Thanks!
>
>Try Canada's Globe and Mail or Britain's Manchester Guardian. The
former is
>one of the finest newspapers I have ever read. Other than the city
edition
>of the New York Times, I have yet to find an American newspaper worth
>reading.
>
>Susan J. Wittrup
>Volunteer Coordinator
>Tate Geological Museum
>Casper College
>Casper WY 82604
>
>Heidi Carroll wrote:
>
>> I must admit, I am uninformed. I do not read the newspaper every
day.
>> At some point, I did receive a daily newspaper, but most of the time
>> they laid on the front steps in their plastic bags until they were
>> collected and tossed in the trash on garbage day. I also try to
avoid
>> watching the news. It is frustrating and causes a lot of stress.
What
>> ever happened to the professional journalist? It seems anymore that
>> news companies are hiring fewer educated journalists, perhaps to save
>> money. I open a newspaper only to find tons of mistakes,
particularly
>> grammatical ones. These people can't seem to write a complete
sentence.
>> Most of the articles make absolutely no sense - with both incomplete
>> sentences and bad grammar, they seem to lack significant information
>> that would clarify the article. What college, if any, did these
people
>> attend that they did not even learn basic English language. I
realize
>> that many of us speak it daily, but that does not mean that we use it
>> correctly. There is nothing less professional in this type of job
than
>> not having a solid grasp of the language.
>> I also find it very frustrating the way the news sensationalizes
>> everything. Just give me all of the facts - no slants, no biased
>> opinions, no taking sides - just the facts. I have yet to find a
>> newspaper or newsprogram that gives the facts without
sensationalizing
>> them, without trying to sway readers, that gives all sides of a
story.
>> Example: Lately on my local news, there has been a story of a police
>> officer that shot a man. The officer is being investigated again.
The
>> news is making a big deal out of this 4 year old event making the
police
>> officer sound corrupt and racist. But the fact that the victim was
>> fleeing, running from the cop, in a stolen vehicle no less, has been
>> downplayed quite a bit. And of course the reason the police officer
>> shot the man was because the victim was a minority, not because he
was a
>> criminal running from the law. If I am not mistaken, fleeing is a
>> shootable offense. Personally, I'm tired of this story and really
don't
>> care about it anymore. Enough!
>> I suspect that this is why many people choose not to read the
>> newspapers. They are frustrated with bad journalism, bad grammar,
and
>> blatant sensationalism.
>> Thank you for reading my rant. If anyone knows of the kind of
>> newspaper or news program that I would want to read, please let me
know
>> about it. I would like to be informed, just with lower blood
pressure.
>> H. Carroll
>>
>> >
>> >You wrote: Isn't that why we still read different newspapers?
>> >
>> >Don't we wish! Twenty percent of the U.S. population reads a
newspaper
>> on
>> >a daily basis. That figure drops to fifteen percent in Texas. I
ask
>> just
>> >about everyone with I come in contact, if they read a newspaper
every
>> day.
>> > I am astonished at how many do not; even more so when I ask if they
>> read a
>> >weekly news magazine. How on earth can people make informed
decisions
>> if
>> >they do not read?
>> >
>> >
>> >------
>> >Robert Handy
>> >Brazoria County Historical Museum
>> >100 East Cedar
>> >Angleton, Texas 77515
>> >(409) 864-1208
>> >museum_bob
>> >[log in to unmask]
>> >http://www.bchm.org
>>
>> >Subject: Re: Your TOP EVENT / DECISION that shape
>> >
>> >Interesting point. I would like to get cable just so that I can
brush
>> up
>> >on my Greek by watching Antenna straight out of Athens, but it comes
>> with
>> >20 other channels I could care less about, so I am still holding
>> strong,
>> >no cable in my house. I do watch ABC News but I also switch to PBS
to
>> >listen to the BBC to learn more about world events and to get a
>> different
>> >slant on things. Switching from the visual media, Isn't that why we
>> >still read different newspapers? To get different viewpoints?
That's
>> >why TV really hasn't been the greatest invention, you can still tune
it
>> >out.
>> >
>> >O
>> >Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
>> >Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
>> >18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
>> >Yorba Linda, CA 92886
>> >(714) 993-5075 ext. 224; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>> >
>> >On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:18:39 -0400 Jane Sproull Thomson
>> ><[log in to unmask]> writes:
>> >>I find it kind of interesting that the major events you mention all
>> >>happened
>> >>in the US. One of the reasons I had our cable disconnected was
that
>> >>my sons
>> >>seemed to be getting the impression, since most cable stations are
US
>> >>based,
>> >>that all world events happen in the US, and if it didn't happen in
the
>> >>US it
>> >>wasn't important. Now we only watch the CBC news, which gives us a
>> >>Canadian
>> >>slant on events worldwide and uses BBC as well as ABC news reports.
>> >>Many
>> >>Americans take this dominance for granted...many of you probably
don't
>> >>know
>> >>that at this moment, the US and Canada are engaged in a trade
dispute
>> >>over
>> >>Canada's most recent attempt to protect its cultural industries
>> >>internally,
>> >>and the US's insistence that we have no right to do this.
>> >>What role do museums have in resisting cultural imperialism? Should
we
>> >>even try?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>At 10:44 AM 03/02/99 -0600, you wrote:
>> >>>In my opinion the invention of the Television changed everything.
No
>> >>>longer did people have to rely on print or word of mouth the learn
of
>> >>>events throughout the country or world. We could watch Kennedy
being
>> >>>assasinated unlike those who learned of Lincoln's death. We could
>> >>watch
>> >>>the horrors of the Vietnam war instead of listening to reports
over
>> >>the
>> >>>radio. The television puts us at the delivery of septuplets and
the
>> >>>doorstep of death penalty vigils. I believe that with the TV's
>> >>delivered
>> >>>to our home brought more immediate knowledge than had ever been
>> >>known,
>> >>>even those who are illiterate in this day and time can remain
>> >>>knowledgeable through the TV; but we also lost our cultural
>> >>innocence.
>> >>> How much good news is reported in comparison to the amount of
bad.
>> >>How
>> >>>many comparisons to the violence on television to the rise in
>> >>violence
>> >>>involving our youth, i.e. school murders in Jonesboro, Arkansas,
do
>> >>we
>> >>>hear. There are people today who do not have computers but how
many
>> >>>homes do not have TV's?
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>>From: Roger Smith
>> >>>Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 4:08 AM
>> >>>To: [log in to unmask]
>> >>>Subject: Your TOP EVENT / DECISION that shaped th
>> >>>
>> >>>With Millennium 'madness' looming, I thought it might be rather
fun
>> >>to
>> >>>invite LIST members and individuals to submit their pick of a
single
>> >>>event
>> >>>or decision that, in their opinion, made the most impact upon this
>> >>>Century?
>> >>>
>> >>>The recommendations no doubt will be purely subjective ( perhaps a
>> >>trifle
>> >>>quirky) and should come with a short sentence of justification!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>The responses will be collated and published in the April edition
of
>> >>>GLOBAL
>> >>>MUSEUM ( in the FORUM section).
>> >>>To save bandwidth, could I invite you to mail your contribution
off
>> >>the
>> >>>list
>> >>>to:
>> >>>[log in to unmask]
>> >>>
>> >>>I am picking we will have a wide range of choices and l Iook
forward
>> >>to
>> >>>receiving the nominations
>> >>>
>> >>>Roger
>> >>>
>> >>>http://www.globalmuseum.org
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>Jane Sproull Thomson
>> >>
>> >
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