Information from the Mass Media

[Andy A.]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

All I was saying is that if you don't like something, you always have the option to just ignore it...
...If you don't agree to listen and don't like what you are watching, then you should turn on something else that does suit your fancy.

Sand-

The very point of this thread is that there is no real choice. I could switch from FOX to see the same worthless talking heads on CNN or MSNBC. If I wanted to, I could even hear the same talking heads with out having to see them on the radio. I could read their same columns in the new York times or Washington post.

Nor is it an option to stick my head in the ground and just ignore it. I have to know whats going on in the world. It means something to me. It changes what, why and how I live my life. A democracy with out a reliable media, and a populace that pays attention isn't worth the parchment it's laws are written on.

All the major (and major in the case means capable- no blog writer can fly a correspondent out to Iraq) have in effect 'sold out'. It's not analogous to a Mechanic. Or cars. Or different types of food. Every option given to us is as worthless as the last. And we are paying these people? It's insane. I can't help but be reminded of the last election.

Its so damned frustrating.
-Andy A.