OT: The Media ** Things Can Always be Worse...

[Guest guest]

Hi CM,

 

> Tracy,

> If we would have had the coverage that we have now, most likely would

> not have had Hitler be that powerful or concentration camps.

 

Maybe .. but as Hitler was a Socialist the news media might have sided

with him. If they didn't it would have been because they had recognized

that something bad was about to happen to the German people .. Germans

are white folks .. Christians .. reason enough to oppose Hitler.

 

The news media was around when millions were killed in Rwanda and while

Saddam was killing his people .. but they gave little attention to it.

I would guess its because they think (are they right?) that listeners

aren't all that concerned about little brown folks or non-Christians ..

except for people of the Jewish faith because they have a strong lobby

and they are well integrated into American society .. to include the

news media.

 

> Unless we had a Murdoch who would have sided with Goebbels..

> C-M

 

Based on the fact that Goebbels was a slick talker and his wife was in

fact a Jewish lady, he might have been able to convince CNN that the

allies were full of crap .. and operating on faulty intelligence. ;-)

 

There is no question that the news media plays an important role as the

watch dawg in a democratic country .. but I have heard some old timers

say they miss the days when ethics such as that displayed by Edward R.

Murrow were the norm instead of political polarization and concern for

ratings and advertising contracts.

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch