Matt Wuerker for June 24, 2014
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Transcript:
How bad is it? Distracted and poorly informed citizens rarely read past the headlines anymore. They then opine to pollsters on topics they know little about. Those polls are followed by politicians to make laws and write bills (that are also not read). Those laws and bills become new fodder for the media and generate new headlines.
moosemin almost 9 years ago
Matt certainly nailed this one!(I think he peruses GOCOMICS too!)
Motivemagus almost 9 years ago
Of course, the Lensmen were effectively benevolent dictators!(Much as I love the series.)
Godfreydaniel almost 9 years ago
I stopped reading letters to the editor years ago because so few readers had any idea at all of what the heck they were talking about. The same, sadly, applies to a lot of editors…….
I Play One On TV almost 9 years ago
Well stated, Mr. Wuerker.
I Play One On TV almost 9 years ago
I’m sure you know that Obamacare was far from the only piece of legislation that was passed without anyone reading it. Consider the PATRIOT act, for example…..
lonecat almost 9 years ago
Doc Smith? My dad had the original magazine publications of the Lensmen series. Great reading when you’re twelve — but I tried to read one a couple of years ago and it had lost its appeal. What about John Carter?
OmqR-3.0 almost 9 years ago
Referred to me by a bunch of Saffies now living in the US: …Dangerously Politically Ignorant — The Numbers Are Shocking.
Needtolaugh Premium Member almost 9 years ago
You nailed it!