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Originally Posted by yaaarrrgg  That's an interesting point ... I'll try to read the book when I get some time.
I wonder though, doesn't the buck rest on the public ultimately? Would the same lame tricks fly (repeatedly!!!) if everyone were as skeptical as Noam Chomsky? IMO, the media coverage is like something out of a Jerry Springer show. If there was no audience, there would be no show.
IMO, if an incompetent official is elected, it's because the voters are incompetent and unable to conduct a fair job interview.
I think blaming the media circus, or corporate funding are secondary problems. If the public were smarter, they would demand more transparency on these matters. Or for example, why don't we go to the candidate's websites rather than forcing them to run expensive smear campaings every 15 minutes on national television? A large part of the expensive of running a campaign is caused by the sheer laziness of the public ... the expectation to be spoon fed pre-digested information via popular media (between humour and catchy songs).
If a real job interview were conducted with such incompetence unprofessionalism, it might easily result in a lawsuit.  |
It's a documentary actually, pm me if you can't find a torrent for it.
Blaming the media and the corporations isn't a secondary problem, it is the problem. It's like when WalMart opens a massive store in a small town, undercutting everyone's prices and driving them out of business, or like when the US government, through 'defense' companies, supplies weaponry and tanks to both sides in a war (they do that all the time) or when Bush invades sovereign countries for no apparent reason resulting in the death of hundreds of thousands of people. The response is "oh, but you, you voted for me" and "so just don't shop at WalMart then if you don't like it" -
I didn't kill those people, you son of a bitch, you did! --"aaah, but you still voted for me!
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