Mistral Dawn's Musings: Taking The Easy Road...

Who Is Mistral Dawn?

Mistral Dawn is a thirty-something gal who has lived on both coasts of the US but somehow never in the middle. She currently resides in the Southeast US with her kitty cats (please spay or neuter! :-)) where she works as a hospital drudge and attends graduate school. Taken By The Huntsman is her first effort at writing fiction and if it is well received she has ideas for several more novels and short-stories in this series. Please feel free to visit her on FaceBook or drop her a line at mistralkdawn@gmail.com

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Taking The Easy Road...

Hey Everyone!! :-)

I've got a little more of Alyce's adventure to share with you, today! Enjoy! :-)

Excerpt from Answers From Alyce:
"But why would your media organizations want a criminal running your country? Even for large institutions that depend on the status quo being maintained, it seems as though they would want criminals to receive justice," said Yax.

"It's not that they want a criminal in charge as much as they don't really care all that much because the crimes the President is under investigation for either don't affect them or benefit them. On the other hand, they wanted the judge the President nominated to be confirmed because the judge is extremely friendly to large corporations and has almost always ruled against regular people and for big business in his career as a judge."

"And so they minimize or ignore the corruption," murmured Squid-boy.

I shrugged. "To be fair, some print media outlets have done a decent job of covering this issue, but a lot of people only consume television news, and they haven't talked about it much."

"If your print media more reliably covers important news, why would many of your people restrict themselves to less informative television news outlets?" asked Yax.

"Because it's easier. You can watch the news on TV while you're making and eating dinner, or have it on in the background while you're doing laundry, cleaning your house, or doing any other chore that doesn't take your full attention. Some people listen to the news on the radio, instead, because they can listen in the car on the way to and from work."

"Are news reports on the radio more informative than what's on the television?"

"Some are. It depends on what station you listen to. But, as far as mainstream media outlets are concerned, print media is most likely to do investigative reporting on our government and to do in-depth analysis of important news stories. They still aren't great, honestly, and a lot of independent media outlets do a better job. But for the mainstream media, print media is the most likely to provide important information to the public. But people have to take the time and trouble to read it, and a lot of people can't or won't do that."