NP - OWS is Winning

[alice wellintown]

James Fallows, to cite only one reliable critic, has written about
this subject at leangth. I agree with most of what he says. The
message driven political system, painted up with entertainment's
make-up and rude real TV stupidity that thrives on turing up the
volume and reducing issues to wwf shouting matches has not done
anything good for the voter. What's rediculous is that smart people
can't see this is the case and keep sucking on the Tube & Co.

Why Americans Hate the Media

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1996/02/why-americans-hate-the-media/5060/#


On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 5:23 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 4:10 PM, alice wellintown
> <alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> You don't win or lose a message war; it's such a stupid idea only the media could come up with it. You win or lose a contest, an election. But the media and the political parties have convinced voters that it's the nmessage war that matters. [...] The message war makes us all losers; democracy is not about message (or, medium), but elections and votes.
>
> This is ridiculous.  Votes are won and lost because of the beliefs and
> aspirations of the voters.  Political advertising, scandals,
> mass-movements, especially TV media & ads, have a very strong effect
> on the voters' beliefs.  The biggest reason unworthy politicians win
> elections is a misinformed/uninformed voting populace.  Bad democracy
> thrives on deceit.
>
> David Morris