tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post418109084002788996..comments2024-01-22T03:02:52.051-08:00Comments on California Greening: Those who say no.Weshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15684763427526399228noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-88453546181590277502008-10-04T15:59:00.000-07:002008-10-04T15:59:00.000-07:00Last night's edition of Bill Moyers Journal dealt ...Last night's edition of Bill Moyers Journal dealt a lot with the trust issue, both at regards the bailout and also as regards what Biden and Palin said in their so-called debate. I think that between Brooke Gladstoneand Kathleen Hall Jamieson they really got it right. <BR/><BR/>BILL MOYERS:Speaking of the Katie Couric and Gibson interviews, Palin took a parting shot last night when she blamed her problems in those interviews on "gotcha journalism". What did you think about that?<BR/><BR/>BROOKE GLADSTONE:Well, it's so easy these days. It's the most popular target there is, the media, as a great monolith. No matter who it is that's doing the attacking, the entire media gets whacked for it. And when it isn't an attack, you still get whacked. It's very, very easy to do that. As a matter of fact, the public opinions of the med, the public's opinion of the media is a record low.<BR/><BR/>BILL MOYERS:So is of Congress and the presidency. I mean, we're in a trough here.<BR/><BR/>BROOKE GLADSTONE:And yes. And, you know, the same lack of trust across a wide range of institutions is reflected in what transpired over the bailout. But in the in the case of this, when you have and the main and brand new, actually, over the last ten years, criticism of the media is that is regarded as partisan. And if you watch television, and if you watched the post-debate quarterbacking, you would see that that is absolutely true. Depending on where you tuned in, you had a completely different assessment of how the debaters did. So if Americans feel this way about their media, that they can't trust them to get the straight facts, then an attack like that of Palin's falls on very receptive years.<BR/><BR/>....<BR/>Kathleen Hall Jamieson :Language does our thinking for us. When the public doesn't have any sense about what's really going on, this is very confusing and very complicated. Framing matters. If this is described as a taxpayer bailout of Wall Street, it's not popular. If it's described as taxpayer investing in the well-being of the economy, it's far more a more positive. Now.Weshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684763427526399228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-38998395718203766352008-10-03T13:28:00.000-07:002008-10-03T13:28:00.000-07:00I think the largest problem many of us on the left...I think the largest problem many of us on the left have with the bail-out is two fold: 1) we would see the government dealing with the underlying assets value issue by helping the people who hold the actual mortgages, car loans, etc get refinanced into something that they can pay (which would also put money in the banks so they had capitol to lend); 2) we do not trust this Congress or this Administration to get a "rescue" right and prevent further collapse. It took us years to get to this point, and it will take us years to get to a better place. The actions of the last two weeks are not aimed at years, they are aimed at the election. Not a good way to run a country.Philip H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12049875206738422083noreply@blogger.com