Comments on: The citizen’s job? Shut up and watch… http://rhetorica.net/archives/2181.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Curt http://rhetorica.net/archives/2181.html/comment-page-1#comment-1718 Curt Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:50:02 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=2181#comment-1718 I agreed with this entry at first but then after thinking about it I strongly disagreed. <a href="http://www.museworld.com/archives/001198.html" rel="nofollow">Here's why</a>. (I tried to send a trackback but it didn't seem to work.) Curt I agreed with this entry at first but then after thinking about it I strongly disagreed. Here’s why.

(I tried to send a trackback but it didn’t seem to work.)

Curt

]]> By: Hunting The Muse http://rhetorica.net/archives/2181.html/comment-page-1#comment-1719 Hunting The Muse Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:46:31 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=2181#comment-1719 <strong>Politically Useful Reporting</strong> Rhetorica: Press-Politics Journal: The citizen's job? Shut up and watch... Dr. Cline at the very excellent rhetorica makes a point... Politically Useful Reporting

Rhetorica: Press-Politics Journal: The citizen’s job? Shut up and watch… Dr. Cline at the very excellent rhetorica makes a point…

]]> By: acline http://rhetorica.net/archives/2181.html/comment-page-1#comment-1717 acline Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:09:32 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=2181#comment-1717 I gotcha, Rebecca :-) I gotcha, Rebecca :-)

]]> By: Rebecca http://rhetorica.net/archives/2181.html/comment-page-1#comment-1716 Rebecca Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:37:20 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=2181#comment-1716 I hope you understand that I was only joking about Edna and Lester's "accent"----you made your point perfectly. I certainly don't disagree with you about big media's disdain for us. I hope you understand that I was only joking about Edna and Lester’s “accent”—-you made your point perfectly. I certainly don’t disagree with you about big media’s disdain for us.

]]> By: acline http://rhetorica.net/archives/2181.html/comment-page-1#comment-1715 acline Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:12:29 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=2181#comment-1715 It seems to me that too many members of the big-time media think of the public as Ednas and Lesters. It seems to me that too many members of the big-time media think of the public as Ednas and Lesters.

]]> By: Rebecca http://rhetorica.net/archives/2181.html/comment-page-1#comment-1714 Rebecca Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:26:32 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=2181#comment-1714 Good post, Doc---but about Edna and Lester----I think you may have lived in Missouri too long! ;-) Good post, Doc—but about Edna and Lester—-I think you may have lived in Missouri too long! ;-)

]]> By: acline http://rhetorica.net/archives/2181.html/comment-page-1#comment-1713 acline Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:23:02 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=2181#comment-1713 Yes...I wonder about this every day. Yes…I wonder about this every day.

]]> By: Phaedrus http://rhetorica.net/archives/2181.html/comment-page-1#comment-1712 Phaedrus Mon, 29 Dec 2003 08:11:09 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=2181#comment-1712 "What if it were the job of a reporter to report on political experience, past performance (i.e. governance), issues of character, and (especially!) specifics of proposed policies? What if it were the job of a political reporter to be aware of voters' concerns and put such questions to candidates so that these concerns are addressed?" Why ISN'T it their job. How can we consider ourselves a democracy if people don't vote on the ISSUES, if campaigns are nothing more than "reality" shows, or horse races? “What if it were the job of a reporter to report on political experience, past performance (i.e. governance), issues of character, and (especially!) specifics of proposed policies? What if it were the job of a political reporter to be aware of voters’ concerns and put such questions to candidates so that these concerns are addressed?”

Why ISN’T it their job. How can we consider ourselves a democracy if people don’t vote on the ISSUES, if campaigns are nothing more than “reality” shows, or horse races?

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