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RE: Polarization of American Politics - 4/20/2013 5:29:22 PM

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I started reading international news sites (Akl Jazeera is still pretty good) to balance reading US papers

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RE: Polarization of American Politics - 4/20/2013 5:36:44 PM

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If yoiu want to learn what is going on with any significant issue, that is what you must do, read several different sources.

Being fluent in several languages helps too.

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RE: Polarization of American Politics - 4/20/2013 5:45:34 PM

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I believe I've recommended reading Bagdikian before.

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What CEO?

Whichever CEO is running the particular media corporation. That is traditionally how it goes right? The boss says "do this" and people more or less do.

What I know is that the "news" I see on the TV does not mach the reality I live in on the streets nor does it match the reality depicted on sites like youtube. BBC, as I said, seems to do a somewhat more credible job.

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RE: Polarization of American Politics - 4/20/2013 5:49:59 PM

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It seems the prevalence of weapons does not correlate to crime, but pollution does. So, if you are going to use fact and reason, you should probably tend to believe that guns are not crime, but pollution is.

That seems like a pretty arbitrary conclusion. The two graphs show two sets of correlations - both seemingly valid. How does fact and reason automatically negate the gun ownership data and support the lead pollution data? The pollution angle may be entirely responsible for crime rates with the level of private gun ownership a mere coincidence. I can't say from the data itself. I'm puzzled as to how anyone can conclusively. It's one thing to show a correlation between two sets of data (gun ownership levels vs crime or lead pollution levels vs. crime). It's another thing entirely to say the first resulted in the second just because of the correlation.

The gun ownership versus crime graph shows no correlation. Crime both goes and up and goes down as gun ownership increases. The lead level and crime graphs show similiar shapes over the same time period. That is not proof of causality by itself but it is enough to make further investigation worthwhile.

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RE: Polarization of American Politics - 4/20/2013 6:04:08 PM

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So remind me then, exactly which branch of the American media is her maj running?

Its either Al Majera or the Buckingham Broadcasting Company...... Hope this helps.

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RE: Polarization of American Politics - 4/20/2013 6:36:15 PM

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i aint seen no queen in her damned undies as tha fella says but reckon least theres tha buckeye cable system under thar thumb.

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