Subj : Re: ChristNet HUB BBS To : Ward Dossche From : John Dovey Date : Mon Dec 06 2021 17:03:31 Glad to see you, Ward! WD> John, WD> JD>> DS>> I saw a story on Fox News ... JD>> WD> JD>> WD> That's usually where I stop reading ... WD> JD>> Which is part of the problem. At the very least you need to know what JD>> your "opposition" is thinking. WD> WD> I beg to differ ... the news is the news . WD> WD> There is no rightwing nor leftwing news ... there's only "the news", the facts. WD> WD> I suppose you never saw Walter Cronkite ..... He came on TV in the evening and read the news, and when he was done, it was done. WD> WD> No interpretations, no cutting-up the facts and stacking them in a different order thereby inventing new truths ... WD> WD> Fox News is a TV show, it's not about the news, it's about viewer statistics and selling commercials. BTW, my reaction to your rebutal is already ready ... here it is .... WD> WD> "Yeah ... blah blah blah ... I know about CNN. The CNN we get here in Europe however is not the CNN from in North America, it's actually a quite decent newsservice here. I saw CNN overthere and it gave me diarhea as well ... So why go on about Fox News? Well ... I didn't inject it in the thread, soneone else did." WD> WD> {this is called shortening the conversation} WD> WD> Take care, WD> WD> \%/@rd LOL.. I know all about Cronkite. There are arguments to me made about him (and that era) because there was just as much (if not more) editorialising, the only difference was it happened in the editorial process rather than expressed outright on air. The fact is that the bug media IS all about entertainment and always has been. The 10% (maybe) factual content is wrapped in narrative. SO the two issues are 1. Choosing WHAT to show and 2. Choosing how to frame/contextualise it. *** [Netmail-to-Telegram address: 474405162@2:460/256] .... Tag, you are IT! --- tg BBS v0.7.1 * Origin: Fido by Telegram BBS from Stas Mishchenkov (2:460/256) .