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[David Morris]

--- Don Corathers <gumbo at fuse.net> wrote: 
> it suits the government's purposes for reporters to turn their attention from
substantive stories to entertaining but meaningless crap.

What are "the government's purposes?"  The generality above is meaningless and
mushy, IMHO.

> The natural order of things is that the bad stories force out the good,
because they're cheaper to produce and they don't piss anybody off. This is a
principle of journalism that anybody who has worked for a small-town newspaper,
or any newspaper or television news program, will be able to recognize.

This is a function of the business side of the media.  It has nothing to do
with "government" (again, whatever you mean by that word).

> The government is obliged to provide bread and circuses. In Zoyd's case, they
are distributing bread and getting a little circus in return.

These generalities are not only meaningless and wrong, but they ignore the
specifics of the novel.  Zoyd was essentially forced into a deal (or be sent to
jail forever).  The deal was very personal between two individuals, and has
nothing to do with a generality called "government."

David Morris


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