tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post7197122057549684080..comments2024-03-17T12:51:46.412-07:00Comments on Cutting Through The Crap: Pressing The PointSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-293556300229201972015-10-31T10:23:33.238-07:002015-10-31T10:23:33.238-07:00Yes, almighty profit has taken center stage. Add t...Yes, almighty profit has taken center stage. Add to that end marketing and the blurring of reporting with editorial opinion. There are still exceptions. In recent years I've been somewhat surprised by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (which we do not subscribe to), a paper whose investigative reporter(s?) have been digging the dirt on Scott Walker, while the paper itself in conservative and generally Republican-leaning.Dr Strangelovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14603758423399991937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-88410595727285668242015-10-31T09:40:26.429-07:002015-10-31T09:40:26.429-07:00Agree. We subscribe to three print papers, and I&#...Agree. We subscribe to three print papers, and I'm reading them less and less thoroughly. But I think it's also that "the press," especially on TV, has become more interested in the bottom line than in the real and necessary role of the press in a democracy. They do what gets the eyeballs, and, therefore, the ads. Deep reporting isn't on the list.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-7970863767877691002015-10-31T09:10:57.738-07:002015-10-31T09:10:57.738-07:00The press losing their true role can be blamed par...The press losing their true role can be blamed partially on technology and its effect on consumers of information. With the decline of newspapers, investigative journalism is also dying. It's becoming lost in the profusion and churn of electronic media outlets and psuedo-media. Where to turn for information? Too many choices with too shallow reporting or blurring of opinion and bias with fact and analysis.<br /><br />We're too busy. If the article is too long, find a shorter one. This was published yesterday? Forget it - we want to know what's happening right now today!<br /><br />I must confess. We subscribe to two newspapers but I don't always read both and often skip investigative articles that look "too long".<br /><br /> Dr Strangelovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14603758423399991937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-69837147185121179012015-10-31T08:58:04.392-07:002015-10-31T08:58:04.392-07:00Good for both of you! In my experience, by the tim...Good for both of you! In my experience, by the time you're dealing with adults, the more facts and information you provide to a right-winger, the more they reject them and dig in. Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-53922088975223450732015-10-30T23:01:08.016-07:002015-10-30T23:01:08.016-07:00OMG...It happened...
My political wonk 12 year ol...OMG...It happened...<br /><br />My political wonk 12 year old girl says "the Confederate flag should be honored as a symbol of the fallen."<br /><br />I explained to her it's 1/2 true. It started out as a battle flag and was hijacked as the symbol of racism. yada yada yada...<br /><br />Understand...My beautiful innocent child grew up in TN. for 3 years. Ages 6-9. Home schooled etc. You get the picture...So I talk about the Dixiecrat and that whole historical political dynamic of Republican liberal and Dems. conservative and how we got here today Dems. liberal, GOP conservative.<br /><br />She had some serious racist issues 3 years ago. Mexicans especially, but anyone colored and speaks two languages and none are English basically. Her true weather vane pointed Tea party right. The KKK was formed in TN. and she lived in Johannesburg *cough cough*...I mean Jonesborough, the first settled city in TN. for 3+years...I can't imagine having a gun range on campus, but there was/is.<br /><br />Anyway, what I am trying to say is my beautiful, talented daughter is a neocon in progressives clothing. She did vote Sunny and BO for POTUS twice and found victory twice...She's a closet neocon...lol<br /><br />Anyway, it blew me away because she is really bright and knows a lot about politics and current events. She loves Bernie but would love Hillary almost as much. But she had zero idea why anyone might consider that Gen Lee flag as a racist symbol. She'd never seen people use the Confederate flag at a rally etc. We'd never discussed that one particular thing. She understands now, she was lied to and I got the pictures to prove it...lol<br /><br />I say all this because of how my daughter made the right decisions once she knew all the facts. That conversation was about an hour long. She had the right sides argument down pat. The internet and more information paints it all with completely different outcomes. Why can't grown adults do that? Change their adult mind on a big issue (racism) once you got the other half of the argument. The whole argument. With Google being your shortcut to some wonderful pictures of TN. conservatism. Stone Mountain GA. etc.<br /><br />The most important part was being able to spend some "We time" as I call it. Daddy daughter days are scares. She's killin' me...Killin' me...omg...Killin' me...<br /><br />GO HAWKS!<br /><br />Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.com