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[James Dasher <jdasher AT ibiblio.org>]

On Oct 8, 2004, at 11:04 AM, matusiak wrote:

> On Oct 8, 2004, at 6:46 AM, James Dasher wrote:
>
> > That assumes that everyone everywhere will always stridently lie.  
> > But a few bald-faced lies?  They generally get uncovered.  Then 
> > people make up their own minds.
>
> This media bias discussion is getting tired to the Nth degree, but I 
> had to counter this fallacy.
>
> If these people are all making up their own minds, then why does 1/3 
> of the country still believe that Saddam and Iraq toppled the WTC?  Is 
> this simply their own personal version of The Truth? (as you note 
> there is no monopoly on "The Truth").

My point was that people make up their own minds.  Mr. Zimmerman 
replied to the CNN bit, saying he "went and read his statement, and it 
sounded more like someone who felt forced to conceal information for 
the sake of protecting sources or to prevent further harm from coming 
to an employee. That may be a limited reading or only the "intended 
takeaway", but on the whole I find it disagreeable but not something to 
indict him for."

That's Mr. Zimmerman's analysis and interpretation.  Not everyone 
agrees.  The point is that people have alternatives.  That Mr. 
Zimmerman can make up his own mind, in spite of contrary 
interpretations.  That his choices aren't stifled by people who 
disagree with his sources, and that he's free to choose which sources 
he trusts.

I think it's kind of funny that people get so revved up over Fox News.  
I think it's kind of weird that people blame Fox News for all the 
misinformation under the sun.

I say this as a consumer of (possibly unhealthy levels of) information 
from all varieties of outlets in all media, from Fox News to IndyMedia.

On this we can agree, though: this thread is tiring "to the Nth degree".

Cheers --

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