Have you ever looked closely at the 15 second, or 30 second T.V. "spots" for the presidential candidates? Besides using "Highly-Questionalble" accounting practices to support their claims; I have discovered another deceptive gimmick that is used to distort & twist the truth. These T.V. spots will "take-out-of-context", a word, phrase, or sentance which supports a particular agenda. THEN, they will run a "suorce" for their claim.... a small reference to "The New York Times", the "Washington Post", or some similar respected "authority". If you notice, these references NEVER reveal any substantive information about the "quote". Are these quotes from "respected" editors?; or are they culled from the some "Nut-case", who wrote to "Letters To The Editor"?? Are they the result of "serious journalictic research", or have they been lifted from a PAID political ad.???? The fact that a "paraphrased, out-of-context quote" appeared in the New York Times MEANS NOTHING!! If one has enough money, you can buy advertising-space; and get almost anything printed!! Then it is becomes VERY easy to make vague, distorted claims; and credit them to "The Washington Post", ot the "New York Times"; without ANY CREDIBLITY!!! What's SO scary, is that SO MANY AMERICANS rely on these propaganda-spins for their facts!! That's why Fox-TV watchers are FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BELIEVE THAT AL-QUEDA AND SADDAM COLLABERATED IN THE 9-11 ATTACKS!! That's why FOX-TV watchers are FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY FOUND "WEAPONS-OF-MASS-DESTRUCTION" IN IRAQ!! It seems the Republican Party has hired the Arthur Anderson Accountants to "cook-the-books" rergarding Kerry's voting-record, and Fiscal-Policy-plans. Figures quoted in these "spots" are often SO outrageous, that they can scacrely be rationalized. The same people who brought-down ENRON, M.C.I., and Worldcom are now attempting to re-elect the "village-idiot" from Crawford. The same people who took-away YOUR retirement money, YOUR jobs, and YOUR investments are now trying to take away the future of our children. An overwhelming majority of today's "young-People" believe that they WILL NEVER RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM "SOCIAL-SECURITY"!... And they could be right!! If a "lie" is repeated often-enough, and loud-enough; people will begin to believe it!! THIS lie, is that George W. Bush is ACTUALLY a capable- leader!!!!!!!!!!! Dave
- posted by Dave @ 1:59 PM