Texsox

I thought we were talking about "the media". The networks have partnered with on-line sites as well and expanded their offerings. MSNBC offers more "depth". cbs.com same. I believe we are much more critical and more careful consumers of news than our grandparents were. That has led to a perception that the news gathering of their days was better.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 19, 2007 -> 01:27 PM) That's not depth - its breadth, which is the opposite of depth. Hundreds of reporters and hundreds of sources on the same story, I should have been more specific. Plus we now have access to foreign coverages as well. You also can search hundreds of news papers, getting local slants on news from out of your area. There is so much more depth that is delivered to your (door) computer.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Sep 19, 2007 -> 12:09 PM) If you want to really dumb it down....If you go to class on a regular basis, and put forth a minimal effort, you should be fine in college. Clearly there are always exceptions to the rule, but I would say 8/10, if you attended class every day, you will be fine. But think about your classes. How many are based on the textbook? How many do the tests come directly out of the text?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 19, 2007 -> 11:58 AM) Politico Another example of the liberal media trying to make Thompson look bad. I guess he must really be scaring them. Sad they just won't let the American public decide and report on that.

I was thinking about my courses and what we are covering, and more important, what we are required and tested on and came to the realization that 90% of my formal college education is reading and knowing about 45 books. That's really it. Each course has about one book, you read and regurgitate.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 19, 2007 -> 10:06 AM) Yes. Unless of course there is something shiny and loud the other way. No way - not even close. Depth has been abandoned in favor of surface-level treatment. In some ways, yes. Depth is probably the most dramatically changed. More stories to begin with. Hundreds more reporters, hundreds more sources. Way more stories. Stories stay in the news for weeks, not a day or two.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 19, 2007 -> 09:35 AM) Technologically, yes. More willing to expose wrong doing, not willing to look the other way. Digging deeper. Able to build on each others' work more efficiently.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 19, 2007 -> 09:23 AM) The kid got exactly what he deserved. If you start to resist and fight off the cops, they are going to have to take control of the situation in one form or another. Judging by the questions he was asking, and the way he reacted when he was asked to leave, he was looking for the attention and had this pretty well planned out. He deserved to get arrested. We expect the police to exert the amount of violence necessary to accomplish that goal. When the efforts of the police greatly exceed what is necessary, we reign the police back in. At the minimum it seems there should be an investigation.

Instant pictures from around the globe. News getting reported in seconds or as it happens instead of hours or weeks later, I'd say current network news is far ahead of a generation or two ago.

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QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 19, 2007 -> 09:17 AM) \Lets just say that 90% of us would be fired for what passes a typical day in the federal workplace. Like posting thousands of messages on an internet message board?

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Sep 17, 2007 -> 08:57 PM) I know, the only real news sources are the New York Times (Jason Blair) and CBS (Dan Rather). Woo hoo, goooooo news! Seriously though, if someone thinks that the O'reilly Factor or Hannity and Colmes is news, they are fooling themselves. Those are opinion shows, nothing more or less. As far as the other FOX news shows or outlets, they are no worse than most of the news you consider accurate. But step two, after reading/hearing/watching news, people form opinions. The beauty of the GOP's position is they cut out the first step, why pay any attention to the biased media, when you can find out what to think by listening and watching the GOP broadcast network? Brilliant strategy. So the Dems have a hold on the media's reporting of the news and the GOP has a stranglehold on telling people what to believe. One is infinitely more important. But it is more fun to find an unflattering article of a GOP and start whining media bias

QUOTE(Shadows @ Jul 23, 2007 -> 02:50 AM) wow you guys need to get with the times, me and Tmar have been looking at bash for over 4 years now I guess you are saying that you and Tmar are "on the bus"?

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Sep 18, 2007 -> 06:40 PM) I think the government may have transferred NUKE to the counter cyber-terrorism department and he is practicing by hacking Texsox account Actually hundreds of Kap posts on the subject.

^^ ^^ Just look at CNN's political page Picture of Obama, Clinton Dismisses Critics Why Washington Doesn't Get Thompson and of courese another Craig story. Disgusting.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 17, 2007 -> 12:15 AM) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5RxKZW-lUE That is the aftermath (part 2), for those of you interested, I'll link part 1 (the live version, the incident as it happens) below, and part 1 is even better to watch after you've seen part 2 already. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ow-CzxcQYc fav quote "he's the Pepsi Fan of the Game until he gets thrown out"

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 18, 2007 -> 04:33 PM) But we have to pay for those immigrants somehow. In this case, low income Americans would be the same as immigrants. But you really just want to bait.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 18, 2007 -> 04:21 PM) Google Earth is the coolest thing ever created by humans. Glad you accept the fact that some things are God made . . .

I really dislike the layers and layers of taxes we pay.

Buffalo Bill, maybe there is something to this list. That was over in a blink of an eye, but one of the best shows I've seen. I did a quick count and I think I've not seen about 18 of those shows.

The only question is how to solve the problem.

Obvious as the nose on my face.

Hundreds of Kap posts pointing out media bias has changed my mind. I only found one pic of a candidate in an empty auditorium? The candidate's party? GOP. But I'm not turning into a GOPerhead. The Dems won the media. Sucks to be a Rep.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 18, 2007 -> 03:14 PM) I'll see your sarcasm and raise you reality... We get the media we want. Guess what - the media is full of useless soundbites and shallow, silly stories that glorify Democrats Fixed it for you. I've been looking at media from an unbiased standpoint and I now agree with the GOP. The media is in the liberal back pocket.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 18, 2007 -> 02:54 PM) The "media" reported an event. Some outlets then blew it up into something, which is what they do to every candidate in both parties. They aren't biased... they're lazy and incompetent. There is secret network of journalist who meet regularly and decide how stories will be covered. It is dominated by liberals. Not certain how liberals got control of the media, but they did. All news outlets have to agree to follow their guidelines. Conservatives have not been able to crack this cartel.