The Question is for the MSM: Is your "alternative" the Coalition?
It is, by now, abundantly clear that many, if not all, major news organizations in the country simply don't like Harper and his confederates, who they depict as cold, uncommunicative, dismissive, and occasionally nasty.
Part of the problem, in this recent circumstance, is that the loudest media voices fallaciously equate "prorogation" with "undemocratic." The procedure may not be open, transparent and accountable -- especially as how Harper has deployed it over the past year -- but neither is it, strictly speaking, an autocratic device. It is just another widget in the constitutional toolbox. And to suggest that even its imprudent or cynical use undermines the very foundation of our commonwealth is to confess that, at some level, we can never fully trust our system of government. -Alec Bruce is a Moncton-based journalist. His column appears in this space every Tuesday and Thursday. He can be reached via www.thebrucereport.com
The Polls do not support a move to replace the current government: The Coalition Parties are not interested in seeking a mandate through a General Election, are they planning to sieze control again in 2010? The Coalition Deal is valid until June 30, 2011.
If we have a spring election will the parties of the coalition try again to subvert the democracy again?
The Mainstream media has been busy in 2009 pushing every fake scandal as a crisis as real news. The media is now pushing the use of Social Networks-Facebook as a significant "News story" while ignoring the real NEWS.
The MSM are in financial difficulties and in an attempt to bolster their viewership why not favour stories that might lead to improved ratings. Is the MSM promoting the Facebook group in hopes they riot, protest on our streets?
If we thought the low point in journalism was the "wafer" story, stay tuned. The Media have not learned their lesson.
How the media uses scare tactics to portray potentially negative news
Millions of dollars are spent annually researching ways to get you to watch today's television offerings. News outlets are no different than the latest sitcom when it comes to pursuing ratings. All consumer hot buttons are studied, not the least of which is fear. If you are a professional channel surfer like I am, you know your attention span is short. If, while flipping, you happen to get a glimpse of words like tragic, disaster, epidemic, or catastrophe, you automatically navigate to that channel for a closer look. This is no accident. The words were carefully chosen to reel you in regardless of how accurate they were. Countless times I have fallen victim to these tactics only to find the story was not that interesting.
by Creed Ratford
Bad News Sells Better Than Good News-http://forums.industryweek.com/showthread.php?t=1266
http://www.glgroup.com/News/Bad-News-Sells-4835.html
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