Anywhere there is a perceived injustice, you will find them there, getting their names in the paper and faces on TV. To hear them on a regular basis, one would think that there is no justice, no kindness, no compassion, or no understanding between black people and white people. They portray an image of everything being unfair, unequal, and bigoted, with whites having all of the advantages.
So with this in mind, it should come as no surprise that neither Al, nor Jesse, were anywhere close to what happened in Boston this past week. Why not? Because something good, something positive happened there, and they have no time to encourage anything that remotely sounds like a message of true hope.
Here is a real story of heroism and bravery that did not make the national media, at least I didn't hear it. I had to stumble upon it by accident.
In 1968, a white firefighter saved a black baby girl, touching the heart of a divided city. The two did not meet again. Until yesterday.
This is a great story. I recommend reading it in its entirety.
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The media is absolutely no different then than it is now. Maximize the negative, minimize the positive, and make sure whatever you do will sell copies or increase the ratings.
//Maximize the negative, minimize the positive, and make sure whatever you do will sell copies or increase the ratings.//
Marketing, marketing, marketing. He who is able to market effectively, will usually win that game. The truth matters not to them, just the image and the perception.
Hi LAS !
What was that old journalists' saying ? ...
"Only bad news travels !"
(sigh)
Best,
L'Amerloque
Boston has changed tremendously in the past 40 years, just like the rest of the country. A story like that wouldn't make the news today.
Media is tightly controlled by liberal editors; journalists, who know what the editor will accept, strive to meet his or her expectations ... otherwise, they'll be looking for a new job in a field other than journalism.
Free Press? Nah.
Did the US ever support that nutjob in Venezuela?
//"Only bad news travels !"//
With the advent of the internet, good news doesn't get access to the freeways like bad news. They, who advance good things, must use the side streets (so it takes longer).
Every now and then, I get lucky and find a good thing.
//Boston has changed tremendously in the past 40 years, just like the rest of the country.//
I can remember Georgia in the early 70s. The attitudes of some people will never change. But what a difference it is now from those turbulent days.
//Media is tightly controlled by liberal editors; journalists, who know what the editor will accept, strive to meet his or her expectations//
Which makes it blatantly apparent what arrogant jerks many of them are, especially when you consider they want to shut down dissent to their opinions.
Ask any of these dill weeds you mention what they think of the Fairness Doctrine being rammed down the radio industry's throat? Most all of them will be for it.
//Did the US ever support that nutjob in Venezuela?//
Carter went down to monitor one of his elections. Can't remember him being too critical of it. Of course this was long after Mr. Carter was out of the loop. He was trying to solidify his legacy as a liberal ex-president, who has no more of a clue now than he did before he was soundly rejected.
As they say. Can't teach an old dog new tricks.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/16/buffalo.beheading/index.html
Rocket,
I heard this story the other day. I am waiting for a group of academics to defend this as just one of those cultural differences, we need to try to understand.
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