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Do you think the news media is partly to blame on bad economy?
Q. Think about it every day you only here the negative news from the media. Never anything positive. So then people get fearful and then tend to follow into the trend of the way the media wants us to go so they can report their stories of the hardships that Americans are going through. And some people are that is a fact.But most people are still doing well. I think the media should report the positive news just as much as their negative news and then people will start spending money again to boost the economy. What is your thoughts?
Asked by SteveO1608 - Sat Dec 6 09:03:44 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Yes, they instill fear in people and make people hang on to the little bit of money that they have instead of spending it. Other factors include the idiots who thought that it was a great idea to lend money to everybody to buy over priced houses that would depreciate in value soon after purchase, thereby making the loan collateral worth less than the loan. Morons with no foresight have been in charge of this country for many years, their actions are motivated by votes and feel good legislation instead of what is best for the country in the long term... and we keep electing them again and again; we get what we deserve. People vote on media ads instead of logic and principal. It will never change so long as there are no testing requirements… [cont.]
Answered by The Thinker - Sat Dec 6 09:17:47 2008

Why does our US news media rank by total medals and not by total gold medals for the Olympic games?
Q. According to the International Olympic Committee, The ranking is sorted by the number of gold medals. In a gold medal tie, the ranking is then sorted by the number of silver medals, and in a gold + silver medal tie, the ranking is then sorted by the number of bronze medals. As such, aren't most US news media, including Yahoo! Olympic coverage, intentionally misleading us when they rank by total medal instead of gold medals?
Asked by Anne - Sun Aug 17 23:19:13 2008 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Why do the US media do it this way? I don't know, but there is no logic to it and no-one else in the world does it this way. Certainly not the IOC and contrary to what someone else said - this does matter, because they are the governing body. It's not up to anyone else to determine what medals mean. The system used by the US media means that 15 Bronze medals are worth more than than 10 Gold and 4 Silver which is clearly nonsense. You could perhaps award a number of points for each type of medal, but such a system could be weighted in so many different ways that there could never be any agreement. There may be a precedent for this if you look at the New York Times article from 1912 it says that the USA won the Olympics with the most points.… [cont.]
Answered by Mintz - Tue Aug 19 15:24:11 2008

Why can't the news media figure out the difference between Crocodiles and Alligators?
Q. Yahoo News and CNN were talking about the Youtube video featuring a baby Water buffalo being attacked by Lions and then Crocodiles. And yet they all list the attack from Lions and Alligators. Are they that stupid to believe that Alligators live in Africa? The film was shot in Kruger National Park in South Africa. There are no alligators there... Don't these people check their sources?
Asked by KC - Thu Aug 9 12:39:01 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Most reporters are graduates of university-based schools of journalism. A quick check of the curriculum of these schools will show there is no core curriculum requirement for the study of geography, science, history, etc. They come away with the ability to read and write press releases. The anchors in the U.S. belong to the same trade union as Jay Leno and David Letterman: American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. As for checking sources, even the best in the industry don't do that too well. In 1988, Dan Rather hosted an award winning TV documentary entitled "The Wall Within". It purported to show how the lives of several men had been changed, physically and emotionally, by their service in Vietnam. None had ever been in… [cont.]
Answered by desertviking_00 - Thu Aug 9 12:49:44 2007