That's my current state regarding peoples attititudes toward the Republican Party.
I'm old enough so that I have seen all sorts of political scandals and in the past the heat generated was blaasted straight onto the party that was affiliated with the scandal.
Now here we are and there's not been one scandal, there've been 6 if my count is correct and depending I suppose on what you'd define as a scandal.
What's bemusing is the fact that every one of them seems to slide off as if the party involved has a Teflon® coating. In the past public opinion would have had the people involved pleading for understanding or mercy, now they slam the reports as being personal attacks aimed at them by political opponents rather than the unmasking of any crimminal activity.
Mind you if a ordinary private citizen tried using that defense in a civil complaint they'd probably be sent for a mental evaluation. (Unless you happen to be fairly wealthy of course).
So I'm reduced to wondering if it's the fact that most of the news outlets here in the US are owned by a handful of right leaning business people that's the root of this miraculous non stick surface these guys seem to be wearing.
Whaddya think?
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Well, it looks like I'm not the only around noting the lack of intelligent jounalism
This was posted earlier today:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/06/press-corps-fails
bit of a rush there.. mispelled journalism.
shame on me! ;)
The thing about the "news" is that it's really much more subjectively presented and deliberately slanted to sway the public's perception of people and events.
And most of the news outlets all over the world are owned by a handful of powerful men. You will never get real news from mainstream media. So you must look to "alternative" media, which the larger media conglomerates seem to have deemed as the voice of a few "radicals."
Try these, at least for news on the web:
http://www.alternet.org/
http://www.disinfo.com (I know, I know... but it is interesting)
http://www.rsf.org/
http://www.npr.org/
Thanks Ed, I'm going to add those news sources inot my link area if you don't mind!
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