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[Evan Zimmerman <evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com>]

I know we haven't met yet, but you can call me Evan :-)


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:01:00 -0400, James Dasher <jdasher AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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