tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13200055.post6403798444926314461..comments2023-11-05T02:49:28.946-05:00Comments on Bull City Mutterings: Should News Enlighten or Dumb Us Down?Basioneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13513338518929461384noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13200055.post-4628093448789019502009-03-08T01:43:00.000-05:002009-03-08T01:43:00.000-05:00"Whoa! Maybe I expect too much of news media but I..."Whoa! Maybe I expect too much of news media but I’ve always felt it aspired to inform and enlighten."<BR/><BR/>Ummm, yeah. You expect too much because you're a class act...and expect those around you to be as well.<BR/><BR/>I was quoted by a reporter in the Quad Cities last week as saying that President Obama was "bad for tourism." The reporter was sitting right in front of me as I discussed the state of the tourism economy with regional stakeholders. So, this wasn't some second hand story.<BR/><BR/>What I said was, "The President's ill-advised classification of Vegas as an overly extravagent convention destination hurts all of us in the tourism industry." That's a far cry from saying that the President is bad for tourism...but, she wanted to paint me in an unfavorable light. Her "interpretation" of my comments was her easiest path.<BR/><BR/>I've been misquoted waaaay too many times over the past twenty years to believe it to be coincidence or the immaturity of youthful reporters who don't know any better. Sadly, there is an agenda in almost every case.<BR/><BR/>And the world seems more like "Atlas Shrugged" every day.<BR/><BR/>Who is John Galt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com