Comments | athelind: Writer's Block: The more you know

athelind

Writer's Block: The more you know

Feb 20, 2011 20:28

freedom, writer's block, heinlein, cronkite, politics, privacy, security, censorship, the terrorists have already won, film at 11, the revolution will be digitized

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yasha_taur February 21 2011, 05:33:26 UTC

Amen, Brother!

siege February 21 2011, 05:42:49 UTC

This (your referenced quote) is why I say that the CIA's motto ("Truth shall set you free") only works if the truth is known. And it also disturbs me to not have truth known -- and to observe groups that might as well add "Entertainment" to the name of their news outlets become a "most trusted source" mostly because they insist on telling people they are.

araquan February 21 2011, 06:09:24 UTC

Yes. Yes indeed.

leonard_arlotte February 21 2011, 07:18:29 UTC

Well said.

Every Wednesday I go to dinner with friends. At the place we go, one of the TVs is always showing Headline News. However, at the time we are meeting for dinner, they have a show dedicated to the latest celebrity scandal, or what South Carolinian mom has gone and killed her kids this week.*

It disgusts me. I used to watch HLN for hours on end, because it showed NEWS. The slutty dress that Lindsay Lohan wore to her latest dog and pony show they call the justice system in Hollywood is not NEWS.

* - This is nothing against South Carolinians, it just seems that is all HLN shows. Last week they started showing some story about some mom who drowned her babies or something, and I told my friend "bet it's South Carolina. It's always South Carolina." It was South Carolina. Y'all need to do something spectacular so people will have something to respect you for. (And I don't mean secede again! :) )

moonfires February 21 2011, 18:53:06 UTC

Woodward and Bernstein exposed a criminal conspiracy at high levels of government. Most of what Wikileaks is doing is revealing work product of the government that was part of the day to day business of the State Department. Clinton really wasn't lying or trying to cover it up when she was saying the work depends on frank opinions of the officers and staff. Just because something is distasteful doesn't mean it's a wrong to be exposed. Would you like it if your Coast Guard record and all it's related data, including medical was posted online? That would be a rough equivalent ( ... )