Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Al Gore's home

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Mike Miller wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>
> > I really do think that this kind of discussion is at the same level as 
> > following the Anna Nicole-Smith media event.
> >
> > So over the weekend Ann Coulter makes a joke comparing Edwards to a 
> > faggot. Immediately Howard Dean makes a big media event over this.  
> > One of the things he said was that the American public wants a 
> > well-reasoned debate.  But that is simply not true!  The American 
> > public wants their politics to be like a TV reality show, or "American 
> > Idol."  They love it when Coulter makes stupid remarks like this, and 
> > they love it when Dean rises to the bate.  They love it when O'Reilly 
> > accuses Boxer of making anti-troop statements, and they love it when 
> > the other side accuses O'Reilly of getting the facts wrong viz a viz 
> > Boxer's remarks.
> >
> > But really, who cares?  Or rather (because, yes, everyone does care), 
> > why should anyone care?
>
>
> They shouldn't care much.  In a perfect world, no one would know who Ann 
> Coulter is.  We have a huge problem when a major concern of our voters 
> is what will happen with "gay rights".  We have much bigger problems 
> than that.  Did anyone see 60 Minutes last night?  Check this out:
>
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/01/60minutes/main2528226.shtml
>
> There's some news that matters.  It's finally getting some coverage -- 
> it's on 60 Minutes -- but is it on Fox News?

But I'm sorry.  But this isn't a Fox News versus the rest of the media 
issue.  And it isn't a right versus left issue.  It's that nobody, 
nobody, nobody covers the issues properly.  I few months ago I had the 
issue of UN Resolution 1559 getting no coverage until it was too late. 
Now, over the weekend, from you, I find that the New York Times had a 
majorly misleading story about the global warming issue.  Now you give 
me a web page about how Medicare might be going bankcrupt.  But how do I 
know that this story isn't missing some major, major detail?  And if 
they did miss out this huge detail, I can have no reassurance that any 
other media outlet will hold them accountable for this.  Give me one 
media outlet, anything, be it left wing, right wing - I don't care, but 
a media outlet that reliably and accurately prints the news, and I will 
stick to that outlet like a glove.

And also, "gay rights" is an issue.  But again, the problem is not 
whether it is reported or whether it is not reported, but how it is 
reported.  Ann Coulter's remarks are about irrevelant to the issue as 
when Michael Richards made those racist remarks - sure it is a bad 
thing, but its a drop in the ocean and certainly not worth broad media 
coverage.


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Stephen Montgomery-Smith
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