re: Truth
"That is the radical way. For the
troubles of the press, like the troubles of representative government, be it
territorial or functional, like the troubles of industry, be it capitalist,
cooperative, or communist, go back to a common source: to the failure of
self-governing people to transcend their casual experience and their prejudice,
by inventing, creating, and organizing a machinery of knowledge. It is because
they are compelled to act without a reliable picture of the world, that
governments, schools, newspapers and churches make such small headway against
the more obvious failings of democracy, against violent prejudice, apathy,
preference for the curious trivial as against the dull important, and the hunger
for sideshows and three legged calves. This is the primary defect of popular
government, a defect inherent in its traditions, and all its other defects can,
I believe, be traced to this one."
Indeed, Mr. Lippmann, indeed.
You should really read that book.
Posted: Sunday - November 27, 2005 at 03:33 PM
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