Comments on: Voting http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/19/voting/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:29:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Paul http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/19/voting/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Paul Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:39:32 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/19/voting/#comment-33 Regarding your comment that the media will always be biased towards the money, I wonder if we aren't at the beginning of a reversal of this. The big media cover the small media, to some extent. As it becomes easier and cheaper to join the media (blogging, more TV channels, podcasting, etc.), perhaps money and media will begin to separate over the next decade. On the other hand, the right wingers seem to be more educated and motivated than the left wingers, and splitting M&M may prove harder than atom splitting. Regarding your comment that the media will always be biased towards the money, I wonder if we aren’t at the beginning of a reversal of this. The big media cover the small media, to some extent. As it becomes easier and cheaper to join the media (blogging, more TV channels, podcasting, etc.), perhaps money and media will begin to separate over the next decade. On the other hand, the right wingers seem to be more educated and motivated than the left wingers, and splitting M&M may prove harder than atom splitting.

]]> By: erik http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/19/voting/comment-page-1/#comment-32 erik Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:32:16 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/19/voting/#comment-32 I agree. The Conservatives are <i>excellent</i> politicians. They have to be to get the power that they enjoy, considering their minority status. The Liberal politicians aren't very good because they don't have to be to get into power because they can get power by simply being slightly more liberal than the opposition. This is why the Liberal option that you have on the ballot is so terrible. Political excellence is not demanded of them. The media, unfortunately, will always be biased towards where the money comes from. I haven't figured out how to solve that problem yet. :-) I agree. The Conservatives are excellent politicians. They have to be to get the power that they enjoy, considering their minority status.

The Liberal politicians aren’t very good because they don’t have to be to get into power because they can get power by simply being slightly more liberal than the opposition. This is why the Liberal option that you have on the ballot is so terrible. Political excellence is not demanded of them.

The media, unfortunately, will always be biased towards where the money comes from. I haven’t figured out how to solve that problem yet. :-)

]]> By: hubbers http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/19/voting/comment-page-1/#comment-31 hubbers Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:24:50 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/19/voting/#comment-31 There could be other reasons that the conservatives are in the news more when they are in opposition. 1. They are better politicians. It is the primary job of elected people to be good at getting elected. A big part of that is using the media to air their concerns. It could just be that at this moment in time that the conservatives in Spain have better politicians or have better media people. 2. The media could be biased. Could this have something to do with the fact that the media is owned by the rich and powerful people? There could be other reasons that the conservatives are in the news more when they are in opposition.

1. They are better politicians. It is the primary job of elected people to be good at getting elected. A big part of that is using the media to air their concerns. It could just be that at this moment in time that the conservatives in Spain have better politicians or have better media people.
2. The media could be biased. Could this have something to do with the fact that the media is owned by the rich and powerful people?

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