Comments on: Never Let the Facts Get in the Way of a Good Screed http://jaydedapper.com/2009/12/22/never-let-the-facts-get-in-the-way-of-a-good-screed/ Facts matter. Question everything. Wed, 05 May 2010 03:45:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: John Baird http://jaydedapper.com/2009/12/22/never-let-the-facts-get-in-the-way-of-a-good-screed/comment-page-1/#comment-1365 John Baird Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:58:55 +0000 http://jaydedapper.com/?p=1311#comment-1365 I love the approach, critique of the US media, and yours of the commercial media presenting itself as a source of news is a good start. A really hard critique is required since educating the voting public about processes important to the future of their heirs ranks way behind entertainment and commercial interests. The fact of the primacy of commercial interests is demonstrated by the story coverage at all competitive outlets being dictated by the 'mechanism' that selects the stories that all will cover including PBS and Bloomberg TV; currency is not as important as is actually covering the popular stories. This is incestuous since coverage generates popularity and burns valuable time. It seems that entertainment could be generated by presenting fact that describes how lawmakers make law. By noting their money sources it might be possible to predict their proposal and backing of legislation; Lieberman possibly funded by the insurance industry, Inhofe by energy, and Nelson, NE, by none so he seeks same. This might illuminate how government works better than the lobbyist scandals. It should illuminate why US government is so backward looking compared with China, for example. It might modify the cesspool that elected political people grovel in. Onward !!! I love the approach, critique of the US media, and yours of the commercial media presenting itself as a source of news is a good start. A really hard critique is required since educating the voting public about processes important to the future of their heirs ranks way behind entertainment and commercial interests. The fact of the primacy of commercial interests is demonstrated by the story coverage at all competitive outlets being dictated by the ‘mechanism’ that selects the stories that all will cover including PBS and Bloomberg TV; currency is not as important as is actually covering the popular stories. This is incestuous since coverage generates popularity and burns valuable time.

It seems that entertainment could be generated by presenting fact that describes how lawmakers make law. By noting their money sources it might be possible to predict their proposal and backing of legislation; Lieberman possibly funded by the insurance industry, Inhofe by energy, and Nelson, NE, by none so he seeks same. This might illuminate how government works better than the lobbyist scandals. It should illuminate why US government is so backward looking compared with China, for example. It might modify the cesspool that elected political people grovel in.

Onward !!!

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