02-10-2012, 05:14 PM
I truly HATE this idea.
Why ?
Because the n00z media will happily take little snippets and make the SCOTUS look pretty much however they want.
That sort of practice and C-SPAN turned Congress into a building filled with nothing more than sound bites. Reasonable discourse ? GONE. Ability to make a good point ? GONE.
Transcripts are appropriate... media can do what the want with that.
All of you have seen situations where two media outlets broadcast a story on the same event or speech, and it looks like two completely different things happened with completely different results.
Transparency is just fine. Hooray ! But when the transparent information is then filtered through crap-colored glasses before the American Public can see it... not so good.
Why ?
Because the n00z media will happily take little snippets and make the SCOTUS look pretty much however they want.
That sort of practice and C-SPAN turned Congress into a building filled with nothing more than sound bites. Reasonable discourse ? GONE. Ability to make a good point ? GONE.
Transcripts are appropriate... media can do what the want with that.
All of you have seen situations where two media outlets broadcast a story on the same event or speech, and it looks like two completely different things happened with completely different results.
Transparency is just fine. Hooray ! But when the transparent information is then filtered through crap-colored glasses before the American Public can see it... not so good.