Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”
by AnthonyMouse on Sunday July 07, 2013 @11:12PM
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A huge, enormous part of this is having a vigilant press. It's impossible for everyone to individually do investigative reporting on every relevant issue. You may be able to shame people into reading good investigative reporting but first somebody has to write it. That is really where we've failed today: People get their news from outlets that run stories about Obama's birth certificate and what color Phil Zimmerman's lawyer's tie is and what a shame it is that the cops have dirty shotguns (never mind that the dirt is the blood of innocent civilians' innocent puppies) so now we had better give them a trillion more dollars for additional military surplus equipment or the terrorists will win.
Job One should really be to solve the problem that the most popular news network is also the most factually inaccurate.
Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”
by swordswinger12 on Monday July 08, 2013 @03:29AM
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>Phil Zimmerman
Did you maybe mean George Zimmerman? That would be a more topical example of media stupidity.
That was the case at other times and places too. And their solution to that, was to shame citizens that only cared for what's economically beneficial.
The solution is to make active participation in politics (= active citizenship) a virtue that people want to be identified with in the same way being "in fashion", "in shape" or "rich" is one.
Of course we have the contrary. Active participation is actually discouraged -- except if you are a career politician.