Entitlement
“ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Conservatives watch Fox news. Liberals watch MSNBC. According to veteran television journalist Ted Koppel, Americans are increasingly choosing news outlets that they believe match their own opinions. Koppel . . . said Americans feel like they are entitled to this type of news. It could spell disaster for the country, he said, much like Americans’ sense of entitlement to wealth led to the current financial crisis. ‘I think we have gone totally nuts on the issue of entitlement. We want news that resonates our own pre-held opinions. … That is the worst possible recipe for a country that prides itself in democracy.’”
—Ted Koppel, former anchor and managing editor
of ABC’s Nightline, in Poynter Institute speech,
Monday (9/14) Click here.
of ABC’s Nightline, in Poynter Institute speech,
Monday (9/14) Click here.
(Thanks to alert WORDster Ellen Hogan)
Editor’s note: Of course. Who said this—Reston? Apple? .... “How do I know what I think until I read what I wrote?”
Over the transom: So what’s to debate???Council debates nudity, chickens
BY AMY CALDER
Staff Writer
Kennebec Journal (Maine)
(Thanks to alert WORDster Ruth E. Pease)
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Alert WORDster Javan Kienzle observes:
ReplyDelete“I don't know what I think until I see what I say.”
This title is a declaration by the novelist Edward Morgan Forster. . .
http://www.pinofiermonte.com/2008/03/i-dont-know-what-i-think-until-i-see.html
Where you get this photo of me as an infant at bathtime?!?!!!
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