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To: Neocon who wrote (19105)	5/17/2000 6:20:00 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

OK, you said, >>I do not think that there is anything wrong with ensuring that those with no special background will pay attention, understand, and recall a presentation. If there is nothing wrong with using a mnemonic device like ROY G BIV, there is nothing wrong with fancy multi- media devices to help people learn......<< Now I guess I should clarify again, that I was speaking about the mass news media (TV specifically). Perhaps we should have Leonardo Di Caprio read the news, I'm sure that would get attention. Or perhaps Pamela Anderson. The point is that it is up to the news consumer to find reliable sources and frequent them. Any news organization that employs techniques to "cast the widest net", imo becomes suspect by definition. (Are they trying to inform the populace for the sake of an informed electorate or are they trying to garner the best rating to enhance the bottom line, "if it bleeds, it leads") You said that most people are "very, very ignorant" and that may be true, but if so, it is a form of "willful" ignorance that using fancy media techniques will only foster. ("See, I'm informed I just watched 48 Hours!") I didn't watch "Free to Choose", did you watch "Shoah" or "The Civil War"? I think those were two of the most educational series ever presented on TV. The were both compelling and thought provoking, neither relied on multi-media techniques other than the spoken word and still shots of photos and engravings. I will grant you that such productions would appeal only to those inclined to further their knowledge of history. Perhaps neither was a "ratings" success, I don't know. But I would certainly hate to see those productions done using the production values you are espousing. <edit> You don't have to respond, I think I understand you're coming from,as do you me. We'll just agree to disagree. <gee, I made a little rhyme...>

To: Neocon who wrote (19105)	5/17/2000 11:38:00 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Neo Thought this bit of trivia would be interesting to you. It's from Camile Paglia's latest column at salon.com The Roman emperor Caligula never made his horse Incitatus a consul. This is another academic myth (cf. Nero, the violin and the burning of Rome). In the two surviving sources Suetonius (LV. 3) and Cassius Dio (LIX 14.7), Caligula only plans to make the horse a consul, but does not in fact carry out this plan. Apparently this misconception began with Gladstone and Disraeli and mutual slanders. I hope this helps.