tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post2793935061437388797..comments2024-03-09T05:38:40.298-08:00Comments on Nemesis: Victory!stormnemesishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11176778911355352751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-69869092988212990012010-11-03T16:55:05.720-07:002010-11-03T16:55:05.720-07:00You know, sometimes I'm against nuance...in te...You know, sometimes I'm against nuance...in terms of journalism I think there should be one motive: to find the truth through an examination of facts. This entails understanding motivations as well. There is no room for reporting X said Y...unless you then go on to investigate the truth of the claim--NOT just ask an ideologically opposite respondent the same question. We need to DISCOVER stormnemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176778911355352751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-47067386063261106632010-11-03T15:45:12.428-07:002010-11-03T15:45:12.428-07:00I regret the media often paint stories black/white...I regret the media often paint stories black/white. Having spent many years reporting, there's no true two-sided issue. Nuances are everything, and never reported very well or thoroughly.jfulfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06920520929216126172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-12474652184923757762010-11-03T06:10:11.007-07:002010-11-03T06:10:11.007-07:00I don't know enough of politics--I assume, if ...I don't know enough of politics--I assume, if Rick Perlstein is right in his Nixonland, that the worm turned at that point and politics became far more "us v them" rather than the elected reps actually representing a demographic concerned with social issues and economic issues endemic to their "place" and motivated by local issues. WE all argue "nationally" now stormnemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176778911355352751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-39561204175963199312010-11-03T05:32:37.963-07:002010-11-03T05:32:37.963-07:00Isn't this exactly what politics has become, u...Isn't this exactly what politics has become, us vs. them, blue vs. red? Our sports are oddly barbaric and simplistic if you think about it, well mostly thinking about football. Teams defend their land, the other team tries to aggressively take over that space. Isn't this what we do to each other as a society, and what our country does on a larger global scale? It would be interesting to sstuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01045640613199854533noreply@blogger.com