>>>> Most of "The Media" does not exist to inform, enlighten, or educate. It
exists to sell products.
Bill: get real. That's an incredibly immature and uninformed generalization.
As a real reporter, I find your comemnt very, very offensive. As I've tried
explaining on this list before, the vast majority of we real reporters are
perfectly honorable, well-intended, upstanding citizens. But like in ANY
field, there are always few unethical idiots (i.e., Fox News) who, ironically,
get the most attention.
--- Bill Sheehan <sheehan_at_sheehan.tzo.com> wrote:
> Peace, Sellam. Most of "The Media" does not exist to inform,
> enlighten, or educate. It exists to sell products. The Fifth
> Columnists of the Fourth Estate are sideshow barkers, selling thrills
> that won't sustain closer investigation. I'll bet that no one is
> actually quoted as questioning the viability of female executives.
> It'll be the generic and amorphous "People," as in "People are
> asking...". You'll know the story has peaked when it appears in the NY
> Post with a headline like:
>
> "Carly Canned! Is Condi next?"
>
> Now back to more important matters. Hazardous chemicals are used in
> computer manufacture. Is your computer killing you? Details at 11:00.
>
> -- Bill
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 10, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>
> >
> > For real. I'm already hearing in "the Media" questions being asked
> > like,
> > "With Carly's firing, what is the future of women in business?" Like
> > all
> > of a sudden women are going to be forced back into the home and made to
> > wear burkas or somesuch.
> >
> > Christ all-fricking mighty! She was just another CEO who made big
> > mistakes and got canned for it.
> >
> > I HATE STUPID PEOPLE!
> >
> > --
> >
> > Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
> > Festival
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -------
> > International Man of Intrigue and Danger
> > http://www.vintage.org
> >
> > [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage
> > Computers ]
> > [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at
> > http://marketplace.vintage.org ]
> >
>
>
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