Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Private property and buildings
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 15:19:43 -0400
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Brilliant, Anthony, except I think it's quite safe to say that the kind of people
sited by Ted haven't watched TV news since the modern siege of Wounded Knee and the
resignation of Richard Nixon. Actually, what shitty tv news tends to make people do,
or than turn paranoid, depressed, etc., is stop watching it....

You can get in real trouble reading (and believing) too many studies by social
scientists.

B. D.

Mxsmanic wrote:

> Ted writes:
>
> > I wonder if USA members have any idea why ?
>
> Because Americans watch a tremendous amount of television, and it conditions
> their thinking.  And since television news is designed to induce maximal FUD
> (fear, uncertainty, dread) in order to maintain ratings, it makes people very
> fearful, paranoid, pessimistic, and hostile.  I've actually seen studies to this
> effect.
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