HW: Tour Shirts

[Tim]

My 2 Cents Worth (in 1971 dollars)
 Vote freely and often!
tim 8>)...
mark von bargen wrote:
 >
 > Mike Holmes and nick Medford wrote:
 > > Of course I don't imagine that everyone who reads the tabloids is stupid,
 > > any more than I imagine that everyone with a university education, say, is
 > > highly intelligent. I do however believe that the style and content of
 > mass
 > > media in general is very much geared to reinforcing and maintaining a
 > > particular social and cultural climate.
 >
 > I reckon that's inevitable though. A tabloid newspaper is in essence a
 > mixture of gossip and entertainment and in order to sell, or even be
 > taken for free amongst those which get their revenue from advertising,
 > will have to reflect the tastes and interests of their readership. A
 > certain amount of cultural leading and even conciousness raising might
 > occasionally be possible, but mostly people just want to be entertained.
 > Newspapers are literall, disposable entertainment.
 >
 > And then, sometimes, they just print outrageous lies because they think that
 > they can get away with it. Like the sun did about 15 years and one week ago.
 >
 > Mark