Re: OT: Eithics and the new NEWS
Atrocities, I feel your pain. Somebody get him a stool and a beer to go with it. Only trouble is, at the end of that rant you started asking for government standards for the news...a genuinely bad idea. There's enough spin already.
True, I did hear a story the other night about a dead dog, and happened to think that it must have been a particularly slow news day. I do get a bit upset as the media attempts to prematurely annoint one and then another political candidate the party's likely nominee, almost before the primaries can be held. And sure, I will often turn the TV off in disgust. But the one thing you will never hear me say is "there ought to be a law..." (or government standards for the news).
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