Comments for Infuze Mag Remembered

Comment on The True Story of How Media Bias came to me… by Kathleen Carol

Kathleen Carol — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:22:29 +0000

Awesome! I think I’ll write a letter to the editor asking about the author’s failure to check with someone like Strobel. As much as I respect Focus on the Family (and I do!) their spokespersons are usually people of lifelong faith. How much more powerful to get an opinion from a former atheist!! But then, that might have actually added REAL balance to the article!

Comment on The True Story of How Media Bias came to me… by Dana Lucas Timmerman

Dana Lucas Timmerman — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 16:07:45 +0000

I agree Paul! Keep sockin’ ‘em and take some names!

Comment on The True Story of How Media Bias came to me… by Andy

Andy — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:30:22 +0000

Good job Paul. I still enjoy your writings. Sock it to em…
Andy

Comment on Science Fiction or Just Fiction? by Paul A Rose Jr

Paul A Rose Jr — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:45:34 +0000

Actually, CSI in its various incarnations, considers itself “reality-based” TV. And believe me, you are the minority if you truly believe and understand that what they present isn’t the truth. There is now a trend known as the CSI Syndrome, where people (including sometimes even our own law enforcement officers) honestly believe that DNA only takes a few hours to process and every case has DNA evidence, that you can actually enhance a reflection off of someone’s eyeball to find the true villian, where you can map out the entire city, based on a few points of interest in a photograph and find the location it was taken from, and therefore the victim’s house. Whether they like it or not, these people (writers, etc.) are now being tasked with representing the truth. If they weren’t concerned with it, they wouldn’t pay considerable sums to consultants (whose opinion they often ignore) to “keep them real.”

Fiction isn’t bad, as long as it follows its own rules consistently. And the rules that CSI and “ripped from the headlines” Law & Order claim to follow are the same physics and science that I use in my everyday job. Therefore, when they mis-represent them, they void their own rules and lose credibility, making the story suffer – but apparently not the ratings.

Comment on Science Fiction or Just Fiction? by Marty

Marty — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 22:02:02 +0000

If our scientists are really feeling pressured because of TV shows, then that is sad. I don’t know you, but I am sure you are not implying that most of what we watch on television is real.

CSI goes for ratings, plain and simple. They are focused on making money…not educating viewers about scientific equipment. As a ‘non-science’ person, who watches very little television, I think it is refreshing to get a show that has good characters and decent plots (most of the time).

You asked if the truth should matter. In news or news shows (20/20, etc.), I believe it should. For everything else, as long as they are entertaining, some facts can be bent.

Just my thoughts.