Re: [MEDIA]: USA vs UK

From: -randy (cryofan@mylinuxisp.com)
Date: Sat Jun 28 2003 - 19:20:46 MDT

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    I completely agree with the below.
    This is why Americans take in the keister from CorpGovMedia, and why
    they pay more than healthcare, have much less vacation time, and get
    less for their tax dollar than just about all of the other western
    countries.

    On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 10:58:37 -0400, you wrote:

    >Found this interesting article on differences between US and UK news
    >reporting.
    >
    ><<So why the transatlantic journalistic rift? Are American journalists
    >simply spineless? Do they toe the line because they love the President?
    >Or because their employers do?
    >
    >The answer, I think, is more complex. Americans in all walks of life
    >have a respect for authority that the cynical Brits jettisoned somewhere
    >around the time of Profumo and Christine Keeler. Americans, remember,
    >still go to church. For all their rhetoric of freedom, there is
    >nevertheless an acceptance of a higher power here in the United States.
    >And an acceptance, too, of unimpeachable motives.>>
    >
    >http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/media/story.jsp?story=418401
    >
    > -Mike

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    -Randy



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