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How come everyone in the media is reporting such dire consequences? Do they plan to scare people? Why can't they just motivate people. Suggest things that need to be done, what changes need to be made, instead of criticizing everything? I think it's not the time to go over the same things over and over again, it's time to try and get back on our feet again. And the media should be ashamed of not playing an integral part in it.

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Ebert isn't "the media"; he's an esteemed American writer writing what he's thinking. Do you think that people called Mencken "the media" last century? Maybe.

I had hoped that once "t3h 3v1l Rethuglican" was [headed] out of office, the media might find time for good news. So far, not so much. I think the media is Democrat-biased (well, based on surveys "think" isn't really the right word), but that bias is now dwarfed by their need to generate sturm und drang to keep the eyeballs on them.

In addition, how much of this pessimism is real, and how much is caused by the fact that the people setting the agenda, the media, are all seeing their careers go down the tubes since long before Sept of this year, and with no real prospect of seeing any great benefit from a economic recovery even were it to happen magically tomorrow? Tough question. Their foul mood and their need to keep our attention is certainly a recipe for them to see the worst in everything.

Ever read "State of Fear" It's a largely fictional novel but the story is based around the premise that politicians and the media derive their power and influence from fear.

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=uUwGgbf95woC&...

Once it becomes more widespread, start buying.

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