tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19159633.post9189047837593919384..comments2023-07-05T04:47:25.476-07:00Comments on Sunshine today: Media bashingindrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01252000077815151315noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19159633.post-79142427431474063942007-08-21T10:51:00.000-07:002007-08-21T10:51:00.000-07:00Hey l.thoughts :)Thanks for your comments. Those a...Hey l.thoughts :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments. Those are valid points, <BR/>1. about the media circus - where the U.S. media, though intelligent enough to call a bluff, might rather not, if only to perpetuate the cycle of the circus <BR/><BR/>AND <BR/><BR/>2. about hearing one fine day, that the President will not give anymore interviews."<BR/><BR/>That said, the reason I used the U.S. as an example, rather than say India is because it's still only the U.S. public that (a) own up to their mistakes of putting the wrong people in office and (b) have the freedom, in both letter and practice, to take those in power to task, even if it's only by public humiliation via bluff-calling.<BR/><BR/>Also, the dangers of those in power refusing to give interviews is mitigated in the U.S. because the country thrives on media and public perception. They need every last bit of face-time that they can score. And that means giving interviews. In turn, that would lead to blatant lies. This fuels the media circus. The cycle will continue. Only, those that *give* the interviews may be recycled far more often if caught lying.indrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01252000077815151315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19159633.post-50962182747906163322007-08-20T06:07:00.000-07:002007-08-20T06:07:00.000-07:00Yes, I have wondered about that too..how simple it...Yes, I have wondered about that too..how simple it would be to pull anyone's bluff by simply playing back an earler recording. But you know what it is for nothing that they talk of the 'media circus'. TV news is more about entertaiment than truth. No one wants to make a move which will end up with " The president will not give anymore interviews." Or that "Only approved journalists will be allowed in." It may sound not to good now. But they will find some justificatio..National Interest and bla bla bla. But another way of looking at it is people are not dumb. They can read between the lines. That is the only reason why anyone can waste one's time on TV news.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com