the bill did not pass! On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:06 AM, wrote: >> [...] >> [jmz:] > It's time to stop looking...[at] the whole world through >> [jmz:] > the lens of the mainstream media. >> >> Is there ANYONE on this list who would disagree with that? Trouble is, >> is there a real alternative? Other country's media is just as biased in >> one way or another; in fact, I challenge anyone to find a media that's >> even moderately unbiased. :( >> >> Mike >> >> > -jmz >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...] > > I would point out that, the power of big newspapers is less today > (or, at least very different) from back in the generation of the depression. > This is partly due to the BLOG-o-sphere. > *Not* that bloggers constitute > >> a media that's even moderately unbiased. :( > > on the contrary! - - every individual has his/her own agenda. > But I think that the nature of the internet does have the potential > to level the playing field, where a person's reputation is based upon > their power to think, to put ideas in to words, to express opinions > honestly, etc. > IMHO, this potentially could be a good thing for the future. > just my 0.02 ... > -- > Mike Schwartz > Glendale AZ > schwartz@acm.org > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss