Per the endorsement, Major Moves and the timezone fiasco are two of Bosma’s “impressive” accomplishments. No mention of the Christian revivals he was conducting at the start of House business. Just sayin’.
From the Indianapolis perspective, those were decent accomplishments. The time line remains firmly in someone else’s back yard, and they get roads built with money extracted from motorists of Northern Indiana. What’s not to like?
I don’t think it is right for Media moguls to sponsor candidates because this gets into the whole issue of media controlling people. If I wasn’t a well informed resident of Indiana and read the Star as the Bible, I would vote for those who the Star endorses just because I hold the Star in high regards. I don’t think this is right. It may be within guidelines, but I don’t think this was a smart ethical move for the staff of the Star. Just one man’s opinion.
You make an interesting proposal to an old entry. :)
It may be worth noting that if news reporting agencies were 501(c)3 organizations, they’d be prohibited from endorsing political candidates.
Maybe it’s not on the horizon now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the backlash against news media being controlled by for-profit entertainment companies (who may be merged with defense contractors, as is the case with NBC/General Electric), is the rebirth of independent news under the umbrella of NGOs.
(Ugh; this blog software auto-converts open-parenthesis c close-parenthesis to a copyright sign, and I don’t know how to escape it.)
Looks like maybe it’s just the preview software that converts to a copyright symbol. The comment itself looks fine, but when I type “(c)” I see the preview showing it as a copyright symbol.
Ah, so it is. That’s good — and therefore I withdraw my grouse because I was one of the few (the only?) person who was complaining about the lack of preview on your blog in the first place. :)
Per the endorsement, Major Moves and the timezone fiasco are two of Bosma’s “impressive” accomplishments. No mention of the Christian revivals he was conducting at the start of House business. Just sayin’.
From the Indianapolis perspective, those were decent accomplishments. The time line remains firmly in someone else’s back yard, and they get roads built with money extracted from motorists of Northern Indiana. What’s not to like?
I don’t think it is right for Media moguls to sponsor candidates because this gets into the whole issue of media controlling people. If I wasn’t a well informed resident of Indiana and read the Star as the Bible, I would vote for those who the Star endorses just because I hold the Star in high regards. I don’t think this is right. It may be within guidelines, but I don’t think this was a smart ethical move for the staff of the Star. Just one man’s opinion.
Duane,
You make an interesting proposal to an old entry. :)
It may be worth noting that if news reporting agencies were 501(c)3 organizations, they’d be prohibited from endorsing political candidates.
Maybe it’s not on the horizon now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the backlash against news media being controlled by for-profit entertainment companies (who may be merged with defense contractors, as is the case with NBC/General Electric), is the rebirth of independent news under the umbrella of NGOs.
(Ugh; this blog software auto-converts open-parenthesis c close-parenthesis to a copyright sign, and I don’t know how to escape it.)
Looks like maybe it’s just the preview software that converts to a copyright symbol. The comment itself looks fine, but when I type “(c)” I see the preview showing it as a copyright symbol.
Ah, so it is. That’s good — and therefore I withdraw my grouse because I was one of the few (the only?) person who was complaining about the lack of preview on your blog in the first place. :)