The things I have learned today! First, I was reading the Sac Bee and ran across a column by Rick Kushman, the TV guy. He reported that a survey of news content found that the Daly Show had the same amount of actual news content as the broadcast (serious) news shows. Somehow, I already knew that.
And in the Chico News and Review I read a street interview feature where one question is posed for 6 different and somewhat randomly chosen citizens. The question was, “Are we doing enough to support young people?” and I was pleasantly surprised to read that two people felt that not enough attention was given to the arts and too much was given to sports. “Right on!”
Then there was an article reporting on the recent speech (Laxson Auditorium) by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Some tidbits from his speech;
Only 10 percent of Americans now read newspapers. Thirty percent say their primary source of news is talk radio? (So that means that 30% of Americans are idiots? Hmm...could be.)
A sizeable majority of soldiers serving in Iraq believe they are there to punish Saddam Hussein for the 9/11 attack. (Now that’s scary! Did they get that info from talk radio?)
There was a crowd of 1,200 there to hear him…another “Right on!”
There was some comedy in the news as well, as a columnist poked fun at the recent winners in the “Best of Chico” contest. I had to agree…how could Starbucks win anything? And Casa Ramos? You must be kidding!
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