Re: disgraceful media/Palin-Africa story
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Posted by PK on 10:57:04 2008/11/13
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disgraceful media/Palin-Africa story posted by HenryW
I despair over the proliferation of deceptions, lies, invention, contrived distortions, and general BS that has become a normal part of public discourse. It creates a highly dysfunctional democracy, as it loses its ability to discriminate and make intelligent decisions. Democracy is becoming the battle ground of the self-serving - not historically unique perhaps, but so rampant that vast amounts of energy and resources are devoted to disclaiming, refuting, and defending information and even reputations.
This Martin Eisenstadt fraud seems to be one of those "Look at me! See how clever I am!" deals that should be actionable. What incredible damage can be done by smart-asses in the blogosphere.
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