Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:19 PM 9/7/01 -0400, BD wrote: >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: > > > > > 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. I've seen studies that say: "France is the most hospitable country toward foreign tourists." So we all know how valuable studies are...! JB