Posted by Ritch on March 2, 2003, at 17:48:30
In reply to Political Stuff re Pensions, posted by shar on March 2, 2003, at 12:19:37
> If you're wondering why you haven't heard much about this, let me suggest two
> reasons. One is that TV news is in its one-story, Dead Diana mode: All they have
> time for is Iraq and the occasional nightclub fire. The second is the
> consequence of having all the media owned by a few giant corporations. It is not
> in the interest of these corporations to have such news
> widely reported.
>
> Am I suggesting (gasp!) censorship? Nope, just that even though this affects
> millions of people, those millions are not a large percentage of the total
> television audience, and pension de-form is not as gripping as war or nightclub
> fires. That's the way media gigantism affects news. You can't save your pension
> with duct tape, so get on this.
>
I couldn't agree more with your assessment. I thought the National Enquirer used to be bad.
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