TV News - channel surfing
Channel surfing:
1. I came across Lisa Loeb on Style. I guess she is learning how to date. News to me. She should be taken. She is a top ten in my book. Regardless, even a person of extraordinary looks like her, might not have the social graces to be a good dater. Whatever - more reality. The show, even though it might make us all feel a little more normal, it somehow debases someone I have on a pedestal.
2. Fox News: Hannity and Colmes. Someone sitting in for Colmes. Debate about some teacher in Colorado involved in a lawsuit because he let his dislike of Bush and the country out in his classroom. End of story. Commercial Break. What is advertised for Greta? Some stupid story about that tragic Holloway case. Or might I say "overblown" story about one person. And I remember about the time of Hurricane Katrina I think - that was the lead Greta had. And then two or three months later, that was still the lead. And now, months later, it is STILL THE LEAD!!!!!!!
Why don't I blow up my TV? (Why, because of interesting content that doesn't debase and fry our brains into little voyeuristic dolts who crave rehashing murder night after night after night.) Give me a break. Try some reality: Our U.S. Senate and House debating issues such as government spying, renewing the Patriot Act, confirming U.S. Supreme Court justices. The things that might get more people interested in important issues and vote the fools out when they squander and demolish our constitution. But, reality TV sells much better so people don't have to actually evaluate their existence and what our freedom really means.
Speaking of freedoms. Hannity is up in arms about this teacher taking a captive young audience in a geography class and telling them one side of the story that he happens to disagree with and thinks is harmful to the students. God forbid, it might pollute their unbiased, fertile baby minds. They might actually go out and think about important stuff. If Hannity is so worried about people adopting what their professor is telling them, then maybe he should stop his pontificating - many millions of people listen to his views every night, and don't think everything he says is without controversy - but he talks as if his views are better. If the professor has the power to change and shape their views, then Hannity certainly does to.
If a person were to only get all their information from Bill O'Reilly and Hannity, their view of the world would definitely be different than if they got a truly balanced view of the world from others in addition to them. Having one source is the danger. Hannity is acting like these kids only have one teacher, one viewpoint being presented. What is he so afraid of???? Perhaps he is afraid that many of those same students might just go out and do some research and start to beleive and act on what the prof was saying and perhaps they might go out and vote and make a change in our leadership. And perhaps some of it will take hold and instead of having all red states through the heartland, perhaps we will begin to have real diverse people who are engaged - some of them thinking the way Hannity does and some the way the prof or all the variances in between.
1. I came across Lisa Loeb on Style. I guess she is learning how to date. News to me. She should be taken. She is a top ten in my book. Regardless, even a person of extraordinary looks like her, might not have the social graces to be a good dater. Whatever - more reality. The show, even though it might make us all feel a little more normal, it somehow debases someone I have on a pedestal.
2. Fox News: Hannity and Colmes. Someone sitting in for Colmes. Debate about some teacher in Colorado involved in a lawsuit because he let his dislike of Bush and the country out in his classroom. End of story. Commercial Break. What is advertised for Greta? Some stupid story about that tragic Holloway case. Or might I say "overblown" story about one person. And I remember about the time of Hurricane Katrina I think - that was the lead Greta had. And then two or three months later, that was still the lead. And now, months later, it is STILL THE LEAD!!!!!!!
Why don't I blow up my TV? (Why, because of interesting content that doesn't debase and fry our brains into little voyeuristic dolts who crave rehashing murder night after night after night.) Give me a break. Try some reality: Our U.S. Senate and House debating issues such as government spying, renewing the Patriot Act, confirming U.S. Supreme Court justices. The things that might get more people interested in important issues and vote the fools out when they squander and demolish our constitution. But, reality TV sells much better so people don't have to actually evaluate their existence and what our freedom really means.
Speaking of freedoms. Hannity is up in arms about this teacher taking a captive young audience in a geography class and telling them one side of the story that he happens to disagree with and thinks is harmful to the students. God forbid, it might pollute their unbiased, fertile baby minds. They might actually go out and think about important stuff. If Hannity is so worried about people adopting what their professor is telling them, then maybe he should stop his pontificating - many millions of people listen to his views every night, and don't think everything he says is without controversy - but he talks as if his views are better. If the professor has the power to change and shape their views, then Hannity certainly does to.
If a person were to only get all their information from Bill O'Reilly and Hannity, their view of the world would definitely be different than if they got a truly balanced view of the world from others in addition to them. Having one source is the danger. Hannity is acting like these kids only have one teacher, one viewpoint being presented. What is he so afraid of???? Perhaps he is afraid that many of those same students might just go out and do some research and start to beleive and act on what the prof was saying and perhaps they might go out and vote and make a change in our leadership. And perhaps some of it will take hold and instead of having all red states through the heartland, perhaps we will begin to have real diverse people who are engaged - some of them thinking the way Hannity does and some the way the prof or all the variances in between.
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