How news bosses can cancel Bush's phony "Fear Factor"

[scoopmeister]

http://www.attytood.com/archives/003555.html

A look at the new rash of overhyped "terror scares," and the role that a responsible media can play in removing the fear factor from the American political debate:

"But news outlets have another. more important role: To be responsible. Terror fears have warped the American political debate, from clearing the way for an unjust war in Iraq to papering over White House scandals. That type of influence is something that goes well beyond ratings. CNN would also get lots more viewers if Carol Costello or Anderson Cooper read the news in the buff, but that wouldn't be very appropriate. Scaring the American public needlessly, we'd argue, is a much greater sin.

In fact, although they seem not to realize it, but TV execs and top editors have the power to cancel the version of "The Fear Factor" that's broadcast out of Washington, with a few easy moves. Here's how..."

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[malaise]

1. Great read

Sadly the corporate media is part of the problem. They are fascist tools.
Sp.

[bjoe]

2. I enjoyed your post

thanks for the post.

[sui generis]

3. oh ma gawd the terrists are going to make us eat boiled pig anuses!

Reuters - The Department of Homeland Security has issued a boiled pig anus alert after anonymous reports that middle eastern students were being admitted to culinary schools and attempting to learn just one particular cooking technique: boiling pig anuses.

Homeland Security also has recent uncomfirmed reports that a consortium of al qaeda investors had purchased stock in hog farms in the midwest and is planning to "end" western civilization, so to speak.

dang, my coffee just wore off. someone else will have to pig up the torch.