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To: FaultLine who wrote (96891)	5/2/2003 5:01:15 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I didn't think for a minute that what I saw was some sort of orchestrated propaganda inspired by he-who-must-not-be-named. It does strike me as being part of a pattern that has become more evident with the expansion of available news sources: the treatment of news as a quest for affirmation, not information. It seems to me that a large and growing number of people care less about quality and intellectual rigor than about having their own opinions tossed back at them. Who cares if the interviewer has the intellect of a cauliflower and reduces every question to the level of debate you'd expect in a barbershop, if the talking head gives the answers the listener wants to hear? Who cares if the blogger dives into logic-defying leaps from unsubstantiated assumption to dubious conclusion, if the prejudice aligns with yours, it's all on the money. It's a strange way to approach information, and not a terribly productive one. Nothing to be done about it, of course. The good stuff is all out there, but nobody can be forced to read something that might challenge their established opinions. You can lead a horse to water....