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#160589 - 12/30/08 10:32 PM Re: Paranoid or seeing the "signs"? [Re: MartinFocazio]
ironraven Cranky Geek Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/08/05 Posts: 4642 Loc: Vermont	plus about a gazzillion on that, Martin. We are used to a "faster" lifestyle. As a result, we get overloaded. _________________________ -IronRaven When a man dare not speak without malice for fear of giving insult, that is when truth starts to die. Truth is the truest freedom.
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#160590 - 12/30/08 10:33 PM Re: Paranoid or seeing the "signs"? [Re: Tjin]
Dagny Pooh-Bah Registered: 11/25/08 Posts: 1918 Loc: Washington, DC	As has been wisely said many times here: Take a break from "news." (TV, radio, Internet). That's one of the benefits of camping for me -- news blackout. And when I get home from camping (50 nights last year) I've found that I never missed a thing that I could do anything about. Day after day of The CBS Evening Bad News, CNN's latest missing child case and FOX's morning L.A. car chase, etcetera, is a recipe for despair and paranoia. With all the cable channels it seems to me there would be a market for The Evening Good News.
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#160593 - 12/30/08 10:44 PM Re: Paranoid or seeing the "signs"? [Re: dcnh]
GarlyDog ô¿ô Old Hand Registered: 04/05/07 Posts: 776 Loc: The People's Republic of IL	Originally Posted By: dcnh Only a few more weeks before the mainstream media changes its narrative from "grim" to "hope". My guess is that you'll see many more stories in the news taking the "glass is half full" approach in 2009. My guess too. _________________________ Gary
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#160599 - 12/30/08 11:23 PM Re: Paranoid or seeing the "signs"? [Re: GarlyDog]
gonewiththewind Veteran Registered: 10/14/08 Posts: 1517	I know that it would not make money and would be very resource intensive, I would like to see an independent, non profit media watch dog entity which recorded and stored all media reporting and gave the public free access. Then you could see the patterns in their reporting and the radical shifts in positions, not just of the media, but politicians as well. Lexus/Nexus is way too expensive.
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#160610 - 12/31/08 12:20 AM Re: Paranoid or seeing the "signs"? [Re: gonewiththewind]
Jeff_M Addict Registered: 07/18/07 Posts: 665 Loc: Northwest Florida	The Internet itself? As for "independent," it seems that EVERY source of information gets accused of the dreaded "media bias" by somebody, sometime. The blogosphere seems to be working a revolution on media news reporting, and does serve a sort of watchdog function. But it is far less passive and more demanding of the consumer than the mainstream news media. Moreover, there is a huge signal to noise issue. Jeff
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#160619 - 12/31/08 01:18 AM Re: Paranoid or seeing the "signs"? [Re: Jeff_M]
gonewiththewind Veteran Registered: 10/14/08 Posts: 1517	Independent of ties to a large corporation (Time Warner) or political entity. Humans are biased by nature and that is expected. I mean historical databases of all media reporting for future reference and research. The internet is too disorganized and there is too much misinformation for that to work as a watchdog. The people would have to be focused on reporting on the reporting. Vetting the accuracy and authenticity of the information that is reported by others.
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#160625 - 12/31/08 02:04 AM Re: Paranoid or seeing the "signs"? [Re: gonewiththewind]
Dagny Pooh-Bah Registered: 11/25/08 Posts: 1918 Loc: Washington, DC	One aspect of news that transcends ideology is the bias toward bad. Bad news = news Good news = human interest story now and then.
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#160634 - 12/31/08 02:31 AM Re: Paranoid or seeing the "signs"? [Re: Dagny]
GarlyDog ô¿ô Old Hand Registered: 04/05/07 Posts: 776 Loc: The People's Republic of IL	Originally Posted By: Dagny One aspect of news that transcends ideology is the bias toward bad. Bad news = news Good news = human interest story now and then. Excellent point. _________________________ Gary
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#160650 - 12/31/08 03:40 AM Re: Paranoid or seeing the "signs"? [Re: MichaelJ]
Blast INTERCEPTOR Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/15/02 Posts: 3760 Loc: TX	There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they Do... Not... Know about it! Men in Black -Blast _________________________ Foraging Texas Medicine Man Plant Co. DrMerriwether on YouTube Radio Call Sign: KI5BOG *As an Amazon Influencer, I may earn a sales commission on Amazon links in my posts.
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#160755 - 12/31/08 11:16 PM Re: Paranoid or seeing the "signs"? [Re: MichaelJ]
samhain Addict Registered: 11/30/05 Posts: 598 Loc: Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Originally Posted By: MichaelJ Hello all, Am I just being paranoid, or does it seem like something really big is coming? Perhaps I'm watching and reading to much news; global climate change pandemic flu food shortages drought failing economies unemployment war poverty terrorism etc. ...you know...the usual. But it seems to me that we're at a breaking point for so may things, and eventually something has to give. Couple to that the interconnectivity of many of our "vital" systems and...well, it looks like something big is about to happen. Anyone else feel this way? Looking at the above from a historical context it looks like a pretty good year.... I has been a helluva lot worse during our short history of existence. Tambora, Krakatoa, Black Plague, Inquisition, 1918 pandemic, WW1 and WW2, last year's family reunion, .... the list goes on... It's been worse and it will yet again, life goes on. _________________________ peace, samhain autumnwood
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