[Leica] Dumbing Down

[drleonpomeroy at verizon.net (Leon Pomeroy)]

Re: Tin's comment captioned below: Of course Tina, George et. al. are right
concerning the extraordinary resources within reach; but the dumbing down
that should concern us is that hitting and influencing citizens who vote,
elect representatives, and otherwise indirectly impact our lives. The
distinction involves the resourceful individual vs. the less resourceful
collective! Dr. Leon Pomeroy, Northern Virginia, USA.   

 

Worth repeating: "When I think of "dumbing down", I think of NPR.  I have
been so

disappointed in their news coverage lately that I even wrote to the general

manager of the Charlotte station.  The new "chatty" style of delivering the

news where the newscasters all talk back and forth, joking and laughing,

reminds me of FOX.  I told him that they were alienating all of their older

listeners (the ones with the money to support NPR) and advised them to use

BBC instead of FOX as role models.  He actually wrote back and agreed with

me.  He said everybody at the local level is upset about the changes but

they are all coming from the national level and they can't do anything

about it.  He actually used to work for BBC so he knew what I meant.

I can't stand to watch local or national news on television (there is

nothing worse than 4 or 5 people sitting on a couch and all talking at the

same time about nothing) and have depended on NPR for my news.  Now I have

a Kindle set up to broadcast BBC all the time.

Old Foggie,

Tina"