In article <M6i7e.2889$716.1824@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"John Richards" <jr70@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Barry Margolin" <barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:barmar-A1A296.19075713042005@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > In article <aQa7e.1962$bc2.1495@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > "John Richards" <jr70@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> "Michael Alden" <drbencasey@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >> news:1113379075.718736.153200@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > Yeah really. They are just paid to look good and read other
people's
> >> > words. Who cares what they think anyway when 90% of them are
airheads.
> >>
> >> Indeed. Which is why it's surprising that so many people pay
attention
> >> to the stars' views on world politics, as if they had some special
> >> insights.
> >> I loved Jane Fonda in Barbarella, but I hated her political views.
> >
> > Their views are as valid as anyone else's.
>
> No, they're not, they tend to be uninformed about the real facts.
And the average Joe is really much better informed? We all have access
to the same books, newspapers, and magazines.
> No wonder, they live in a world of make-believe where appearance counts
> more than reality.
And I live in a world where computers are im****tant. We all have biases
based on our occupations, religions, family, friends, communities, etc.
>
> > The difference is that they
> > have the op****tunity to express them to mass audiences. So we don't
> > really have much choice -- it's either them or no one, since ordinary
> > folk don't have much op****tunity to make speeches on TV.
>
> I'll beg to differ with the "no one" part since there are plenty of
> informative news shows (CNN, PBS), magazines (Time, Newsweek), and
> every major newspaper has commentary columns from both sides of
> the political spectrum.
I was thinking of them in relation****p to other people outside the
political industry. Should politicians and political scientists be the
only ones we ever hear from? That will result in an extremely narrow
world view.
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Barry Margolin, barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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