JulieYvonne

I think you have misunderstood my post completely. And if I misled you by being too brief rather than explaining the background I apologise. I did nearly go back and correct the word sympathy as it wasn't the right one, but by the time I noticied it the debate had moved on.

I was not defending the media at all. Indeed the reason I did my masters in Media Regulation ( a complete change of subject for me and an MSc due to the stats content not to astronomy or anything in case you thought that I was Mr Cox in disguise) was because I despair of the media.

What I was doing was stating the factual situation about the way the media operates because I thought that Deb was worrying that she was the subject of a deliberate campaign whereas I was more inclined to think that it was an inevitable result of commerical media operations.
Of course, you are right, I could be wrong - I wasn't there.

The other point I was trying to highlight is that complaints to the media rarely make a difference; the solution would have to change something much more fundamental. That doesn't mean that astrologers should stop campaigning, but perhaps we need to understand that the nature of the battle isn't always going to be about the truth of the facts.

Hope that clears up the misunderstanding.

amelia wrote:JulieYvonne

I think you have misunderstood my post completely.

What I was doing was stating the factual situation about the way the media operates because I thought that Deb was worrying that she was the subject of a deliberate campaign whereas I was more inclined to think that it was an inevitable result of commerical media operations.

Of course, you are right, I could be wrong - I wasn't there.
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So I did not "misunderstand" your post "completely". Thank you.

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Science marches forward everyday. Recently there is news about something faster than the speed of light. This alleged discovery is yet to be confirmed. As for the "scientific" explanation of how astrology works - that may be far in the future - or maybe not at all. I am reminded of a scene in the movie and book, Zorba the Greek.
Zorbas friend has just died and he asks his bookworm friend:
"Why do people have to die?
"I don't know," his friend replies.
'Well, all those damned books you read--what good are they? Why do you read them? If they don't tell you that, what do they tell you?'"
"They tell me about the agony of men who cannot answer questions like yours."

Let the agony of the question "How does astrology work?" continue.