2007-12-06 08:44:50 · 5 answers · asked by David G 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
We are a "so-called free nation"--and we will be one, so long as our individual rights are not protected against those who would take them away in the name of public expediency in the area of information, elections, etc.
Great question.
The failure to regulate media--the failure to separate attested facts from myths, standards-based categories of evaluation from mere attitudes and scientific full proofs from false beliefs--leaves citizens without any legal protections against fraud.
The man who supplies attested facts, standards-based definitions or scientific proofs respects the rights of the mind he deals with. The man who supplies none of these things has earned no rights under a real legal system. He can only say, "in my opinion, I feel, I feel it's better or worse, I opine"--he cannot be permitted to use the vern to think, nor to judge not the value terms good, bad, excellent, terrible, or the words know, have proven, conclude, etc.
The right to use such terms is a right media should reserve only for objective minds who do not neglect nor endanger the rights of others.
Let me put the case in a brief sentence: "Until some nation's leaders listen to scientists and regulate non-fictional media headlines, images, and categories in a true marketplace (distinguishing science from pretension), information will never inform anyone and no citizen will ever have true liberty from the acts and purposes of tyrants."
Period.
2007-12-06 12:51:30 · answer #1 · answered by Robert David M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because truth doesn't sell.. Pieces of facts does not equate the full truth. Most of the time, people grab hold small pieces of facts and believe they've got everything, and refuse to believe otherwise. Had everyone demanded comprehensive reporting, we will not have so called "truth-finders" like Fox News, Bill O'Reily, Rush Limbaugh, & Michael Moore.
XR
p.s. Try listening to NPR more often and maybe make a contribution sometimes.
2007-12-06 08:52:20 · answer #2 · answered by XReader 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why should the media provide us with a trut?
2007-12-06 08:54:04 · answer #3 · answered by tkp9999 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of public outlets that will tell you the truth. The problem is that they don't get the wide spread coverage that the news that sells gets.
If you really want the truth, you have to dig for it, but it can be found. The problem is which truth do you want? There is more than one truth, you know.
2007-12-06 10:31:07 · answer #4 · answered by Yarnlady_needsyarn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The media are not there to report on what is happening. They are there to make money and whatever will do that the best for them is what they will do and the truth be damned.
Do you remember NBC and the infamous exploding gas tank incident?
2007-12-06 09:17:24 · answer #5 · answered by Tom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋