Take Responsibility
Submitted by bigboy on Fri, 09/29/2006 - 2:05pm.

Yes, the media have done a lousy job with government/political coverage but in this age of Internet, cable TV, political books, documentaries, etc. there is just no excuse for citizens to be so uninformed and misinformed. Yes, the signal to noise ratio is lousy, but if you gather information from enough sources and have an open mind, you can begin to get a accurate picture.

It is truly alarming when 31% of people polled today still believe Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the 9/11 attacks.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/20060919_poll_results...

This is not the fault of The Oregonian, The Wall Street Journal, KATU or NBC Nightly news.

If anything, the people in this country have abdicated the responsibility to be informed.

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