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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: paul_philp who wrote (35227)7/29/2002 2:31:50 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (4) of 281500
 
Paul,

Let me disagree with this formulation. The effect of insisting that the goal of all media is a political one rather than a journalistic one is to hasten the creation of a terribly fragmented society, one in which if you are right wing you never read anything the lefties read and vice versa. That, in my view, leads to the old social terror of balkanization and to great difficulties for democracy.

I continue to believe that democracy exists, at least at one of its four corners of support, on a vibrant civil society of discourse, in which folk read some of the same stuff, and can debate the issues without refusing to listen to someone who, on other issues, does not share one's political views.

We do a reasonable job of such discussions on this thread. Not really a model; but I'm impressed that we keep plugging away.

For me to quit listening to you because your economic views are somewhat different from mine, that is the result of the a completely politicized media.
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