>The news on that site is not filtered in any way? Or perhaps it passes
>through a different filter.
>
>Geoff


Exactly - Geoff!

I think "filtered" depends upon your perception.  A conservative will think 
CNN is filtered - a liberal will think Fox News is filtered. The best thing 
to do is to read, listen, and truly try to understand information from a 
wide range of sources - then filter it yourself.  That is one of the truly 
great qualities of our country - we have that option.

Just my thoughts.

Louri Caldwell
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602

>From: Geoff McAuliffe 
>To: Barry Rittman 
>CC: histology 
>Subject: Re: OT 2
>Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:02:11 -0400
>
>Barry Rittman wrote:
>
> > It has been obvious to many of us for many years that the news that we
> > americans receive is filtered. I feel that the media in general have the
> > perception that we are not interested in things that are going on in
> > other countries and therefore report only those items that are
> > "sensation news". Harry Reasoner noted this and said that the media have
> > a larger responsibility and that their perception is incorrect. (This
> > kind of reminds me of the women's clothes that appear each season in the
> > stores. I'm sure that some market research is carried out but unless
> > going to exclusive stores, the manufacturers decide what colors and
> > styles will be in. I don't remember anyone asking my wife what clothes
> > she would be intercede in buying on a continuing basis).
> > The New York Times is somewhat better than local papers and does deal
> > with international news and issues. I heard that internet subscriptions
> > to non US newspapers had increased dramatically in recent months. I
> > think that we  should make our feelings about this filtering of new
> > known to our news media.
> > An interesting site you may wish to visit is
> >
> > http://www.indoamerican-news.com
> >
> > This newspaper  is published in Houston and has articles about all sorts
> > of items, food (my personal favorite), religion, lifestyles and events
> > occurring in India, Pakistan, Ceylon. It also has events occurring in
> > Houston and other areas of US that are of interest to these cultures -
> > and also  perhaps to us.
> > Please consider visiting this site.
> > Barry
>
>The news on that site is not filtered in any way? Or perhaps it passes
>through a different filter.
>
>Geoff
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