Stimulousa necessity: Shovel Ready......

Okay, so everyone remembers the hype that was raised on the necessity for the stimulous bill that was passed in the Congress. The messae that was most spouted throughout the media was a regurgitation from the politicians that it was a necessity to pass, with the country faces it's worse economical disaster since the great depression. Regardless of whether or not you approved of the passing of the legislation, everyone should remember the mass coverage that the media ran on the fact that these jobs were "Shovel Ready" jobs, and would take effect almost immediately. This past week, CNN ran a story that showed the contradiction to the hype leading to the passage of the bill.

On Sunday, during the show, "State of the Union" on CNN, President Obama said that it was likely that the majorit of jobs being saved or created would not come until the end of the recovery process from the recession. "I want to be clear, that probably the jobs picture is not going to improve considerably -- and it could even get a little bit worse -- over the next couple of months," Obama told CNN chief national correspondent John King. In case you missed the interview, I am prividing the link for the video:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/20/obama.king/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

Now I am not tryng to argue whether this legislative act was right or wrong, because everyone has their own view points. I bring all this up specifically because of the argument of the necessity and the influence the media has over the people paying attention to the media. It almost gives the since that if the media told people to jump off a bridge into rock spiked gorge, that the people would do as the media said. Is this te fault of the media or the falt of the people watching and reading the media. Personally I am of the type who blame the people over the media. As I grew up throughout my childhood, I was alwas taught that you do no trust what you read or see in the news. You cannot blindly follow what someone says, but you have to research and make your own decissions. That is why, regardless of what the media put out for this legislation or even that of the Health Care Bill, I will not be relying on the media to "inform" me.

Just another referrence to a debate from in the class this past week. I am one who believes in not supporting the "Fairness Doctrine". My viewpoints on that is roughly the same as above, I believe tht it is personal responsibility and parental responsibility to choose if you are able to watch or listen to a particular item that the media puts out. As I told some in class last week, I do not listen to Howard Stern or Don Imus, I personnaly cannot stand them, but it is a slippery slope that you start going down when you allow the government to start controling who gets a say and how they say it. The government should have a very limited role in curtailing the voices on radio, television, or in the papers. If you do not like something on the radio, there are plenty more channels to listen to. The same goes for television and newspapers. We are no longer living in the era of only three or four television stations.