Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Marketplace and the public

I feel like there is a love/hate relationship between the marketplace and the public. We continually criticize the marketplace about what they present to the public, but isn't it the public that just eats this stuff up? The marketplace continues to function and work the way it does because "they" profit off of our viewership, readership, etc. We will always hope that our marketplace of information will present truthful, unbiased content, but unless the consumers/public stop participating in it they're still working hand in hand with the marketplace they claim to disapprove of. The public disapproves of the fact that everything is biased and censored, but at the same time the public continues to read, watch and listen to that very same censorship that is given to them by the marketplace. It's frustrating that this issue can go on forever because it seems like the relationship between the two will never go away or be solved.

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