Reply #86: One of the things that [View All]

[H2O Man]

I feel strongly about is the Constitution. The idea of a free press, for example. Now, of course the mainstream media is largely corporate. And so we can be frustrated by the fact that a hundred corporations control the news that the public is exposed to. Or we can take responsibility ourselves -- which I suspect is "original intent" -- and dig out the truth ourselves. We can go to the library, or to the used bookstore, or now, to the internet ..... and invest the time necessary to shift through the available information, and piece together a pretty clear picture of what is going on in cases such as this one.

In the past week, I have made several references to the illusion of power versus real power. That applies to information, too. A person can watch Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly, and believe that they are informed. Same with CNN and MSNBC. Look at the commercials, and it is clear that the same sponsors are paying for each. CNN is as distinct from Fox as a McDonald's hamburger is from a Burger King's hamburger. We do not need to ingest processed food/news.