hitchy
Member (Idle past 5145 days) Posts: 215 From: Southern Maryland via Pittsburgh Joined: 01-05-2004
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Message 29 of 31 (214657)
06-06-2005 11:39 AM
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Reply to: Message 25 by gnojek 06-03-2005 8:36 PM
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Lou Dobbs--the opportunist
I have watched Lou Dobbs every once and a while and noticed that he is an opportunist based on public opinion poles. Even when he "looks" like he is opposing something, like CAFTA, he is actually following along the lines of public opinion. He is a shill for the ignorant masses. He obviously has no scientific training. I thought, though, that Ruse didn't do much with the short amount of time he had. I think that is one of the problems with this debate in the public media--it is a battle of sound-bites. Try summarizing evolution, natural selection, etc. in a two minute sound bite. Most of these explanations require more info than available in even an hour-long show. All the opposition does is the Rove tactic of distorting a point and then repeating it over and over again as fact. An uncritical, or overly "fair and balanced", media is not doing its job as a watchdog of bad ideas or policy.
This message is a reply to: | | Message 25 by gnojek, posted 06-03-2005 8:36 PM | | gnojek has replied |
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