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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Media decisionmaking on coverage of what's important
  • Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:23:42 -0500


On Apr 8, 2008, at 11:20 AM, EarthNSky wrote:

Well, I like my sports, too, BUT when you sign up for world breaking
news updates, seeing a basketball story come through with priority tells
me that without any uncertainty, the media has lost the sense of what is
truly important, or maybe, probably, they have so successfully dumbed us
down to the point where Gass's quote applies to almost everyone.... If
that was your point in the quote, then sorry to be a few steps behind.

Bev, does "you sign up" mean that you pay for certain types of news? If so, what is the service, and do they offer options?





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