Post by midcan5 on Feb 7, 2010 12:37:17 GMT -5
MSM today fails to tell the real story when it comes to critical issues, they reflect on personalities and interests rather than clear reasoning on why something is good or bad. Talking heads contradict each other and in the end nothing is very clear.
'Why do people often vote against their own interests?'
'Drew Westen argues that stories rather than facts convince voters.'
"The Republicans' shock victory in the election for the US Senate seat in Massachusetts meant the Democrats lost their supermajority in the Senate. This makes it even harder for the Obama administration to get healthcare reform passed in the US.
Political scientist Dr David Runciman looks at why there is often such deep opposition to reforms that appear to be of obvious benefit to voters."
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8474611.stm
An Aggregation of Nincompoops - democrats are too damn....
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/01/27/an_aggregation_of_nincompoops
'Why do people often vote against their own interests?'
'Drew Westen argues that stories rather than facts convince voters.'
"The Republicans' shock victory in the election for the US Senate seat in Massachusetts meant the Democrats lost their supermajority in the Senate. This makes it even harder for the Obama administration to get healthcare reform passed in the US.
Political scientist Dr David Runciman looks at why there is often such deep opposition to reforms that appear to be of obvious benefit to voters."
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8474611.stm
An Aggregation of Nincompoops - democrats are too damn....
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/01/27/an_aggregation_of_nincompoops