Oct 13 2005
No Media, And Yet Informed?
“My kids don’t watch TV. We have televisions but they’re not hooked up to anything but movies.
“TV is trash. I was raised without it. We don’t have magazines or newspapers in the house either.”
So… Madonna has no media in the house. Yet Madonna’s opinion on war, Bush, and other matters is so important that the AP and others rush to get that information to the papers as soon as possible.
No media consumption, and yet she’s “informed” on the issues.
October 13th, 2005 at 11:32 am
We don’t watch much TV in our house, either, and we only get the newspaper once a week (along with a weekly news magazine that I rarely bother to read), but I’d like to think I’m pretty well informed about what’s going on in the world.
Heck, I’d even suggest that because I don’t watch network news and hardly ever tune into CNN that I’m better informed than I would be otherwise.
October 13th, 2005 at 11:36 am
It’s utterly impossible to consume zero media (and to in fact ban it from your house) and consider yourself informed. That’s just silly.
October 14th, 2005 at 11:06 pm
You’re thinking in a small box this time around. I don’t read newspapers or magazines either, and while I do, occasionally, see the news when Spencer turns it on I’m pretty well informed. Just because I don’t read print media or watch spin on television doesn’t mean I don’t research and understand the issues.
October 14th, 2005 at 11:12 pm
There’s a huge world of difference between some, occasional, and none and banning it from your house.
If Spencer is watching the news and discussing it with you, then it’s just as good as you watching the news anyway.
It’s not a matter of small box. If you’re not consuming some amount of the “media,” you’re not able to be informed unless you’re out watching the stories happen personally. It’s just a fact.
October 15th, 2005 at 2:36 am
Maybe her only source is what her friends tell her.