddy, but your question does come off as a rant because it is > a loaded question. Kind of like "when did you stop beating your wife?" You're > assuming that the media is a sell out to the military Industrial complex and > you assume we or at least myself , agrees with that premise, which I don't.
No, I can see why you would see it this way, but I am actually asking for a credible counter to Neuharth's position. > Secondly, there is no strong A-political media voice because everybody has > political views and it would be nearly impossible to keep them to one's self. That's not what I take Neuharth to mean -- I believe he means a credible voice *in the media*, as opposed to politicians. I could be wrong, of course. > Ask any journalist student today why he wants to go into Journalism and the > standard answer is "I want to change the world" or "I want to make a > difference". A commendable goal. What happens to them along the way these days, I wonder? >All we can do as consumers of the media is wade through, it use your > head, and seek what is really true and whatever you do, don't let the media tell > you what to think or how to interpret events. Do that for yourself! :-) Good advice; may we both take it to heart. My main point would be that the mainstream media don't even *report* let alone emphasize a good many of the events that are arguably most important to our wellbeing. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/