Good Old Neon

Just so you know, as a result of this heretofore unknown, unimpeachable information, I

Or, perhaps we are simply wired to prefer fluff

My guess is that the root cause lies somewhere between here: The Psychology of Advertising http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-ne...p;division=div1 and here

I dub thee "dangerously forgetful whore"

I agree for the most part

There's a sort of brilliant, twisted sort of logic in this proposal. Though, if we were to do this, well, there would be a whole lot of folks named asshole and whore walking around out there.

True, and tragically, if it is indeed true that a healthy democracy relies on and informed public, and the public is no longer informed by the media, who, traditionally, at least sort of acted as the informer, well, what does that say w/r/t the future of our democracy

True, the Federal Pen. (er, country club) will probably afford him a more comfortable retirement than he would have otherwise received.

My guess, is that this board is really only populated by three individuals, a Jen, a Kevin and a Chris, and that everyone else springs from the imagination of themselves (ourselves?) and that we

Some of the reader comments following the article are priceless

Yeah, mainstream news coverage and reporting has devolved further into sport, largely free of substance, but heavy on the spectacle.

One good thing to come about as a result of the Dante

At this point in time, insofar as campaign and candidate coverage is concerned, I cannot help but think the scribes responsible for bringing us said coverage are all bi-polar and/or schizophrenic. Balanced coverage is now sort of achieved by bashing the hell out of one candidate for a week or so, and then like, reversing polarity almost instantaneously, and then like, turning the boot on the other candidate. With that said, Bush and Co. have, for the last seven plus years, gone nearly (fucking miraculously) unmolested by the very same media. It sort of almost makes you want to cry.

They -The Northern Lights - made an appearance on the NH seacoast several years ago

Is

Just started this.....

That is not my point at all - my point, was that the right, to a larger extent, has turned this into a right vs. left issue. Global Warming and Climate Change (or evolution for that matter) are both politically neutral - the tragedy for the right, I think, is that they continually and increasingly, come down on the wrong side of reasoned, scientifically valid issues such as Global Warming, evolution, etc. Well, that is because reality has a liberal bias - The republican party would have been wise to heed the warning of Barry Goldwater - "But Goldwater was also deeply worried abou

Sigh, could you please at least number your right wing talking points?

Some info on the film's writer/director, Martin Durkin: Many readers will be aware that Durkin has previous

You've had one of those moments, unfortunately, the had-ing taking place is brought to you by the folks responsible for the creation of the documentary - which is to say, you've been had.

I wouldn't be so quick to cede that point- from wikipedia. A recent study of the environmental skepticism movement found that the overwhelming majority of environmentally skeptical books published since the 1970's were either written or published by authors or institutions affiliated with conservative think thanks. The authors identified four defining themes in the movement: The "denial of the seriousness of environmental problems and dismissal of scientific evidence documenting these problems" The "question[ing of] the importance of environmentally protective policies" The "endorse[m

I couldn't agree more - though I would add the first chapter is one of the best opening chapters ever - some of DeLillo's finest writing. I love that book.