Information from the Mass Media

[Amanda Morrison]

Originally Posted by Andy A.

Probably because its obvious when your doctor is incompetent, and not so obvious when you're just being lied to.

As an American, you have many rights. You have the right to vote for your president. You have the right to an attorney and to medical care in an emergency. You have the right to attend college, the right to worship whatever god(s) you wish, and the right to wear white socks with black shoes. You have the right to turn off the television, the right to not believe a word you hear, and the right to speak up about it.

I firmly believe the practice that we currently call 'politics' in relation to governmental affairs needs a new name, because that is simply too general and broad. EVERYTHING in life is politics. Your entire life is a choice - a choice to believe or denounce everything that is ever said to you. Don't believe in the predicate nominative or split infinitives? You may have to memorize what someone else says for the test next Thursday, but ultimately you are the one that makes the decisions.

I can't say I watch the news for more than the biggest updates, but I would miss a lot in my life if I didn't. We depend on mass communication to keep us in touch with a world that is up front, high tech, and on demand. Even so, there were people that didn't know a thing about September 11th, 2001 prior to the evening news later that day. My college professor at the time simply told us 'some bozo crashed a plane into some building' and continued on with class.

Everyone in this thread can express their opinions, but you will generally get the same response: Make your own decisions. I won't give you the old 'Don't believe everything you hear' line, but I will advise you, for all matters in life, to 'Evaluate everything you hear' instead. It will carry you far.