Higgly Posted December 19, 2006 Report Posted December 19, 2006 I've posted this before.... Most everything we post here is sourced in the media in some way or another (web, print, broadcast). Anything that cannot be easily attributed is typically challenged. Is it time to have a media forum in which we can debate media issues? Credibility, direction, governence, control... Quote "We have seen the enemy and he is us!". Pogo (Walt Kelly).
theloniusfleabag Posted December 20, 2006 Report Posted December 20, 2006 I've posted this before.... Is it time to have a media forum in which we can debate media issues? Credibility, direction, governence, control... That option already exists here, and all can easily (and have been thus far) placed in their respective slots, whether federal, provincial, American and even moral departments. Quote Would the Special Olympics Committee disqualify kids born with flippers from the swimming events?
gc1765 Posted December 20, 2006 Report Posted December 20, 2006 I vote for a "Miscellaneous" or "Off-Topic" forum. Quote Almost three thousand people died needlessly and tragically at the World Trade Center on September 11; ten thousand Africans die needlessly and tragically every single day-and have died every single day since September 11-of AIDS, TB, and malaria. We need to keep September 11 in perspective, especially because the ten thousand daily deaths are preventable. - Jeffrey Sachs (from his book "The End of Poverty")
Remiel Posted December 20, 2006 Report Posted December 20, 2006 Do we really need an off-topic forum, though? We don't need someone to talk about things that are completely a-politcal, we need somewhere to talk about things that are unrelated to a specific area of government, be it media or conceptual politics. So, I guess a general forum for all other political topics. Sticking it at the bottom of the list instead of the top would probably keep it from being used for things better placed in the other categories. Quote
Higgly Posted December 21, 2006 Author Report Posted December 21, 2006 It is only off-topic because there is no topic to address it. The media, in whatever form it may assume, is our primary source for information. The only better source is to be present yourself. If you had the balls to live in Iraq in 2006, or Lebanon in the 1980s, then you probably were writing for the media. We base so much of what we think on the information presented to us. Who do we trust and who do we not, and why? Quote "We have seen the enemy and he is us!". Pogo (Walt Kelly).
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