[WEB4LIB] Re: Dr. Laura is on topic

[Dan Lester]

At 08:35 AM 5/3/99 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
>  As alternative sources of information -- points of view -- become more
>accessible, I would hope that people begin to think more about why 
>messages like Dr. Laura's get air time.
>
>Personally, I see her as a predator, pandering to both callers and her
>audience, helping neither one.

There are many who do that very thing.  Jerry Springer.  Rush 
Limbaugh.  Several other TV "talk shows" (provide your own list, which 
might vary slightly from mine).

>Perhaps it is overly contemptuous, but I
>have a hard time believing that either one has any real desire for
>counsel.

Now, now, Nick.....don't you think that the "battling bimbos" on Jerry 
Springer want to really "fix their marriages"?   Naaahhh, me either.

>It's entertainment masquerading as the truth, which is very
>dangerous, especially when it turns people against institutions whose
>missions are not so cynical.

I've not heard it put that way before.....thanks for the great angle on it.

dan

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