I don't watch the news that much. Local or otherwise.
However different folks have different tastes and not all presentations work for everyone.
If you like Wendy Bell, great!
If you don't, great!
But it is perfectly fair to have the discussion about her style (or anyone's) without being accused of anything OTHER than having an opinion on it.
The larger problem is we have a social media that allows us to peak behind the curtain and see what our talking heads look like and what they think about when they are not on our idiot boxes and computer screens.
I didn't want to know Paul Long's point of view on child raising or if Bill and Patti Burns argued over Sunday dinner or if Sam Nover had an opinion on, well, anything.
When you put personal reactions and opinions on the web you better understand that the internet is just FILLED with people waiting to tell you how wrong you are and right they are.
Also be ready for lots of people saying things with their keyboard that they would be embarrassed to say outloud in public. All to defend someone they do not know and to attack someone they claim to not care about.
Oh, the pleasure of reading comments from folks that say "If you disagree don't watch" who then proceed to disagree with the thing they just read.
Brilliant!
A column critical of a public figure is just that...a criticism. Not everyone has to agree but making it personal is being a hypocrite. In other words don't kill the messenger...discuss the message.
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I don't watch the news that much. Local or otherwise.
However different folks have different tastes and not all presentations work for everyone.
If you like Wendy Bell, great!
If you don't, great!
But it is perfectly fair to have the discussion about her style (or anyone's) without being accused of anything OTHER than having an opinion on it.
The larger problem is we have a social media that allows us to peak behind the curtain and see what our talking heads look like and what they think about when they are not on our idiot boxes and computer screens.
I didn't want to know Paul Long's point of view on child raising or if Bill and Patti Burns argued over Sunday dinner or if Sam Nover had an opinion on, well, anything.
When you put personal reactions and opinions on the web you better understand that the internet is just FILLED with people waiting to tell you how wrong you are and right they are.
Also be ready for lots of people saying things with their keyboard that they would be embarrassed to say outloud in public. All to defend someone they do not know and to attack someone they claim to not care about.
I'm sure the author of this article knows that.
The people who responded to to it...not so much.
Brilliant!
A column critical of a public figure is just that...a criticism. Not everyone has to agree but making it personal is being a hypocrite. In other words don't kill the messenger...discuss the message.