Perhaps the net is helping.

[uscitizen]

Study: Americans use Net to look beyond sound bite


Jun 15, 4:17 PM (ET)

By ANICK JESDANUN

NEW YORK (AP) - Americans dissatisfied with political sound bites are turning to the Internet for a more complete picture, a new study finds.

In a report Sunday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said that nearly 30 percent of adults have used the Internet to read or watch unfiltered campaign material - footage of debates, position papers, announcements and transcripts of speeches.

"They want to see the full-blown campaign event. They want to read the speech from beginning to end," said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew group. "It's a push back from the sound-bite culture."

Google Inc. (GOOG)'s YouTube and other video sites have become more popular. Thirty-five percent of adults have watched a political video online during the primary season, compared with 13 percent during the entire 2004 presidential race.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080615/D91ANJ380.html

 

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Goebbels used radio and newsreel films, and flew his candidate (who opposed an older war hero) to multiple cities in rapid succession

That was new technology in politics at the time.

 

[Onceler]

That's not a subtle comparison of Obama to Hitler I see, is it?

 

[Canceled.LTroll.29]

Of course not. That would be racist. Only Bush can be compared to Hitler.

 

[uscitizen]

The net might be starting to be used to search for the whole truth since MSM does not seem to be capable of presenting it.

 

[Cypress]

Study: Americans use Net to look beyond sound bite


Jun 15, 4:17 PM (ET)

By ANICK JESDANUN

NEW YORK (AP) - Americans dissatisfied with political sound bites are turning to the Internet for a more complete picture, a new study finds.

In a report Sunday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said that nearly 30 percent of adults have used the Internet to read or watch unfiltered campaign material - footage of debates, position papers, announcements and transcripts of speeches.

"They want to see the full-blown campaign event. They want to read the speech from beginning to end," said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew group. "It's a push back from the sound-bite culture."

Google Inc. (GOOG)'s YouTube and other video sites have become more popular. Thirty-five percent of adults have watched a political video online during the primary season, compared with 13 percent during the entire 2004 presidential race.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080615/D91ANJ380.html

But, then you have those who rely on Drudge, Fox News, and World Net Daily who still think we found WMD and that Iraq attacked us on 9/11

 

[uscitizen]

Yes we will always have idiots around Cypress, but I think this is a promising sign.

 

[Good Luck]

The net is most definitely helping. By providing multiple sources, media bias in both directions can be compensated by those wishing to avoid bias. Additionally, the net allows access to raw data such as congressional voting records, employment data, text of bills, etc. that was completely unheard of just a decade ago.

While I am skeptical that much of a percentage currently take advantage of what is available, that number is growing.

As TJ said, a well informed populace is essential to democracy. Today as never before we have the resources to provide for a truly well informed populace. What we need now is an education system that gives students the cognitive tools to use what is available instead of spoon feeding them whatever happens to be the current socially approved interpretation.