Thanks. Murdoch's Fox network really shapes news here, I think for the majority of Americans (I believe it's watched more than twice as much as MSNBC and CNN combined). And it's really unbelievable and frightening, 24 hours of propaganda a day that's so over the top, twenty years ago it would have been called anti-semitic (in the larger sense) and racist. Now it's just -watched,- paralleled by the Rush Limbaugh show, which is the most popular radio show in the country. - Alan
On Mon, 7 Feb 2011, marc garrett wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Thanks for reading the post on the community blog, and also for the very > similar examples you have given and how it has already happened in the > US. There is quite a movement in the UK against these Cuts by those who > know the true nature of why they are really being implimented. > > > You mention Murdoch; given his destruction here and elsewhere, I > think he > > might be the most dangerous man around. > > Everything is up for grabs, and Murdoch and peer corporations are taking > it all. Those who do not care about these very important issues are > likely to be happy in remaining part of what I call the 'consumer > class', although I am interested in seeing how the protests in this > country work out... > > Wishing you well. > > marc > > > > > > > > Tried to leave a message on the blog, but ended up with a missed mussed > > mess of circuitious passwords. I forwarded this to a number of people; > > there are crises, plural, with libraries here - Queens County for > example, > > which apparently was voted the best library system in the US by the > > American Library Association, has had to stop buying books altogether > > because they've run out of money. Arts, libraries, etc. aren't supported > > in the US for the most part; you either make a lot of money in the > market, > > or collapse, or somehow persevere. Libraries are open less and less - > our > > local one isn't open on the weekends at all for example, which is a huge > > loss to the community. In some places, the homeless use them for shelter > > and bathroom - there aren't many places for them to go - and more > > traditional users stay away. A lot of libraries ironically are becoming > > nothing more than computer centers for people who need access and > have no > > other way of getting it. That's all to the good, but the books again > > suffer as a result. And then libraries are just closing, period; in > Aurora > > Colorado, for example (where Azure's parents live), a number of branches > > have shut down. > > > > You mention Murdoch; given his destruction here and elsewhere, I > think he > > might be the most dangerous man around. > > > > - Alan > > > > > > == > > email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > > webpage http://www.alansondheim.org > > music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ > > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qw.txt > > == > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > == email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ webpage http://www.alansondheim.org music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qw.txt == _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
