Chris Denton on Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues

[Chris Denton]

John:

What NPR published and the manner of their interview with you has a long history in newspaper publishing. It has now fully passed over to broadcast and internet media.

Have you ever wondered why the Media hated, and I mean hated, Joe Paterno of Penn State football. They hated him for the same reason that they currently hate Bill Belichek. They both refused to voluntarily surrender valuable insight into the performance of their teams, because it would be used against them. Why would any rational thinking coach answer the question: ‘What were the failings of your team today, even though you won?” and “How are you going to prepare for the Eagles next week, including overcoming their pass rush that has averaged five QB sacks per game?” Paterno and Belichek gain nothing from granting an interview. If they do, then the Press looks like they have great insight and they sell more papers. And the coach for next week's team now knows how to beat Penn State and the Patriots.

In an attempt to correct the imbalance in the coverage of positive v. negative effects of Industrial Solar and Wind, we in good faith agree to interviews. Over and over again publishers promise to publish honestly what we say, and each time they ignore anything that disputes their narrative. What we find is that we play ‘Charlie Brown’ to their ‘Lucy Van Pelt’. Yet, we still believe that they will be honest and true to once hallowed journalism standards. And then they pull the football away at the last moment. All we have succeeded in accomplishing is to give them valuable insight into how we think and how we intend to modify or stop the adverse effects of Solar and Wind, which they, their readers and their supporters will use against us.

We cannot give interviews to the Lucys of publishing anymore. They will always distort or ignore what we say. We need instead to do what you are doing, John, creating our own information network, read free from their distortions. Dealing with unscrupulous publishers is like the poem below, if you let the public read it silently it delivers gibberish, but if you instead read it yourself, smoothly and aloud, suddenly it makes sense. How the message is delivered makes all the difference.

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Buff oral intensive porpoise sit dozen madder.

Depress ears one tit wands stew. "

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Answer below

Interview

I spoke with a reporter the other day.

But for all intents and purposes, it doesn’t matter.

The press hears what it wants to.