Comments on: Information, Please. http://communicationisinspiration.com/2007/05/21/information-please/ Generation 2 Generation: Let's Talk Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:09:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=Communication is Inspiration hourly 1 By: Scott Weintraub http://communicationisinspiration.com/2007/05/21/information-please/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Scott Weintraub Sun, 27 May 2007 16:34:40 +0000 http://communicationisinspiration.com/2007/05/21/information-please/#comment-204 Hillary and Jack - this was an interesting discussion concerning a very important topic. When I watch news, especially political news, two things strike me. First, we hear the news through the perspective of the reporter (Sean Hannity, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, to name a few), all of whom have their own biases and political opinions. Second, the news channels are owned by major corporations, whose agenda is very rarely that of reporting the news in an even, balanced, and fair manner. It's so obvious to me that the news today is slanted, it makes it hard for me to watch. I find myself turning to the Daily Show - while they poke fun at the news... at least the poke fun at both sides. I also wanted to comment about the terms "liberal," "conservative," etc. If we think about the ideals associated with the word "liberal" -- health care for all, good educational opportunities, clean air, clean water, etc. -- who among us is NOT supportive of these ideals? I think the differences lie in how we accomplish the goals, and how we pay for them, not the goals & ideals themselves. I believe that if people sat down and realized how much common ground we share, we could much more easily work towards effective solutions to the problems in this country, and in the world. Hillary and Jack – this was an interesting discussion concerning a very important topic. When I watch news, especially political news, two things strike me. First, we hear the news through the perspective of the reporter (Sean Hannity, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, to name a few), all of whom have their own biases and political opinions. Second, the news channels are owned by major corporations, whose agenda is very rarely that of reporting the news in an even, balanced, and fair manner. It's so obvious to me that the news today is slanted, it makes it hard for me to watch. I find myself turning to the Daily Show – while they poke fun at the news… at least the poke fun at both sides.

I also wanted to comment about the terms "liberal," "conservative," etc. If we think about the ideals associated with the word "liberal" — health care for all, good educational opportunities, clean air, clean water, etc. — who among us is NOT supportive of these ideals? I think the differences lie in how we accomplish the goals, and how we pay for them, not the goals & ideals themselves. I believe that if people sat down and realized how much common ground we share, we could much more easily work towards effective solutions to the problems in this country, and in the world.

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