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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: carranza2 who wrote (17994)5/8/2006 12:22:54 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 543351
 
However, some people have the ability to gather a large mass of material and somehow make sense of it

You and I shouldn't have to do that much work. Folks in a better position to do it--academics, media, think tanks, self-styled experts, government, etc. should do it for us and put the rationale and the bottom line out there where we can find it without having to sift through so much crap. As for the no-name pundits, if they are loud and controversial, they get names and they crowd out the useful stuff that might otherwise find its way into the media. I can sift through material in arenas where I have some expertise. I'm not about to get a degree in environmental science just so I can sort through a political issue.

I blame the folks who turn everything into a political issue and dumb it down while turning up the volume in the process. And the people who encourage them. You can be an apologist for them if you like but I'm not buying it.
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