09-13-2001, 04:14 PM | #121 | |
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09-13-2001, 04:18 PM | #123 | |
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09-13-2001, 04:33 PM | #124 | |
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Yes, you make your points very clear. About the news - it is quite different here in Britain. In fact, it often seems to me like we have the opposite thing going on! We dont do 'cheery' news in Britain. Sometimes I wish they would. By that, I hasten to add, I DONT mean dumbing down, or only reporting one side of things, but balancing reportage of all the atrocities that happen in the world with more reporting of the good, positive things. By that, I don't mean what celebrities had for dinner, or who they are currently sleeping with , but things that have been accomplished on the human rights, environmental, educational and other fronts. Good things that communities are going for themselves, and so on. There's lots of good things in the world, and I'd like to see details of more of them! But yes, I do like reporting that doesn't pull its punches. I think we get a certain amount of that in the UK. I've been in the US a number of times, and have found that our TV reporting is more international. I feel that one reason for that might be due to the fact that Britain used to have loads of colonies dotted around everywhere as a result of Brit imperialism. It's a habit of ours to look to the outside... Re whose to blame for media fluffyness, I mostly agree with you on that too. It's up to us to say, vociferously, what we want, and not put up with pap and crap. On the other hand, I agree that companies should ensure a certain standard of reporting is provided. However, unless they are forced to do that by government regulation (unlikely, to say the least!) then it's down to the consumer (god I hate that term, but it fits in this context) to vote with his or her feet, as most companies won't voluntarily make a move that is going to piss off its shareholders. The only way to get things changed that you don't like, I've found, is to make a move to change 'em! (Non violently and in accord with the process of law, that goes without saying....) ------------------ |
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09-13-2001, 04:43 PM | #125 |
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Yes, Silver Cheetah, I did see it and have responded there, too. Thanks again!
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09-13-2001, 06:30 PM | #126 | |
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09-13-2001, 06:46 PM | #127 | |
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