NaMeaHou
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Sat Oct-25-03 07:28 AM
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I am going to be Fair and Balanced for the next 30 days |
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It is my goal to see, read and hear nothing but Fair and Balanced news in the next month for the purpose of finding out if I will in some ways become propagandized and swayed by mass media opinion.
I feel almost as though I am losing part of my mind after the past years of detesting this administration and everything they are doing. For a 30 day period, I am stopping the objections, mentally and emotionally, in order to relearn how to relax. This is a short term action, and it's not as though the world will tumble down without me fighting the good fight.
I plan to read only the major news sites. I plan to listen nightly to the nightly news on the networks. I will listen to right wing radio every time I'm in my car (which is frequently). I plan to not discuss politics with anyone at work or at home. I may even watch the entertainment shows on tv that I usually avoid as though they are viruses or deadly bacteria. If there is a news item that is "anti-Bush*" I will turn away from it.
Wish me luck.
I'll report back in 30 days if the experiment is not a total failure (or is it success? I'm confused already).
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Bertha Venation
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Sat Oct-25-03 07:40 AM
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If you can hold out for more than three days without having to call Ralph on the big white telephone, I will personally go to your house and hand you my coveted "Iron Stomach Award." I won this award for 10 years of recounting the tale of my first presidential vote, cast for Ronald Reagan, without vomiting once.
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KharmaTrain
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Sat Oct-25-03 07:57 AM
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2. You'll Still Be More Informed Than WhittleAss |
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Being a news junkie I'm channel hopping all the time...especially to Faux and hate radio. Best to know what they're up to since they've done a masterful job of framing us.
But why bother doing this? Gonna find out that the media kisses this regime's ass? We know that, now what to do about it.
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Sat Oct-25-03 08:05 AM
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3. I wish you the best of luck emerging yourself in toxic waste, |
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but we really don't want to visit you in the looney bin, so for your mental health sake, you best not exceed 24-48 hours of this poison.
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