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To: opalapril who wrote (8467)8/30/2001 2:41:48 PM
From: Investor Clouseau  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 17683
 
>>Their primary job is to do and say whatever it takes to keep you watching the boob tube while someone else peddles dog food and detergent at you.<<

You could apply that standard to the Wall Street Journal, or any commercial media. Does that mean that all sources of information from any commercial source corrupt?

IC



To: opalapril who wrote (8467)8/30/2001 2:43:10 PM
From: BWAC  Respond to of 17683
 
<They do this by exploiting you, your anxieties, and your hopes. How else explain how (ANY OF THEM) can make their way through a segment on "what to do with your lottery winnings" without dying of abject shame and embarrassment?

Got to have a sense of morals, objectivity, professionalism, knowledge, and pride before you can even begin get to shame and embarrassment.


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