Comments on: The Mainstream Media Model

By: Ginger

Ginger — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:03:33 +0000

Well said, Dave! Other than the statement about Dion being a shoo-in for next PM I wholeheartedly concur with your analysis of the mainstream media. I really enjoy your environmental posts, even though they are often quite heavy. Thanks for speaking out so articulately.

By: Linda

Linda — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:10:50 +0000

Good heavens, Patrick — if the media “lie and subvert the truth,” how do you account for their recent(and unrelenting) preaching on Kyoto? I think this is all distortion, but I am guessing that you are not. Also — I don’t quite follow your logic. How is “tearing the system down” accomplishing something for the environment? I should have thought that the state of the environment would mean very little in the context of a real revolution . . . guns and all that. I think the solution is to get people to care about the environment, rather than to destroy their livlihood.

By: patrick

patrick — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:47:50 +0000

the ‘mainstream media’ can be more usefully called the capitalist media and they are doing exactly what they are supposed to…lie and subvert the truth in order to make money and keep the status quo of power. relying on them to report the truth is wishful thinking and misinterprets what they are their to do. also, i’m interested in this ‘survey’ of canadians found. if we ARE environmentalists, then why don’t we do something about it? being an environmentalist doesn’t mean saying environment is a priority and then acting otherwise or only making environmental choices ‘all else being equal’. if we were all environmentalists, we would be in the streets en masse tearing this system down.

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:57:23 +0000

“We always and overwhelmingly supported Kyoto, no matter what Harper would have you believe.” I think you are wrong about this. Kyoto is highly controversial. Many people perceive that the IPCC is so politicized that it has lost credibility, and that Kyoto is unworkable and will do nothing to alleviate global warming. In my view, Harper’s letter is right on target, but this is an issue about which one dare not speak the truth. It reminds me of H.G. Wells’ wonderful short story. “The Country of the Blind”:www.online-literature.com/wellshg/3/ . I cannot think of a better way to explain the current hysteria over CO2 and the unquestioning belief that Kyoto will save the planet. Do not make the mistake of assuming that questioning the global warming thesis and rejecting Kyoto are to be equated with a lack of concern for the environment. It’s a bit silly to suggest that in view of his comments re Kyoto,Harper has a “long standing loathing for the environment.” Harper is a politician and he will do what the public presses him to do. Dion is the same. They are BOTH driven by political expediency (they would have no hope of being elected if they were not). Beyond that, I think it is presumptuous to make judgments about their personal motivations. I also think that you are somewhat premature in designating Dion as a “shoo-in for next PM.” Let’s wait and see.