Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:05 am
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.
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.