Great article. We need to stop feeding the bad wolf.
Posted by swirlaround on Jul 11, 2008 at 5:43 AM
Although we’ve put men on the moon, and unleashed the destructive power of the atom, in practice, it seems to never occur to us that those same Laws we’ve operated to reach those potentialities, come out of the same Cosmic paradigm, which immutably operates with omnipotence in the affairs of Man! However, the human ego, with its affinity for possession, and segregation of phenomena, is in a constant state of peril for all that it claims, while not knowing, or seeking the substance of what it purports to be real!
But if we are to even come close to solving any one of these monumental problems that afflict society, we must first face the fact that a complex solution (attempting to solve problems by their particulars) is for those who obscure by relativism, and do not want to face the more profound difficulty of the “simple”!
Posted by DofG on Jul 12, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Dear Mr. Moyers,
Thank you so much for this piece, they are very few real journalists left in the ” big media ” in America today, and you are one of them.
Let’s not forget that even The New-York Times was part of the propaganda campaign that made Americans buy into the lies of the Bush administartion in the build up to the Iraq war.
You can still find ” real news “, but you have to look for it and ” digg” for sources on the web and in international publications or here on PBS and NPR news.
Thanks again for your great work.
Posted by MercyPolitics on Jul 12, 2008 at 12:14 PM
No outlet is immune to this kind of behavior, it’s happening across the board. The FMC id doing it’s part in DC, Bil is a voicebut, he has his finger on the zeitgeist of the regular American Spoonfed Citizen. The average Joe knows he’s fed full of nonsense.
Then again, here is an excerpt from every websites posting agreement.:
“We reserve the right to publish any postings in the print edition of our magazine and in promotional materials.
By registering at this site you agree not to post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, or that violate any laws. We will permanently ban all users who do so.
We reserve the right to remove, edit, or move any messages for any reason.”
Kinda says it all, doesn’t it?
Posted by Zippy the giver on Jul 12, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Bill,
At least you’re not calling for the repeal of the First Amendment and the imposition of local government press controls as a result of the corporate media mess.
I’m no fan of Sam Zell, but I think the Chicago Tribune, where the editorial board called for the repeal of the Second Amendment, is way out of touch with the average Chicagoan and long due for some editorial cuts.
Posted by AlbertParsons on Jul 12, 2008 at 8:18 PM
Reader Comments
Great article. We need to stop feeding the bad wolf.
Posted by swirlaround on Jul 11, 2008 at 5:43 AM
Although we’ve put men on the moon, and unleashed the destructive power of the atom, in practice, it seems to never occur to us that those same Laws we’ve operated to reach those potentialities, come out of the same Cosmic paradigm, which immutably operates with omnipotence in the affairs of Man! However, the human ego, with its affinity for possession, and segregation of phenomena, is in a constant state of peril for all that it claims, while not knowing, or seeking the substance of what it purports to be real!
But if we are to even come close to solving any one of these monumental problems that afflict society, we must first face the fact that a complex solution (attempting to solve problems by their particulars) is for those who obscure by relativism, and do not want to face the more profound difficulty of the “simple”!
Posted by DofG on Jul 12, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Dear Mr. Moyers,
Thank you so much for this piece, they are very few real journalists left in the ” big media ” in America today, and you are one of them.
Let’s not forget that even The New-York Times was part of the propaganda campaign that made Americans buy into the lies of the Bush administartion in the build up to the Iraq war.
You can still find ” real news “, but you have to look for it and ” digg” for sources on the web and in international publications or here on PBS and NPR news.
Thanks again for your great work.
Posted by MercyPolitics on Jul 12, 2008 at 12:14 PM
No outlet is immune to this kind of behavior, it’s happening across the board. The FMC id doing it’s part in DC, Bil is a voicebut, he has his finger on the zeitgeist of the regular American Spoonfed Citizen. The average Joe knows he’s fed full of nonsense.
Then again, here is an excerpt from every websites posting agreement.:
“We reserve the right to publish any postings in the print edition of our magazine and in promotional materials.
By registering at this site you agree not to post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, or that violate any laws. We will permanently ban all users who do so.
We reserve the right to remove, edit, or move any messages for any reason.”
Kinda says it all, doesn’t it?
Posted by Zippy the giver on Jul 12, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Bill,
At least you’re not calling for the repeal of the First Amendment and the imposition of local government press controls as a result of the corporate media mess.
I’m no fan of Sam Zell, but I think the Chicago Tribune, where the editorial board called for the repeal of the Second Amendment, is way out of touch with the average Chicagoan and long due for some editorial cuts.
Posted by AlbertParsons on Jul 12, 2008 at 8:18 PM