Isn't Whiskey the true folk spirit?

I agree with Catspaw on the issue of priorities, but I would suggest that it is an almost direct result of the Profumo affair (Remember Christine Keeler), The press discovered that people were more interested in the personalities involved and in getting a thrill from hearing about their .. (dare I say it)... SEX-LIVES!!!!!!! than in knowing about the political implications.

At least with watergate the press showed intelligence by exposing political subterfuge on quite a sinister level.

Since Profumo, the owners of the media have been dumbing down information so as to make as much money as possible.

Advertisers in Newspapers are now gettig an editorial say as well, so we are less likely to see stories about corporate crimes, and it isn't good PR to have your ad next to a story about aids. It makes a lot more sense to have it beside pictures of glamorous models. Hence less stories about "nasty" things, more trite columnists, more cartoons, and more Lifestyle Shite, because the advertisers want it like that.

Pubic hairs in coca-cola tins appeal to peoples fetish driven imaginations. If this were not true, people would buy publications with a bit more serious content.

It drives me mad to see people allowing themselves to remain uninformed, and it drives me mad to see the media making a profit by exploiting apathy.

Nothing annoys me more than apathy masquerading as "a political viewpoint".

Wars, crime, technological advancement, health, education, environmental degradation, 30% of Miami under the UN poverty line, and still all we here on the news is "Well, I wanna know if the president f***ed somebody, and I wanna know the details about the jism on her dress".

Thank F**K for things like the Mudcat.

lox