Time to call a spade a spade. Time to take responsibility for your actions. Regardless of your master.

It will be amazing how quickly spin dissapears and rationalization sets in. Suddenly you will remember those that have been wronged because you thought it was safe and was good for business.

Beware!!!!!

-- Scarlet Pimpernell (Paradise@thebeach.com), January 20, 2000

Answers

huh?

someone gotta butterfly net?

-- Hokie (Hokie_@hotmail.com), January 20, 2000.

Hokie,

Just trying to put some of my anger at the press in perspective. It goes on and on every day. Makes me furious. CNBC in particular.

If those who are invested could see the obvious manipulation, they would scream bloody murder.

I don't know any other way to bring it to public attention other than to display my righteous indignation.

Cheers,

-- Scarlet Pimpernell (Paradise@thebeach.com), January 20, 2000.

Hokie. I have no idea what SP is inflamed about.

SP...The press take responsiblity for their actions?? Get serious!!! The press has ALWAYS been at least heaily influenced by government and big business. Even when they were right about the cause of the Vietnam War (business and the arms dealers), they went at it wrong. Instead of exposing the almost ludicrous profit levels of the industrial suppliers, they instead opted to 'spin' the body counts and speak of 'the poor misunderstood peasants' we were fighting. I really don't know what set you off but honestly, do you think a tiger could change his stripes??? I know a lot of reporters/media types and there are very dang few I am willing to call friend. Most I really don't want to associated with socially. The current crop of media people that I know are for the most part selfish, self-centered, egotistical assholes that no one can trust a secret to.

Check out the real world. If you think that the individuals that get not only their copy but their livelihood from TPTB would bite the hand, then maybe you need some other type of drugs.

-- Lobo (atthelair@yahoo.com), January 20, 2000.

SP obviously our posts crossed. Yes, you're right. What can you do about it? Not one dang thing. Not a damn thing has changed since my first trip courtesy of Uncle Sam in 1962. The press still trumpets information found in press releases like it was found engraved in the holy grail. Do they have a clue? Yep. It's just a lot harder to do the job right and most of the press doesn't have the guts for hard work.

Peace, brother.

-- Lobo (atthelair@yahoo.com), January 20, 2000.

Lobo,

Well basically I expect the press to report the news, regardless of which group it benefits. Being nieve, thats what sets me off.

Cheers,

-- Scarlet Pimpernell (Paradise@thebeach.com), January 20, 2000.

Our delectable Oz media is homogenized and pasteurised to make it palatable to the consumer who demands standard and a sameness sterility. We learned it from the Yankee capitalists with big yellow arches and fried chook in 13 different spices. We just can't get enough!!!! Keep it up. What Cuban boy? Is there only one of 'em? What're yer all ranting on about? Where's my blancmange?

-- Pieter (zaadz@icisp.net.au), January 20, 2000.

If the media came out and said what you wanted them to say and it was inaccurate information, do you think they would remain on TV? Their careers would be over! Do you realize that millions of dollars would be lost in an instant? Since we're on the media's case, go here to see what they were saying back in 1929, right before the crash!

http://sac.uky.edu/~msunde00/hon202/p4/before.html

So you see Scarlet, the media hasn't changed one bit. Only a few insiders got out before TSHTF and that's just the way life it.

-- bardou (bardou@baloney.com), January 20, 2000.

Bardoul,

so, thats the way it is. So I should let my friends go broke, because thats the way it is. Thankyou, I feel much better now.

The connections between now and 1929 is exactly what I'm screaming about. I don't believe CNBC was suggesting daily that people stay in stocks in 1929 to put it softly.

Some people depend on CNBC to give them accurate investment information. Some people depend on it for their lives.

-- Scarlet Pimpernell (Paradise@thebeach.com), January 21, 2000.

Well anyone who depends on a friggin TV commentator to "save their financial life," deserves to lose everything. How about researching this stuff yourself on the internet and take responsibility for your own actions and investments. And yes, let your friends go broke. If they don't have the brains to figure it out for themselves then yes, that just the way that it is.

-- bardou (bardou@baloney.com), January 21, 2000.

Whoops, sorry SP,

I sometimes ascent to great depth and assent. Trying to collate a dossier for my local member of Parliament regarding current issues. Doesn't like what I just told him.

Once again sorry ol' chap. Nothing's easy but mockery. Swallowed an idiot pill in 1987 and still doing cold time. Mixed it up with some journalist yesterday. Improving humour.

Y2K is a figment. Editor said. A proficient Hottentot has spoken.

Regards from OZ

-- Pieter (zaadz@icisp.net.au), January 21, 2000.

Joe Sixpack should take responsibility for refusing to watch anything other than Happy Face Soundbite News. Stop blaming the market for supplying what Joe demands.

-- Servant (public_service@yahoo.com), January 21, 2000.