THE MEDIA AND THE CONSTITUTION, POLITIANS AND THE VOTERS       9/2/07

 

Most of the people in this country get their news from the local T.V., CABLE T.V., radio talk shows, the neighbor’s newspaper, and gossip.  A new thing has caught on and that is Bog’s and Web Sites on computers.  Most of these are set up by nasty minded boys and girls who have nothing to do but play adult and just be silly.  The one most influential of course is the T.V. and talk radio.  The biggest problem with both is they are always using poll numbers and anyone with a slight amount of brains knows poll numbers cannot be trusted.  For one thing their plus or minus from accuracy is usually five or more percent either way from accuracy which means it could be as much as ten percent wrong. Another reason they cannot be trusted is all the T.V. outlets but one is so one sided they cannot be trusted.  Fox Cable is pretty close to being even handed but try as they may they are accused of being a right wing station while trying to be non-partisan.  What we need is a Truth Network.  I know it would be hard to always tell the truth because their sources might be liars.  But with a good staff and honest management I believe it could be done.  With a commitment from the citizens to vote, this country can be saved before it wakes up in a pure social progressive country. This nation has had a large group of these nuts trying but WW 2 slowed them.  They used the Viet Nam war to re-launch and have been growing mostly from the west to the east.  They have made inroads in some large eastern cities and have made progress in the rural south in spots and it looks as if they might try additional areas sooner than we think.  Beware of these statements “the people want this or polls show it’s needed”, with no proof to show for either statement. Vote Vote Vote