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Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing"
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 3 Oct 2002 21:18:43 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ed Jones writes:
> Sorry, but your opinion on this subject carries no water for me. Ever.
Well, that's probably as overstated as Larry's original point.
I think Larry's more general point is how information is fed to one
subliminally through various media, and how often people do not put the
source of the information under much scrutiny -- not for overall honesty,
not for political bias, and not even for factual accuracy.
And while persons like yourself do not need to have such simple things
explained to them, do recall that you live amongst a population of people
whose general literacy, education, and understanding does not probably reach
to your level.
Wasn't there a study suggesting that most people get their political
information from The Tonight Show? I mean, that's pathetic.
-- Hop-Frog
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| (...) As I may have mentioned before, we have to look at, struggle with, refute, and generally deal with the *issues*, and not the person. Larry's point was that he would never accept ideas and concepts coming from the idiot box, or specifically (...) (22 years ago, 4-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Geez, you mean it isn't real. Wow a TV show that isn't grounded in reality? You mean Mr. Ed really couldn't talk? Sally Fields really couldn't fly as a nun? All those police, hospital and family shows are fake? Larry, exactly how uninformed do (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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