tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post36346479306785089..comments2023-10-19T10:21:32.190-05:00Comments on In Other Words: The Changing Role of the Media, Circa 1975Paul Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00974655628067266530noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post-66211130226142686092007-05-15T14:00:00.000-05:002007-05-15T14:00:00.000-05:00Nah, I'd never do the crossword puzzles. Ruins th...Nah, I'd never do the crossword puzzles. Ruins the value of the issue.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, the Trans-O-Gram in the back of National Review was a must every week!<BR/><BR/>(By the way, I thought your more serious remarks were right on.)<BR/><BR/>MitchellOur Wordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188506164399989250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post-32876939458245739922007-05-15T12:32:00.000-05:002007-05-15T12:32:00.000-05:00Mitchell: I think with freedom of speech also come...Mitchell: I think with freedom of speech also comes an obligation to speak responsibly. You are correct in that anyone can have an opinion and that everyone does. The problem is not that, seemingly, everyone is voicing their opinion these days, it's that people are not thinking or researching what they say first. Nor, do they care that they didn't.<BR/><BR/>I think that the public used to hold it's speakers and writers more accountable when they were caught saying something incorrect or just plain wrong. Now, that WE, the public ARE the speakers we don't hold each other to the same standard. Nor do we hold the "professional" speakers like newspaper reporters, celebrities, politicians to the standard anymore either.<BR/><BR/>In many ways, we are a nation of gossip columnists. I think <I>Weekly World News</I> is more credible sometimes then the junk that passes for reporting in the major dailies.<BR/><BR/>I'd forgotten that the network newscasts used to be devoid of commercials. Oh, the good old days....<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you aren't just doing the crossword puzzles in those old <I>T.V. Guides</I>, Mitchell!Cathy_of_Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795566831031491371noreply@blogger.com