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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 659973" data-attributes="member: 17461"><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/starplucker.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":starplucker:" title="starplucker&nbsp; &nbsp; :starplucker:" data-shortname=":starplucker:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/hugs.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hugs:" title="hugs&nbsp; &nbsp; :hugs:" data-shortname=":hugs:" />I don't think you sound shallow, SWOT.&nbsp; You are stating a fact: Facts are in short supply these days.&nbsp; What a particular candidate does is considered more newsworthy than information on anything at all.&nbsp; Everyone has an opinion; no one presents facts.&nbsp; It's all about trying to elicit an emotional reaction.&nbsp; We have serious issues to consider and no facts to work with.&nbsp; Better to say nothing at all than to submit to taking whatever slim pickings of information there are out there today seriously.&nbsp; There are people in our countries and in our world who are taking matters into their own hands ~ raising money for wells for clean water, raising money for social causes, inventing new technologies, thinking up new ways to see things.&nbsp; But that is not what is presented for general consumption and that is a terrible thing.&nbsp; The claim is that television is skewed to the lowest common denominator.&nbsp; I have yet to speak to anyone who is able to learn anything worthwhile solely through television news.Though I do love Book TV, and highly suggest it.Barrack Obama's brother was on one day, and I thought that was so opportunistic that I wasn't going to watch it.&nbsp; He has written a wonderful book, as it turns out.&nbsp; Thoughtful, insightful, inspiring, even.&nbsp; I was glad I watched.&nbsp; The writers there come from every social spectrum and position.&nbsp; We can learn and consider any number of opposing viewpoints.&nbsp; Brian Greene was even on once, and the discussion was on cutting edge scientific development.&nbsp; There are writers on the brain and on race and on economics.&nbsp; Michio Kaku has been on Book TV.I love it.That is my favorite television ~ anything on Book TV.&nbsp; Especially if I think I don't agree.&nbsp; That has been the coolest part of it.&nbsp; I used to love NPR, too.&nbsp; Now, they are into docu-dramas and telling us what was said, rather than providing the information we so sorely need to make rational decisions.&nbsp; (I do like Garrison, Science Friday, and that show about cars.)Cedar</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 659973, member: 17461"] :starplucker: :hugs: I don't think you sound shallow, SWOT. You are stating a fact: Facts are in short supply these days. What a particular candidate does is considered more newsworthy than information on anything at all. Everyone has an opinion; no one presents facts. It's all about trying to elicit an emotional reaction. We have serious issues to consider and no facts to work with. Better to say nothing at all than to submit to taking whatever slim pickings of information there are out there today seriously. There are people in our countries and in our world who are taking matters into their own hands ~ raising money for wells for clean water, raising money for social causes, inventing new technologies, thinking up new ways to see things. But that is not what is presented for general consumption and that is a terrible thing. The claim is that television is skewed to the lowest common denominator. I have yet to speak to anyone who is able to learn anything worthwhile solely through television news. Though I do love Book TV, and highly suggest it. Barrack Obama's brother was on one day, and I thought that was so opportunistic that I wasn't going to watch it. He has written a wonderful book, as it turns out. Thoughtful, insightful, inspiring, even. I was glad I watched. The writers there come from every social spectrum and position. We can learn and consider any number of opposing viewpoints. Brian Greene was even on once, and the discussion was on cutting edge scientific development. There are writers on the brain and on race and on economics. Michio Kaku has been on Book TV. I love it. That is my favorite television ~ anything on Book TV. Especially if I think I don't agree. That has been the coolest part of it. I used to love NPR, too. Now, they are into docu-dramas and telling us what was said, rather than providing the information we so sorely need to make rational decisions. (I do like Garrison, Science Friday, and that show about cars.) Cedar [/QUOTE]

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