Comments on: Campbell Brown’s warning about parity http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/10/04/campbell-browns-warning-about-parity/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:31:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Niklaus Pfirsig http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/10/04/campbell-browns-warning-about-parity/comment-page-1/#comment-26870 Niklaus Pfirsig Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:24:35 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3220#comment-26870 This sunny/cloudy day argument is so idiotic. What if the two politicians and Ms. Brown are on a phone teleconferences. Now lets say that Ms Brown is in Seattle, Politician A is in Bangor and Politician B is in Phoenix. Politician A says it's raining, politician B says it sunny and they aren't lying. Ms Brown sees rain outside the studios and declares Politician A to be right. Viewers watching the show in Las Vegas probably realize they are all talking about local condition and probably think Ms. Brown is making a joke. This is because the viewers still have a credible sources of information for a different point of view. They can look out their own windows and decide for themselves. However, when the only source of information is through the media, then for a reporter to withhold vital information is not only very irresponsible, but changes the information from news to opinion and propaganda. This sunny/cloudy day argument is so idiotic. What if the two politicians and Ms. Brown are on a phone teleconferences. Now lets say that Ms Brown is in Seattle, Politician A is in Bangor and Politician B is in Phoenix. Politician A says it’s raining, politician B says it sunny and they aren’t lying. Ms Brown sees rain outside the studios and declares Politician A to be right. Viewers watching the show in Las Vegas probably realize they are all talking about local condition and probably think Ms. Brown is making a joke.

This is because the viewers still have a credible sources of information for a different point of view. They can look out their own windows and decide for themselves.

However, when the only source of information is through the media, then for a reporter to withhold vital information is not only very irresponsible, but changes the information from news to opinion and propaganda.

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